Perception and illusion in dental aesthetics

Abstract

Aim and objectives: The objectives in performing fixed prosthetic restorations were the following: Replacing lost tissues, restoring the functions of the stomatognathic system: aesthetics, phonetics, functionality, mastication and creating illusion, using different techniques to make the tooth look younger, older or wider. Material and methods: This part presents the materials and the different methods in the technological operations for the realization of three fixed metal-ceramic partial prostheses, with rejuvenated appearance, with aged appearance and the third with the illusion that the tooth looks wider, the differences that will be listed below. Results: The metal-ceramic works are accepted relatively easily, offering special satisfactions to the patients, but also to the doctors, they transform the dentition into an aesthetic and functional, comfortable one, restoring the morphology and the masticatory functions. Conclusions: Ceramics have a very wide range of colors, having the great advantage of the possibility of combining them. Thus, some parts of the tooth can be made in certain shades, others in other shades, giving the artificial tooth a very close apperance to the natural one.