Gingival Veneers

From Volume 36, Issue 7, September 2009 | Pages 422-428

Authors

Barry Hickey

BDS(Glasg), BSc(Hons), (UC Cork), MFDS RCPS(Glasg)

Senior House Officer, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland

Articles by Barry Hickey

Sachin Jauhar

BDS, MSc, MFDS FDS(Rest Dent)

Specialist Registrar and Honorary Clinical Teacher in Restorative Dentistry, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland

Articles by Sachin Jauhar

Abstract

Gingival veneers have been in clinical use for over 50 years and are a predictable, inexpensive, non-invasive, effective and aesthetically pleasing way of replacing lost tissue. They can also be used as delivery vehicles for topical medicaments. This article describes their indications, contra-indications and construction.

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