No prep veneers

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Permalink Reply by cobi landsberg on September 5, 2009 at 8:48am

I suppose you mean the snap-on...i have attended a lecture by the inventor.
I think some of our patients will benefit from such a solution.
Among them: people who cannot afford the conventional treatments, people of really compromized health who want to improve really bad apperance of their teeth, people who need transitional bridges over aumentation and implant sites and more.
As long as the snap on can be removed easily to allow normal cleaning its ok.
When , and if...i use it i will be glad to share more...

Permalink Reply by Richard Sousa on September 5, 2009 at 11:05am

I actually was interested in the Lumineer type of veneers.

Permalink Reply by Ira N. Dickerman, CDT on September 9, 2009 at 9:23am

It is my understanding that no prep veneers have limited application. They are thin so they can't be used to cover badly discolored teeth and they will overcontour the teeth. They have created a lot of patient interest and that is a good thing.

Permalink Reply by Cary Feuerman, DMD on September 12, 2009 at 7:57am

Hi Richard,
I asked one of our members, Greg Paskerian, for his comments on this. His response is as follows:
"Cary,
I haven't done any "Lumineer" veneers. I have done minimal prep where the goal was to improve the contours with a minimal shade change. So far the results have been very good. The lumineers are proprietory and require taking their training course, which I have not done. From what I read, if you need to make a shade change of more than three or four steps, you have to accept a more opaque than vital result.
Greg"

Permalink Reply by Allen L Weiner, DMD on September 29, 2009 at 8:26am

I have done minimal prep and no prep veneers in situations such as hypodontia and peg laterals with good results. These cases are generally bonded to 100% enamel and should work out well in the long run. I generally prefer at least a slight prep so as not to create a gingival ledge. Lumineers are a proprietary product and require that you take their course, use their lab and their resins. They are heavily advertised to the profession and directly to the public-- I don't know that this is necessarily a positive. I took their course many years ago, but have not used their product.

Permalink Reply by Richard G Knecht on November 24, 2009 at 11:52am

Minimal prep veneers are the rage for some . Even the lumineers people say that most often a minimal prep is needed. That said, if the patients teeth are inclined slightly lingual then maybe a no prep can be done. Pascal Magne has felt that enamel wear can allow one to use minimal prep at times. Then you still need to wax up and do an acrylic try in to see if this is possible. The problem as I see it is that one needs the ideal situation in terms of tooth alignment, tooth color to get ideal looking restorations. Most lumineers are very opaque. The materials any other lab use at these thickness (.3) you will have a translucncy issue plus tooth color to deal with.
Rick