Diagnostic mock-ups as an objective tool for predictable outcomes with porcelain laminate veneers in esthetically demanding patients: A clinical report

Use of Feldspathic Porcelain Veneers to Improve Smile Harmony: A 3-Year Follow-up Report

“…To control these parameters, the mock-up technique was applied prior to preparation, which enabled removal of the minimum amount of sound tooth tissue required for thin porcelain veneers (15). A diagnostic wax-up allows for final visualization of the irreversible procedure, which facilitates communication among the clinician, the patient and the dental laboratory technician (23,24). Any required adjustment of the final tooth shape (e.g., incisal length and vestibular volume), or dental arrangement should be made on the wax-up prior to tooth preparation, and a new mock-up should be made and tested, since the feldspathic porcelain veneers does not allow for significant correction and the wax-up guides its manufacture.…”

Additive Solution to Diastema Closure by a Combination of Direct and Indirect Techniques

“…Numerous authors have demonstrated that diagnosis efforts and the study of patients' individual characteristics are key to a successful esthetic outcome [14,15] and a diagnostic wax-up and corresponding template can be used to evaluate the result in the patient's mouth before beginning the treatment [16,17].…”

Porcelain Veneers as an Alternative for Esthetic Treatment: Clinical Report

“…This procedure allows a tridimensional previsualization of the final result prior to the procedure, which is irreversible. 16 From the dental cast, three silicone (Zetaplus, Zhermack, Labordental, Sã o Paulo, Brazil) impressions were obtained; two of these were used for tooth preparation, one in a horizontal dimension and the other in a vertical dimension ( Figure 5). The third was used for the mock-up and the provisional restorations.…”