Diagnostic mock-ups as an objective tool for predictable outcomes with porcelain laminate veneers in esthetically demanding patients: a clinical report.

Esthetic rehabilitation of anterior conoid teeth: comprehensive approach for improved and predictable results.

The esthetic success of a dental treatment depends on the correct diagnosis, treatment plan and clinical and laboratory procedures. This clinical report describes a diagnostically based protocol for conservative preparations on anterior teeth for adhesively retained composite and porcelain restorations. The diagnostic additive wax-up, periodontal esthetic crown-lengthening, direct acrylic mock-...

Transformation of teeth by using porcelain laminate veneers designed by diagnostic additive wax-up and resin composite mock-up

Objectives: Cuspids migrated medially into the position of lateral incisors create unpleasant esthetic appearances. This kind of a situation and the related disturbances such as the diastemas and the positional and/or proportional irregularities, create major challenges in front of the dental practitioners. Materials and Methods: The diagnostic additive wax-up, gingival esthetic recontouring, v...

Reducing oversized tooth dimensions by using porcelain laminate veneers designed by diagnostic additive wax-up and indirect resin composite mock up

Influence of bruxism on survival of porcelain laminate veneers

OBJECTIVE This study aims to determine whether bruxism and the use of occlusal splints affect the survival of porcelain laminate veneers in patients treated with this technique. MATERIAL AND METHODS Restorations were made in 70 patients, including 30 patients with some type of parafunctional habit. A total of 323 veneers were placed, 170 in patients with bruxism activity, and the remaining 15...

Esthetic Rehabilitation of Severely Discolored Maxillary Anterior Teeth with Porcelain Laminate Veneers: A Case Report

Advances in the technology of bonding porcelain to enamel created the possibility of porcelain veneers as an alternative to the use of full crowns for the treatment of many clinical conditions, such as treatment of diastemas, malaligned teeth, worn dentition, chipped teeth, and excessively discolored teeth. Veneers are considered to be a more conservative treatment approach than full crowns bec...