Ideal Applications of Audental Lithium Disilicate for Veneers and Inlays/Onlays

1. What Are Dental Veneers?

Veneers are thin ceramic facings bonded to the labial/buccal surface of anterior teeth to enhance color, shape, proportion, and minor alignment—delivering both aesthetic and functional improvements.

Key Advantages of Veneers：

• Minimally invasive, enamel-preserving: Typically only 0.3–0.7 mm enamel reduction, maximizing natural tooth preservation.
• Excellent aesthetics: Lifelike translucency and fluorescence allow natural shade masking and refined texture, proportion, and incisal effects.
• Color stability & stain resistance: Glazed, dense ceramics with precise margins reduce long-term discoloration and staining.
• Reliable adhesion: Strong, durable bonding to enamel through micro-mechanical retention and chemical coupling improves marginal longevity.
• Fast smile makeover: Effective for tetracycline/fluorosis discoloration, diastema closure, minor wear, and small fractures.
• High customization: Layering, incisal translucency bands, and texture can be tailored for a natural—not “over-whitened”—look.

Best for: anterior aesthetic enhancement, mild-to-moderate shape/length rebuild, small chips and space management.

2. What Are Inlays/Onlays?

Inlays and onlays restore posterior teeth or any area requiring load-bearing. They rebuild anatomy and disperse stresses via cavity design plus adhesive bonding—often replacing large direct fillings and reducing the need for full crowns.

                                 Inlay                                                                     Onlay

Key Advantages of Inlays/Onlays:

• Tooth preservation with reinforcement: Compared with full crowns, more healthy tooth structure is preserved—only weak or carious tissue is removed.
• Strong mechanical performance: Dense, wear-resistant ceramics; cusp-coverage onlays/overlays reduce crack propagation and chipping risk.
• Tight margins & durability: Lab-made fit plus adhesive cementation improve marginal integrity and reduce secondary caries/microleakage.
• Precise occlusal anatomy: Digital design and milled/pressed fabrication deliver controlled contacts and occlusion.
• Maintenance-friendly: Hard glaze with excellent polishability keeps surfaces smooth over time, reducing stain accumulation.
• Upgrades failing large fillings: A more stable, longer-lasting solution for repeatedly failing composites or cracked-tooth cases.

Best for: large posterior defects, reinforcement of cracked teeth, recurrent failure of large direct restorations, and long-term stability in high-load zones.

3. Veneers and Inlays/Onlays—How to Choose?

4. Materials & Workflow—Turning Advantages into Outcomes

• Lithium disilicate glass ceramics: The proven balance of beauty and strength (clinical range commonly 360–400 MPa). They etch with hydrofluoric acid and silanate for strong adhesion—ideal for both veneers and inlays/onlays.
• Pressable (hot-pressed) ceramics: High density and crisp margins—excellent when precise contacts and edge definition are critical, for either veneers or indirect posterior restorations.
• Audental Glass Ceramics (CAD/CAM): Suitable for veneers and inlays/onlays; milled restorations with fast crystallization, high efficiency, and clean margins. Pair with Audental Glaze & Stain for one-step shading that achieves natural glaze effects.
• Audental Pressable Ceramics (Pressable Ingots): Hot-pressed for dense microstructure and sharp edges, offering excellent marginal integrity and contact control—favored by technicians who value wax-up precision.

5. Audental Solutions

1) Audental Glass Ceramics

Indications/Use Cases: Veneers, inlays/onlays, anterior and posterior crowns, and short-span anterior bridges.

Material Features:

• High translucency and natural light scattering create depth of color without an overly “bright-white” effect.
• Stable mechanical performance (360–400 MPa) with excellent edge-chipping resistance.
• Milling-friendly behavior and strong margin integrity reduce micro-defects.
• Fast crystallization workflow: single-stage crystallization shortens chairside and laboratory turnaround.
• Offered in common shade ranges and multilayer options; compatible with the Audental Glaze & Stain system—one-step staining achieves a glazed finish (no separate powder–liquid mixing required).

2) Audental Pressable Ceramics

Indications/Use Cases: Veneers, inlays/onlays/overlays, and anterior/posterior crowns where marginal fit and morphological detailing are critical; ideal for technician teams favoring traditional hot-press workflows and wax-up techniques.

Material Features:

• Hot-pressed, high-density microstructure with crisp, sharp margins—excellent for precise edge and contact control.
• Outstanding stratification and optical transitions for a natural aesthetic without a “chalky” appearance.
• Multiple translucency levels and ingot shades, covering cases from opacious masking to high translucency.
• Factory-matched crystallization and staining systems; after pressing, proceed directly to individualized staining and glazing.