Treatment Process
This case has severe enamel breakdown from a combination of acid wear, bruxism, and a bicycle wreck, fracturing the weakened enamel. As in all complex cases, we fabricate a wax design, test it in bonding, then convert to porcelain. The bonded functional prototype is used so that the posterior teeth and lower anterior teeth are temporized in the prototype material then remaining treatment is segmented over time.


Long term wear issues were more susceptible to fracture in the bicycle accident.
Wrap around veneers (taco shell) conserve remaining enamel and reestablish original contours.


Dramatic smile improvement.
View demonstrating wrap around effect of taco shell veneer.


Back to the bicycle!