Biomaterial Database

Porcelain laminate veneers and the single-tooth implant: a combination treatment alternative. 1995

R M Thies, and R E Rada

Loyola University School of Dentistry, Maywood, Illinois, USA.

The development of implants that are predictable and successful long-term replacements for missing teeth (as a result of disease or trauma) in both full and partially edentulous situations has led to their acceptance as part of mainstream restorative dental therapy. In partially edentulous cases, implants can be combined with various esthetic dental restorations. This article will describe a case in which optimum anterior esthetics were obtained using a combination of single-tooth implants and porcelain laminate veneers.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010347	Patient Care Planning	Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient.	Nursing Care Plans,Goals of Care,Plans, Nursing Care,Care Goal,Care Goals,Care Plan, Nursing,Care Planning, Patient,Care Plans, Nursing,Nursing Care Plan,Plan, Nursing Care,Planning, Patient Care
D003758	Dental Implantation, Endosseous	Insertion of an implant into the bone of the mandible or maxilla. The implant has an exposed head which protrudes through the mucosa and is a prosthodontic abutment.	Dental Implantation, Osseointegrated,Endosseous Dental Implant Therapy,Endosseous Implantation,Osseointegrated Dental Implantation,Endosseous Dental Implantation,Implantation, Endosseous,Implantation, Endosseous Dental,Implantation, Osseointegrated Dental
D003776	Dental Porcelain	A type of porcelain used in dental restorations, either jacket crowns or inlays, artificial teeth, or metal-ceramic crowns. It is essentially a mixture of particles of feldspar and quartz, the feldspar melting first and providing a glass matrix for the quartz. Dental porcelain is produced by mixing ceramic powder (a mixture of quartz, kaolin, pigments, opacifiers, a suitable flux, and other substances) with distilled water. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)	Porcelain,Porcelain, Dental,Dental Porcelains,Porcelains,Porcelains, Dental
D003801	Dental Veneers	The use of a layer of tooth-colored material, usually porcelain or acrylic resin, applied to the surface of natural teeth, crowns, or pontics by fusion, cementation, or mechanical retention.	Dental Laminates,Dental Laminate,Dental Veneer,Laminate, Dental,Laminates, Dental,Veneer, Dental,Veneers, Dental
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D019250	Dental Implants, Single-Tooth	Devices, usually alloplastic, surgically inserted into or onto the jawbone, which support a single prosthetic tooth and serve either as abutments or as cosmetic replacements for missing teeth.	Single-Tooth Implants,Dental Implant, Single-Tooth,Implant, Single-Tooth Dental,Implants, Single-Tooth Dental,Single-Tooth Dental Implant,Single-Tooth Dental Implants,Dental Implant, Single Tooth,Dental Implants, Single Tooth,Implant, Single Tooth Dental,Implant, Single-Tooth,Implants, Single Tooth Dental,Implants, Single-Tooth,Single Tooth Dental Implant,Single Tooth Dental Implants,Single Tooth Implants,Single-Tooth Implant