Comparison of two different veneer preparation designs in vital teeth

Ulrike Stephanie Beier1, Matilda Dhima, Sreenivas Koka

  • 1Clinical Department of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. ulrike.beier@i-med.ac.at

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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...