Minimally Invasive Laminate Veneer Therapy for Maxillary Central Incisors

Gerardo Guzman-Perez; Carlos A Jurado; Francisco Azpiazu-Flores; Kelvin I Afrashtehfar; Akimasa Tsujimoto

doi:10.3390/medicina59030603

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Minimally Invasive Laminate Veneer Therapy for Maxillary Central Incisors

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Minimally Invasive Laminate Veneer Therapy for Maxillary Central Incisors

Gerardo Guzman-Perez, Carlos A Jurado, Francisco Azpiazu-Flores, Kelvin I Afrashtehfar and Akimasa Tsujimoto

Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), Vol.59(3), 603

03/18/2023

DOI: 10.3390/medicina59030603

PMCID: PMC10053945

PMID: 36984604

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Abstract

Minimally invasive dentistry is a considered process that requires the clinician to be prepared with the ideal sequence and the tools needed. This report describes a well-planned ultraconservative approach using only two ceramic laminate veneers for the maxillary central incisors to significantly improve the patient's overall smile. A 30-year-old female presented with the chief complaints of having diastemas between the central and lateral incisors as well as incisal wear. Diagnostic wax-up and mock-up were performed, and the patient approved the minimally invasive treatment with veneers only for central incisors. A reduction guide aided the conservative tooth preparations, and hand-crafted feldspathic veneers were bonded under total isolation with a rubber dam. The two final conservative veneers significantly improved the smile and fulfilled the patient's expectations. Following proper planning and sequencing, predictable outcomes were obtained and fulfilled the patient's esthetic demands. Minimally invasive restorative dentistry with only two single veneers can impact the entire smile frame. Overtreatment in the esthetic zone is unnecessary to meet a patient's esthetic expectations.

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Ceramics

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Humans

Incisor

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Title: Subtitle: Minimally Invasive Laminate Veneer Therapy for Maxillary Central Incisors
Creators: Gerardo Guzman-Perez - CEMRO Periodontics Department, Morelia 58880, Mexico
Carlos A Jurado - University of Iowa
Francisco Azpiazu-Flores - University of Manitoba
Kelvin I Afrashtehfar - Ajman University
Akimasa Tsujimoto - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), Vol.59(3), 603
DOI: 10.3390/medicina59030603
PMID: 36984604
PMCID: PMC10053945
NLM abbreviation: Medicina (Kaunas)
ISSN: 1010-660X
eISSN: 1648-9144
Language: English
Date published: 03/18/2023
Academic Unit: Prosthodontics; Operative Dentistry
Record Identifier: 9984381132802771

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