Optimizing Esthetics with Ceramic Veneers: A Case Report

Abstract

Veneers are the most frequently prescribed aesthetic restorations today. Ceramic veneers can be offered as the treatment option in a wide variety of different cases such as correcting tooth defects, abrasion, orthodontics, diastema, tooth discoloration, coronal fracture or to adjust occlusion. This case report describes the restoration of the anterior dentition with porcelain laminate veneers. The advances in bonding of porcelain to tooth structure make this treatment a feasible alternative to restore teeth with alteration in shape and position in cases in which the esthetic demand is high. Before preparing the teeth a complete analysis should be carried out in order to optimize the result. In this way it can be ensured that the teeth being veneered will need only minimal preparation, or in some areas none at all.