Abstract
Introduction: the esthetic factor should be considered for every patient who seeks a comprehensive dental treatment, especially for women. The anterior teeth deformities will diminish the levels of confidence and decrease self-esteem of the patients. The tooth development disturbances, such as enamel hypoplasia, may present an esthetic problem. Enamel hypoplasia is an alteration of organic matrix formation which characterized by the defect or porosity on the enamel surface. It can be restored with a variety of restorative treatment options including indirect porcelain veneers. Case: a 30 years old female patient was referred with chief complaint of anterior teeth discoloration. Clinical examination on the maxillary left central and lateral incisors revealed the defects on nearly half of the labial surface. Case management: the incisal lapping technique were chosen to prepared teeth #21 and #22 for indirect porcelain veneer fabrications. Conclusion: indirect porcelain veneers established an excellent esthetic result and restored the size, shape and color of anterior teeth with long term stability.
Highlights
One of the problems in dentistry is the increasing enamel hypoplasia
Enamel hypoplasia is an enamel malformation that reduced the enamel quality that may relate to brittle teeth or even poor esthetic
A restorative treatment which was done by coating all the labial surface with composite resin that are known by the term “direct veneers” becomes a treatment option that provides better esthetic results, but in cases of severe enamel hypoplasia, an indirect veneer with porcelain material was considered as the most appropriate treatment option.[9,10]
Summary
One of the problems in dentistry is the increasing enamel hypoplasia. Enamel hypoplasia is an enamel malformation that reduced the enamel quality that may relate to brittle teeth or even poor esthetic. It is manifested clinically as tooth structure and anatomy alterations, which usually seen as a depression or groove on the enamel surface.[1, 2, 3] A restorative treatment which was done by coating all the labial surface with composite resin that are known by the term “direct veneers” becomes a treatment option that provides better esthetic results, but in cases of severe enamel hypoplasia, an indirect veneer with porcelain material was considered as the most appropriate treatment option.[9,10]
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