Human enamel veneer restoration: an alternative technique to restore anterior primary teeth

Luciana Butini Oliveira1, Tereza Keiko Tamay, Marta Dutra Machado Oliveira

  • 1Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. lubutini@usp.br

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Veneer

Veneer refers to a thin sheet of wood, typically produced to a thickness of about one-eighth of an inch or less. This material is crafted through various methods, the most common being rotary cutting. In this process, a log is mounted into a large lathe and spun against a knife edge, peeling off a continuous strip of wood as the knife penetrates deeper into the rotating log, creating a rotary-cut veneer.
Other veneering techniques include plain-slicing, quarter-slicing, and rift-slicing. These...