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A Case of Front Veneers with Only Minimal Reduction

By Park Jonguk, DDS, MS — board-certified specialist in conservative dentistry Published

Hello. I'm Park Jonguk, director of Dream Dental Clinic.

The most important part of front veneer treatment is the diagnosis.

Why the treatment is being done,

what treatment is needed to achieve that purpose,

what the treatment process will look like,

and what the outcome will be —

all of this needs to be precisely diagnosed before treatment begins.

Through this process, even where and how much of the tooth will be reduced

can all be confirmed.

Please check the link below for the detailed process.

Every treatment begins with a diagnosis,

and proceeds according to the planned method.

In many cases, when this diagnostic process is skipped

or the treatment proceeds without a proper diagnosis,

excessive tooth reduction and unexpected results are likely to follow.

The precision wax-up diagnostic process

can't be emphasized enough in front veneer treatment.

A Case of Front Veneers with Only Minimal Reduction — photo 1

Before treatment,

it was already planned which areas would be reduced and by how much,

so treatment proceeds according to that plan.

A Case of Front Veneers with Only Minimal Reduction — photo 2

For front veneer treatment,

this shows the shape of the teeth after reduction.

After whitening,

only the minimally necessary areas of most teeth were reduced.

A Case of Front Veneers with Only Minimal Reduction — photo 3

This is how the front veneer treatment was completed.

With only minimal reduction,

the front veneers clearly retain the feel of natural teeth,

and even the translucency and sense of dimension were beautifully achieved.

A Case of Front Veneers with Only Minimal Reduction — photo 4
A Case of Front Veneers with Only Minimal Reduction — photo 5

Even from other angles,

the natural look of the teeth is preserved.

A Case of Front Veneers with Only Minimal Reduction — photo 6

So that they also harmonize well with the lips,

the design has to take the balance with the whole face into account.

A Case of Front Veneers with Only Minimal Reduction — photo 7

You can see how the shape of the teeth has improved.

The goal of front veneer treatment

is beautiful teeth.

That beauty has to start from a natural tooth shape, color, and translucency.

Rather than opaque, awkward-looking teeth,

creating natural-looking teeth

is what matters.

Natural beauty

Since 2006, Dream Dental Clinic

This article is a clinical note written by Dr. Park Jonguk of Dream Dental Clinic, Gangnam; the original was published on his blog. The photographs shown are real cases he treated. Results vary with each patient’s condition, and every procedure carries the possibility of individual variation and side effects.

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