title: Treatment planning for porcelain veneer restoration of crowded teeth by modifying stone models.
abstract: The three-dimensional result attainable through porcelain veneer restoration of crowded teeth can be preoperatively determined by diagnostically altering stone study models of the patient's dentition. Techniques for diagnostically preparing and waxing the stone dental models are described in this article, along with the corresponding postoperative restorative results of representative cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with malaligned teeth who are not willing or able to undergo straightening of their teeth with orthodontics, nonetheless may be able to attain straight teeth concomitant with the restoration of their teeth with modified porcelain veneer restorations. This article describes a straight forward treatment planning technique for altering study casts preoperatively, to accurately predict and guide the postoperative outcome.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Cutbirth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology; D003725:Dental Articulators; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D003801:Dental Veneers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D007574:Jaw Relation Record / Q000295:instrumentation; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy*; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D003765:Models, Dental; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013499:Surface Properties; D014075:Tooth Discoloration / Q000628:therapy; D019246:Tooth Preparation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003776:Dental Porcelain