Diya Sabrina Chandra
Eric Davis
| Diya Sabrina Chandra | Eric Davis |
Diya Sabrina Chandra, Eric Davis
Olivia Sheridan
Preventive & Restorative Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Project Overview
Despite having areas of carious lesions that he stated were causing him some discomfort, Z.H.’s main dental concern was the esthetics of his anterior teeth. He had been in a car accident as a teenager in Pakistan which caused significant dentofacial trauma and spinal injury. A panoramic radiograph depicted the severity of the dental trauma, showing horizontal root fractures of his maxillary incisors which led to significant discoloration through calcification. In addition, his mandibular teeth had large amounts spacing that also bothered Z.H. from an esthetics point of view. Z.H. had clear motivations of addressing the results of the car accident including quickly finding an orthopedic surgeon to correct the spinal injury as well as dilligently showing up to our dental appointments.
Outcome
The past ten months with Z.H. and with the rest of our patients in the Vulnerable Populations Clinic have shaped us into clinicians with the ability to connect with and understand patients of different backgrounds while providing empathetic comprehensive care.