This young patient was aware his teeth had been damaged due to grinding and wanted to repair them. The ideal solution here would be porcelain veneers but, for the convenience of the procedure, he chose composite veneers. Correctly evaluating the smile is crucial. Framing the teeth in their context allows us to understand better what can be improved. Before jumping into modifying the patient’s teeth, we design a possibility of the final outcome. We can then transfer this onto a 3D model that we call wax up. In this case we chose to test the wax up onto the patient’s teeth. This gave us the possibility of having the patient evaluate it and the certainty that the patient would like the final outcome. Four composite veneers were hand-crafted, taking into account the modifications that the patient requested after the wax-up.
Dr Raul Costa
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