Ceramic veneers

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At Dental Aesthetics Athens, we are specialized in minimally invasive veneers, that should create dramatic and natural smiles. As our core principles highlight minimal invassiveness and structural integrity of healthy teeth, ceramic veneers serve these purposes finely.

Porcelain veneers are regarded the most conservative and aesthetic dental restorations. They restore aesthetics and function even with no tooth reduction / cutting.

Cases before & after

  • Aesthetic enhancement with proper shade selection
  • Matching primary and complementary colour characteristics i.e transparency, opacity, fluor- and opalesence
  • Conservative tooth preparation
  • Functional scheme of occlusion
  • Balanced occlusion to avoid catastrophic fractures
  • 360-veneers on young patients with worn teeth due to grinding or clenching

Up to recently, the only way to correct dental imperfections was to cover the tooth with a crown. However, such restorations are considered invasive nowadays. Therefore, in most cases porcelain veneers are the treatment of choice for any teeth , unless those, which bear crowns already. In our clinic, each restorative treatment is ignited with and driven by the Aesthetic Analysis and DSD (see:aesthetic analysis). The designed outcome is faithfully transferred on to the natural teeth with the use of navigation indexes soaked with flowable trial composite. So, we are able to show you how the end result may look, and that is directly from the very beginning. Limitations or contra-indications to ceramic veneers are considered pre-operatively with the Aesthetic&Functional Analysis (i.e. extreme malposition of teeth, need for periodontal therapy, need for additional treatments). Cornerstone for such conservative, yet premium aesthetic restorations is the ultra durable bonding procedures, that have been introduced the last years

Veneer is a thin layer of restorative material, which is bonded onto the front surface of teeth. Two main types of materials are utilized to fabricate a veneer, composite and dental porcelain (ceramic). Composite veneers (see: composite veneers) are either intra-orally built-up with layering technique, or extra-orally milled by CAD/CAM setup, and later bonded to teeth. As opposed to composite veneer, its porcelain counterparts can only be indirectly fabricated regularly with CAD/CAM installation. Major advantage is, that minimal preparation of the tooth (e.g. reduction) is regularly demanded. Most of the cases can be treated in ”no-cut no-drill” approach. Most veneer procedures can be carried out without anesthesia. In heavy discolorations, matching the shade of a sole veneer and blending it into the color of the adjacent teeth sometimes appears problematic, hence pre-treatment with whitening procedures of the dentition is a prerequisite. Thus, minimally invasive tooth preparation can finally be operated. Typically, a labial 0.3-0.5 mm of tooth reduction/cutting is required for a porcelain veneer. However, in well selected cases, natural tissues can be fully preserved. Especially,on retruded teeth no cutting is employed. As a result, treatment can be non-invasive and teeth can remain intact. Porcelain (ceramic) veneers are also used to resurface teeth such as to make them appear straighter and with a pleasing alignment. Porcelain veneers demand 2-3 visits.

On extreme malpositions, orthodontics should primarily be used , or orthodontics followed by veneers.

At Dental Aesthetics we use pressed ceramics e-max (IPS IVOCLAR Inc) and feldspathic porcelain.