How to Use VITA VM 13 for Challenging Anterior Metal-Ceramic Restorations

While zirconia is becoming an increasingly popular restorative choice, metal-ceramic solutions are still widely used and, in many cases, preferred because of the esthetics. Renato Carretti offers a look at three anterior cases fabricated with VM 13 porcelain from VITA.

  • The Challenge of Surface Glaze

    By Renato Carretti

    A female patient, approximately 65 years old, presented with tooth #10 fractured down to the root; it was extracted and an implant was seated. She had had a gold filling on tooth #9 for nearly 45 years, and couldn’t imagine her appearance without it.

    Although the gap following...

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    Jan 13, 2015 at 11:14am

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  • The Challenge of Transparency with an Implant-Borne Metal Ceramic Crown

    By Renato Carretti

    An approximately 50-year old patient presented with a fracture on tooth #9 (see Figure 1). Since the root was also fractured, the tooth was extracted and a clasp-retained provisional restoration was seated (see Figure 2).

    The gingival papilla was prepared prior to placing the implant...

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    Jan 13, 2015 at 11:06am

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  • The Challenge of a Discolored Tooth Stump

    By Renato Carretti

    A patient who was approximately 45 years old presented with a devitalized tooth #10 with dark discolorations (see Figure 1). This was a classic case for a metal-ceramic restoration because the discolored tooth stump would show through an all-ceramic restoration and make the crown look...

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    LMT Communications, Inc.

    Jan 13, 2015 at 10:56am

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