Ceramic veneers confection through digital flow: case report

Abstract

Introduction: Harmonization of the smile for aesthetic purposes has been a routine practice for dental professionals who have benefited from technological developments and new materials that allow the significant expansion of treatment forms. Among the innovations that guarantee the quality, safety and oral health of the patient and optimize the work of the professional are ceramic materials and CAD/CAM technology. Objective: It aims to report a clinical case of smile harmonization with digital flow ceramic laminates. Case Report: A 39-year-old male patient, without systemic comorbidities and previous medical history of allergies, attended a specialization course in dental prosthesis at a college in northern Brazil with the main complaint of yellowed and different-shaped teeth. In the clinical and digital analysis, dental disproportionality was verified when smiling, lips with hyperactivity on the left side and greater exposure of teeth on the left side, conical lateral incisors and diastema, so ceramic laminates were indicated in 10 dental elements using the technique smile digital flow icon. Then, intraoral scanning was performed, mock-up and dental preparation were performed, finally the cement of the 10 laminates was performed in the patient. Conclusion: It was concluded that the result was adequate both in clinical terms and for the patient, demonstrating that the use of the digital flow technique allows agility, predictability and fidelity to work on the case, thus resulting in aesthetic and satisfactory results.