Atraumatic Restoration of Vertical Food Impaction with an Open Contact Using Flowable Composite Resin Aided by Cerclage Wire under Tension

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Selecting the stainless wire for tension around the contact area. (a) Evaluating the contact area. Unwaxed dental floss passed through the interproximal area without resistance (open contact). (b) The selected wire passed through the gingival embrasure from buccal surface to lingual surface. (c) Both ends of the wire encircled the contact area and crossed along the occlusal buccal-lingual embrasure. (d) Two hemostatic forceps were clamped to both ends of the wire to enforce buccal-lingual tensile stress, which can separate the teeth appropriately.

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