Many patients have been helped in modern dentistry by non-prep veneers and veneers. Crowns are only used if the tooth substance no longer offers the needed structure and stability to accept adhesive-attached partial tooth restorations. A crown is preferred in these cases because it can protect the remaining tooth structure and build it up again.

Crowns can be structured with modern dental ceramics - without dark triangles and "black borders," as they often appeared in older restorations. We structure our crowns as if they had grown naturally from the gums. This means that the gums, the gum edges and the tooth (crown) form an aesthetic unit.

A bridge is a somewhat more complex form of tooth replacement. A bridge is needed if one or more teeth are missing, and the teeth must be filled in. Attachment of a bridge to three, four and more members is done to the neighbouring teeth which must be filed. Bridges are used if patients already had this form of care and have accepted that possible abutment teeth have been filed and implants are not feasible for various reasons.

We prepared six anterior tooth crowns in the maxillary for this young patient, and made two all-ceramic posterior crowns. Ceramic is very tissue-friendly and look very natural. The crowns fit perfectly into their surroundings, and emphasize the young woman's sympathetic looks.