Proper restorative material selection, digital processes allow highly esthetic shade match combined with layered porcelain

Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2014 Mar;35(3):170-3.

Abstract

Today's digital technologies are affording dentists and laboratory technicians more control over material choices for creating restorations and fabricating dental prostheses. Digital processes can potentially enable technicians to create ideal marginal areas and account for the thickness and support of layering porcelain over substructures in the design process. In this case report of a restoration of a single central incisor, a number of issues are addressed that are central to using the newest digital technology. As demonstrated, shade selection is a crucial early step in any restorative case preparation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Color*
  • Dental Materials*
  • Dental Porcelain*
  • Dental Restoration, Permanent*
  • Humans

Substances

  • Dental Materials
  • Dental Porcelain