Color Atlas of Porcelain Laminate Veneers

In this time of change, a pivotal period when our society is shifting from the industrial to the information/service-driven economy, it is exciting to realize that a parallel revolution is taking place in the profession of dentistry. This paradigm shift is driven by an extensive reduction in disease, an increase in dental manpower, and a discovery that over half our population, considered by the profession to be the "unmet need market," has less disease in intensity and frequency than those who are presently coming to see us. There is still another revolution that is simultaneously taking place in materials, techniques, and philosophy in dentistry.
The revolution in materials technology, as evidenced by the Duret micro-milling machine and other emerging systems, is leading to a dental office of the future that will no longer use the traditional plaster techniques. A patient can, without an impres-sion or temporary, have the finest and most accurate veneer, inlay, crown or bridge placed during the first visit, creating a more profitable win-win situation for both the doctor and the patient.