CAD/CAM ceramic fragments in anterior teeth: A clinical report

Abstract

Ceramic fragments using CAD/CAM systems are a viable clinical alternative to composites for the reconstruction of fractured teeth. Function and esthetics can be restored with the use of this treatment quickly and efficiently.

Colour stability of sectional laminate veneers: A laboratory study

“…In recent years, the sectional/partial/fragment laminate veneer approach has emerged, as conservative dentistry is combined with the advances in material sciences. Various clinical studies on partial veneer applications exist; 2,5–7 however, there is a lack of comparative in‐vitro studies on sectional veneer applications in the literature. In the present laboratory study, sectional laminate veneer applications with a no‐prep approach were described using four different laminate veneer materials and two different types of commonly used adhesive resin cements.…”

“…With the advanced adhesive systems, it is also possible to perform ultra‐thin laminate veneers (0.2–0.5 mm) with minimal preparation or no‐prep (no preparation) designs when the colour or position of the associated teeth is suitable 2–4 . However, where it is possible to achieve the desired results with sectional (partial coverage) veneers, conventional laminate veneer restorations seem to be unnecessary 2,5–7 . There are many commercially available ceramic systems that can be used for the fabrication of laminate veneers by conventional methods or computer‐aided design/computer‐aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology 8 .…”

8-year multicenter retrospective study on partial laminate veneers

“…This multicenter retrospective clinical trial investigated the survival and success rates of PLVs performed in three different dental clinics with four operators. To date, only a few in vitro studies and clinical reports on this noninvasive approach have been published [2,[25][26][27][28]32,33]. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first clinical study conducted on ceramic PLVs with up to 8 years of follow-up.…”

“…In addition to the aforementioned restorative alternatives, the use of small partial glassy restorations-partial laminate veneers (PLVs), sectional veneers, or ceramic fragments-has become increasingly popular over the last few years [25][26][27][28]. PLVs are thin pieces of glass-matrix ceramic fragments without a defined shape that are used to restore small defects in the anterior teeth (Fig.…”

“…Thus, retention relies completely on adhesion, which is primarily achieved by bonding to the conditioned glassy surface [29][30][31]. Despite their growing popularity, available data in the literature on PLVs are limited to a few in vitro studies [32,33] and case reports [2,[25][26][27][28], without any clinical information available at present. In this context, the objective of this multicenter retrospective clinical trial was to study the long-term clinical performance of ceramic PLVs with up to 8 years of clinical service.…”