1. Lecture Series
Restorative Dentistry:
Ceramic Laminate Overview:
To Prep Or Not To Prep
Presented by Joe Apap, CDT, MDT
General Manager
Director of Digital Technology
2. Course Objective:
• Veneer Material Options
• To Prep or Not to Prep
• Diagnostic Wax Up
• Stump Shades
• Prep & Impressioning
3. Veneer Contraindications
1- Non-vital root canaled teeth
2- If a patient is a severe grinder
3- Cases where the persons bite is "edge
to edge"
4- Teeth may be lost and need to be
joined together for strength.
52. Laboratory Prescription
• Close communication with the dental
laboratory technician is essential.
• Photographs taken before and after
preparation can help ensure accurate
shape, shade, texture and other
characteristics.
• Study models
53. Ceramic Veneer Characteristics
When every veneer is observed one by one, all the elements that makes a tooth
look natural can be seen. The color transition of the tooth within itself is exactly
produced.
Note the higher chroma at the cervical 1/3rd, the higher value on the middle
1/3rd, the translucencies and mamelons at the incisal 1/3rd.
54. Conclusion
• Prep & No Prep Veneers
• Emax Press vs. Feldspathic Laminates
• Stump Shades
• Diagnostic Wax Up
• Veneer Provisionalization
• Preparation Techniques
56. For Additional Consultation Contact:
Joseph M. Apap, CDT, MDT
General Manager
Director of Digital Technology
1-800-925-8696
Email: japap@tncdental.com