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ArticleDentistry journal2020

Minimally Invasive Diastema Restoration with Prefabricated Sectional Veneers.

Claudio Novelli, Andrea Scribante

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Claudio NovelliPrivate Practice, DENS Centro Medico Lombardo, 20124 Milan, Italy.
Andrea ScribantePrivate Practice, DENS Centro Medico Lombardo, 20124 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2760-0124

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report presents a new technique for sectional veneer fabrication and diastema restoration with a prefabricated composite veneer. For the purpose of diastema restoration, a prefabricated sectional veneer provides the same benefits of a traditional ceramic sectional veneer (highly esthetic restoration with no need for tooth preparation) but involves a less technically demanding and time-consuming clinical procedure and a less delicate restoration with a reduced risk of accidental breakage and post-bonding crack formation. The technique presented in this case report bridges the gap between a direct and indirect technique for diastema restoration and introduces a new treatment option to close anterior spacing with a highly esthetic sectional veneer in a predictable and timely manner.

Indexed as

ceramic veneercomposite veneerdiastemaprefabricated veneerrestorationsectional veneer

Identifiers

PMID32599805
PMCPMC7345692

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