title: Diagnostic mock-ups as an objective tool for predictable outcomes with porcelain laminate veneers in esthetically demanding patients: a clinical report.
abstract: This clinical report demonstrates how a clinician can objectively overcome some of the barriers associated with providing patients with predictable esthetics, in a mutually satisfactory manner. Two such barriers are identified and discussed. The first is related to psychology and patient attitude to treatment. The second is related to the actual clinical procedure. A direct mock-up technique is described which serves as an effective communication tool between the dentist, patient, and dental laboratory technician.
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Graduate Prosthodontics, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0641, USA. reshad@usc.edu
authors.forename: Mamaly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reshad
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cascione
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Magne
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary; D003800:Dental Technicians; D003801:Dental Veneers; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D003765:Models, Dental; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D003776:Dental Porcelain