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Additive Wax-Up and Diagnostic Mockup As Driving Tools for Minimally Invasive Veneer Preparations

2022; Cureus, Inc.; Linguagem: Inglês

10.7759/cureus.27402

2168-8184

Jose Villalobos‐Tinoco, Carlos A. Jurado, Silvia Rojas‐Rueda, Nicholas G. Fischer,

Dental Research and COVID-19

This report describes the importance of and outlines steps for additive wax-up and diagnostic mockup for anterior teeth as diagnostic and driving tools for non-prep and minimally invasive veneer preparations. A 35-year-old male presented to the clinic with the chief complaint of spaces between his front teeth. Diagnostic additive wax-up provided the possibility of offering minimally invasive preparations, and the use of a diagnostic intraoral mockup fulfilled the patient's esthetic demands for treatment approval. Veneer preparations over the diagnostic mockup were provided as they are minimally invasive. Ceramic veneers were hand-crafted following the previous diagnostic wax-up, and restorations were bonded under rubber dam isolation. Overall, additive wax-up provides information needed to know if minimally invasive veneer preparations are possible, and the diagnostic mockup displays a physical, tentative outcome for the patient's evaluation before irreversible tooth preparations. These simple, but effective, techniques can drive the diagnosis and prognosis of minimally invasive veneer restorations.