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Aesthetic Porcelain Veneers

This article illustrates the different digital dentistry steps in creating aesthetic porcelain veneers. The team used SHINING 3D’s intraoral scanning and resin 3D printing solutions.

1. Photographic Data Collection

Photos of the patient before the new Aesthetic Porcelain Veneers
Front facing image acquisition
Side profile image acquisition
Retracted image for digital smile design before designing the Aesthetic Porcelain Veneers
Retracted image for DSD
Lip line and smile line image acquisition.
Acquisition of the lip line and smile line for the design of the Aesthetic Porcelain Veneers
Profile image acquisition for the lip line and smile line.
Intraoral retracted frontal image
Retracted lateral image.
Intraoral black background photography
Occlusal mirror view
Natural tooth shade comparison
Shade guide with gingiva indicator
Comparison with desired shade
Shade selection under polarizer
Tooth stump shade selection

2. Data collection with Face scanner and intraoral scanner

Acquire upper and lower jaw data with Shining 3D’s Aoralscan
Data acquired with intraoral scanner
Upper and lower jaw data
Acquire facial data with Shining 3D’s face scanner
Smile, retracted and combination of data scanned by intraoral scanner and face scanner
Alignment of data scanned by face scanner and intraoral scanner

3. DSD and Model Creator

Smile Design
Design effect under the reference of 3D facial data
Model Measurements: Thickness of cervical 1/3 – Thickness of middle 1/3 – Thickness of incisal 1/3
Model creation of Smile Design for model printing
Create models for model printing
Generate temporary crowns

4. Temporary crowns and model printing

Print pre-op model and print diagnostic model
Temporary veneer printing
Fit check of temporaries on the pre-op model
Thickness check of the temporary veneers
Temporary veneers fit check and aesthetic effect

5. Try-in of the temporary veneers

Temporary veneers – intraoral view
Lateral buccal view with the 3D printed temporary veneers.
3D printed temporary veneers – lateral smile view
Anterior smile view with the 3D printed temporary veneers.
3D printed temporary veneers – full frontal face view and profile side view

6. Tooth preparation

Mark and create depth cuts for veneers preparation – temporaries removal
Prepare to expected depth – Preparation of the incisal – Preparation of the cervical
After reduction
Polishing
Finish preparation
Tooth stump shade selection

7. Complete final restoration according to temporary veneers

Rapid glass-ceramic chairside milling
Try-on of veneers on model
Staining
Sintering
After staining and sintering

8. Bonding of Aesthetic Porcelain Veneers

Treatment of prepared tooth prior to bonding

Polish the prepared tooth with polishing paste
Bonding the Aesthetic Porcelain Veneers
Intraoral photography after bonding
Aesthetic Porcelain Veneers final result side view
Aesthetic Porcelain Veneers final result front view
Aesthetic Porcelain Veneers final result
Final result