{"id":11392,"date":"2023-01-20T08:30:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T07:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/?p=11392"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:51:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:51:53","slug":"tooth-preparation-for-veneers-myths-and-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/en\/tooth-preparation-for-veneers-myths-and-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing the tooth for veneers: myths and realities"},"content":{"rendered":"
Due to 'somewhat misleading' advertising in the dental sector in recent years, many patients insist in the dental office on \"no-face veneers\", i.e. the ultimate aesthetic treatment for the smile: veneers with which the tooth does not need to be treated at all to give a radical 180-degree turn to our smile.<\/p>\n
Of course, all this advertising information is mostly untrue, as only a few exceptional cases are candidates for these 'non-prep' or non-grinding veneers, which do exist.<\/p>\n
Today I am going to explain why:<\/p>\n
Why is good tooth preparation (including minimal grinding) necessary in the vast majority of cases for efficient veneer placement? Because of three factors:<\/p>\n
The preparation required in most cases is minimal, but essential. We are talking about 0.3 to 1 millimetre depending on the case, so that the patient sometimes cannot even appreciate the 'carving'. In addition, the technique of carving on mockup (the aesthetic test to show the design to the patient), allows us to carve in a guided and conservative way, as it prevents us from going beyond what is strictly necessary. By making pencil marks on the mock-up, we manage to eliminate the enamel necessary to create the space where our veneers will be placed.<\/p>\n
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Therefore, we can conclude that non-prep veneers will only be viable in a minority of cases where the substrate (the tooth) has a suitable colour that does not need to be camouflaged, cases where there are interdental spaces (diastemas) that allow a veneer to be seated at that level and cases where the teeth have a negative torque allowing the addition of vestibular thickness without compromising aesthetics, as we will not need to generate prosthetic space.<\/p>\n
In all other cases, it is unfeasible to produce veneers without grinding efficiently and with the results expected by the patient.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Due to 'somewhat misleading' advertising in the dental sector in recent years, many patients insist in the dental office on \"no-face veneers\", i.e. the ultimate aesthetic treatment for the smile: veneers with which the tooth does not need to be treated at all in order to give it a radical makeover and a new look.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[74,61,34],"class_list":["post-11392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-106","tag-carillas","tag-estetica","tag-odontologia"],"yoast_head":"\n