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Avulsion and luxation account for upto 7.2% of injuries in the primary dentition. A range of treatment options are available that can help conserve the tooth after a traumatic episode. Following the traumatic loss of an anterior tooth it is important that an immediate replacement is provided in order to avoid esthetic, masticatory and phonetic difficulties and to maintain the edentulous space to avoid arch length discrepancy. The loss of an anterior tooth in a child or young adolescent may present a difficult prosthetic problem.3 This problem can be managed in several ways. In this article a fixed Groper's appliance was fabricated by using the patient's natural clinical crown from the avulsed teeth. This measure proved to be a very adequate, esthetic treatment solution before a permanent restorative plan could be developed in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]