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Porcelain Veneer News
Remedent and Objet Geometries Team Up to Enhance Digital Cosmetic Dentistry Solution
"Using the Objet Eden 3D printing solution, Remedent is now able to rapidly manufacture high quality customized veneer models and delivery trays directly from their proprietary design software," said Avi Cohen, Head of Medical Solutions at Objet Geometries. "Objet's 3D printing solutions provide dentists with a high level of precision that is otherwise difficult to achieve using traditional freehand dental techniques. The ability to perfectly reproduce smooth, finely detailed dental parts in real life; straight from the CAD design imagery represents a significant leap towards the age of full digital dentistry."
GlamSmile involves a proprietary veneer fabrication technique and a patented single-motion veneer placement tray which are both guided by a proprietary computer imaging, design and digital preview system. The unique tray delivery system lets dentists expertly seat 10 ultra-thin, custom veneers in less than an hour while preserving tooth structure. All the features of GlamSmile together -CAD/CAM technology, digital preview for dentists to evaluate the design and a unique full arch tray delivery system used in conjunction with minimally or no preparation ultra thin veneers- have revolutionized the art of veneering and transformed already many smiles and lives across the world.....via PRNewswire http://www.prnewswire.com
Porcelain Veneers are dental restorations done by preparing the labial or buccal tooth surfaces.An Impression is taken after the tooth preparation.This is sent to the dental laboratory together with the tooth shade to be processed.Once processed, the prepared tooth surfaces are acid etched ready for the cementation of the porcelain veneer using composite luting cement. Porcelain veneers greatly improves the cosmetic appearance of teeth.Porcelain veneers cost starts from $1,000 up.Porcelain veneer cost could go higher with the use of the new technology mentioned above.But if it makes the procedure as precise as promised then it is worth the price for a perfect smile.
Indication for Porcelain veneer
1. Mild tooth surface discoloration that can not be removed by bleaching.
2. Hypoplasia
3.Small Tooth fracture as seen during trauma to anterior teeth.
4. Tooth wear lesions
5. Minimal space closure like in diastema
6. Veneers are sometimes used to modify tooth shape but with in a certain limit
7. aesthetic masking of minor tooth position problems
Kinds of Veneers
1.Acrylic laminate veneers- not used anymore
2. Resin Composite- used for adolescent patients where excessive tooth preparation is not advisable
3. Porcelain Veneers- commonly used now due to its advantages
Advantages Of Porcelain Veneers
1. Aesthetically better compared to composite resin
2. It is more durable
3. Less plaque retention
4. Longer life span provided proper care and good oral hygiene are observed
5. Minimal tooth preparation compared to Porcelain Jacket Crown tooth preparations
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