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A crown or other option for lateral incisor - possible? (photos)

Pearl2244Jan 27, 2022
Hi I’m 24 yrs old I have just took off my braces and was planing to put a crown for my lateral incisor tooth i left the space for the crown its sot thin compared to the the other one on my right side. I need to make sure if the crown is the only option and what type of it or there are other option i can choose, noting that i already left a space around the tooth for the crown

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