Hi there folks…….a couple of cool cases for you today.

I got my 810 nm diode back for good today and of course had to use it for a couple of cases.

This dynamite looking lady had a consult with an orthodontist for her maxillary and mandibular crowding but wouldnt go through with it.

She also didnt want a graft (sent her to the periodontist ) for the lower anterior.

We did 4 veneers for the maxilla and now she wanted the lower anterior done. Wanted them straight and all the edges the same length and the teeth were bleached to match the maxillary incisors.

I did the 4 veneer preps today and actually we precontoured the gingiva as she felt the gingiva was too V shaped and not round enough. She also is adamant about the length so I kept the left central with the greatest recession as the marker for the rest and took of 1 mm on the others and made the gingival contours more round.

We then did a frenectomy ( all settings were pulsed (cheap mans Periolase) at 15 Hz and 1.0 watt , air and initiated fiber).

I then prepped the teeth and also troughed with the diodent laser from hoya for the tissue management, and we then took impressions and made provisionals from a putty impression relined with light body of the wax up.

The temps were cemented with spot etching and the shade was a B1 shade of protemp.

Hope that was interesting.

Next case is cool too.

Cya

Glenn