In this Case of the Month, Dr. Hornbrook explains his smile enhancement goals.

Case of the Month: Smile Enhancement With No Prep Veneers

Minimal prep veneers add resilience and beauty to smile enhancement cases.  Case #8: Smile Enhancement & Minimal Prep Veneers Clinician: Dr. David Hornbrook, San Diego, CA During a Live Patient Over-the-Shoulder program at ATSU in Arizona hosted by Clinical Mastery Series, Dr. David Hornbrook demonstrated the ease and beauty of minimal prep veneers restorations. Restoration Fabrication The patient selected as a model […]

Conservation was one of the main goals of this case.

Case of the Month: Conservation Personified with Minimal Prep Veneers

Conservation is a pillar of sound, dependable dentistry. It enables us to preserve tooth structure and provide ideal treatment to patients. Case #5: Minimal Prep Veneers Lead to Successful Conservation Treatment Clinician: Dr. David Hornbrook, La Mesa, CA A 19-year-old woman presented to Dr. Hornbrook’s practice with the desire to improve the appearance of her smile. […]

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Case of the Month: Prep Successfully With Your Scaler

Ingenuity is the name of the game for one doctor’s approach to prep design with a scaler.  Read on to get the inside scoop on a unique Case of the Month. We love how Dr. Creasman managed to avoid compromising aesthetics, strength, and longevity. Case #2: Prep With Your Scaler – No Burs, No Anesthetic Minimal […]

Good tooth preparation includes a range of minimal to aggressive approaches.

3 Essential Ways to Maximize Tooth Preparation Benefits

Are we better off choosing the minimal, aggressive, or “in the middle” approach for tooth preparation?  by Dr. Lee Ann Brady Complacency can overcome even the most Type A of dentists. We spend too many of our days repeating the same techniques over and over again. After a while, we begin to develop patterns that turn individualized treatments into […]

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Diastema Closure with Minimal Prep Veneers

Minimal Prep Veneers Case Study by Dr. Mike Smith With any anterior case it is important to master the esthetics in the treatment planning phase in order to provide the patient with their desired cosmetic results. Patient CJ was presented with a diastema, and case goals were to deprogram and regain anterior guidance, while moving the […]