Digital smile design as a tool in the planning of porcelain laminate veneers restoration

Sávio Morato De Lacerda Gontijo,Esdras Campos França,Elizabeth Maria Bastos Lages,Phelipe Marke Morgado,Hugo Henriques Alvim,Leniana Santos Neves

doi:10.1590/1981-86372021001920190122

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-86372021001920190122

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Digital smile design is an important tool for esthetic planning in dentistry as it facilitates ease of communication between professionals and patients. This clinical report has the objective of describing a clinical procedure involving digital smile design for the placement of porcelain laminate veneer restorations. The digital smile design included dental and facial analyzes. The smile curve was drawn and a dental ruler was used to delimitate the spaces between each tooth. An approximate simulation of the smile was generated using Adobe Photoshop software. For esthetic and functional evaluation of the digital plan was created a diagnostic waxing and mock-up. The laminate veneers were made with feldspathic porcelain. Digital smile design was essential for successful planning because it enabled better patient contact with the end result. This case demonstrates the importance of this tool in esthetic dentistry.

Highlights

Dental treatment addresses the esthetic, emotional and functional requirements of patients [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
Through the use of images, digital smile design (DSD) allows dental professionals to show the patient what will be achieved with the proposed treatment [2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]
Prior to the introduction of DSD, the major problem faced by dentists in relation to oral rehabilitation was showing the patient in a non invasive way what was being proposed [4,5,8,13,14,15]

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INTRODUCTION

Dental treatment addresses the esthetic, emotional and functional requirements of patients [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. Through the use of images, digital smile design (DSD) allows dental professionals to show the patient what will be achieved with the proposed treatment [2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]. Following esthetic and functional approval of the mock-up, we performed minimally invasive tooth preparation (about 0.3 mm) (figure 3A), with diamond tips (2135 and 2135F). Luting of the laminate veneers was performed with light-curing resin cement in the shade A1 (RelyXTM Veneer; 3M ESPE, Saint Paul, MN, USA).

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