Five-year clinical performance of porcelain veneers.
OBJECTIVE
The overall clinical performance of porcelain veneers was evaluated at 5 years.


METHODS
Porcelain veneers were placed on 87 maxillary anterior teeth in 25 patients (19 to 69 years) by a single operator following a standardized clinical procedure. At the 5-year recall, esthetics, marginal performance, vitality, fracture rate, and patient satisfaction were recorded.


RESULTS
At recall, 93% of the veneers were satisfactory without intervention. The remaining 7% presented clinically unacceptable problems such as recurrent caries, porcelain fracture, severe clinical microleakage, or pulpal reaction. The retention rate of the porcelain veneers was 100%, and the maintenance of esthetics was perfect. Only 14% of the veneers presented excellent marginal adaptation over the entire outline of the restoration; however, the impact of the slight marginal defects on the clinical performance was negligible.


CONCLUSIONS
Labial porcelain veneers offer a reliable and effective procedure for the conservative treatment of discolored, malformed, and malaligned anterior teeth.
Peumans
M
M
Department of Operative Dentistry and Dental Materials, School for Dentistry, Oral Pathology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
Van Meerbeek
B
B
Lambrechts
P
P
Vuylsteke-Wauters
M
M
Vanherle
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology; D003763:Dental Leakage / Q000209:etiology; D018772:Dental Marginal Adaptation; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003801:Dental Veneers / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects
D003776:Dental Porcelain