anterior cases

I made this veneer  on #9 with emax LT block and E4D, stained and glazed it.
I normally send out all anterior cases, this one I gave it a try because #8 was a full porcelain crown made by previous dentist, and it seems pretty easy to match.

This second one is a replacement of PFM crown.

The last photo was taken of a try-in with glycerin, lab fabricated this empress crown. gingiva was still red due to lack of good oral hygiene.

somehow on this day my flash on left did not work, sorry about the shadow on the left.



The next one is 2 veneers and 2 crowns

Onlays as alternative to crown

I believe that we, dentist, cut too much sound tooth structure away on daily basis. "Large filling, no problem, we will put a crown on it." "Filling keeps coming off or breaking? let's put a crown on it."
"Broken tooth or filling? let's crown it"
Teeth are not like hair or nails, it does not grow back after cut.

I made this onlay (lava ultimate) with E4D, cemented in the same appointment.

Tooth #30 had a deep O composite, fracture lines on D and mid-lingual.

Occlusal composite removed, crack line at the base of DL cusp.

Caries detector used, and the finished restoration only covering DL cusp, and D marginal ridge.

Buccal cusps and ML cusp are all kept as untouched. Did not extend margins beyond old composite.