Ultra-Thin Veneers

Porcelain veneers serve as one of the more conservative restorative options available for improving aesthetics. The preparation design for porcelain veneers is driven in part by the room needed by the technician to recreate natural tooth structure and also by the restorative system being used. However, during the last 10 years, there has been a steady growth in veneers that have minimal to no preparation.
The idea of not removing tooth structure and pain-free dentistry has helped to create the demand for no preparation veneers. However, without proper preparation and appropriate prep design, the dental technician team has no room to recreate the morphology found in natural teeth. The absence of this anatomy often results in monochromatic and unnatural appearing smiles. The other common problem is a bulky/over-contoured result that is brought on by ceramists who are attempting to place internal anatomy or trying to achieve a layered look. These compromises have led to cases being accepted as if they were the best result possible (given the limitations), even though the outcome could have been more natural. Some clinicians have pointed out that no-prep veneers can only be done in very select cases.