Understanding the esthetic evaluation for success

With any restorative procedure, a thorough evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment plan is essential for a positive outcome. When dealing with esthetic dilemmas, the some holds true. Without a sequential esthetic evaluation, diagnosis, treatment plan, and execution, an acceptable outcome is difficult to predict. The treating clinician should be able to visualize the esthetic problem, visualize the proposed changes, and devise a way to achieve the result while still maintaining mechanically, functionally, and biologically sound principles.