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14 cosmetic section DENTAL TECHNOLOGY, JULY-SEPTEMBER 2023

FIG 49 FIG 50

FIG 53
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FIG 49-53: The final restorations one week after cementation

(Figure 39). Subsequently, this was cleaned under flowing water viously treated teeth prior to placement, light curing composite
and dried with compressed air; after this step, they surfaces were cement (Figure 42) was applied. The positioning was done with
neutralized for five minutes (Figure 40). After the reaction time try-in paste (Figures 43 to 46).
had elapsed, they were rinsed again thoroughly and dried with air. The removal of excess cement and the final finishing were carried
The silane was then allowed to evaporate for one minute and the out using curettes and emery paper strips. Figures 47 and 48 show
adhesive was applied according to manufacturer’s instructions the initial presentation and Figures 49 to 53 show the final restora-
(Figure 41). Finally on the inner surface of the veneers on the pre- tions one week after cementation.

About the authors

Odt. Gabriele Amos Mainetti was born in Morbegno in 1990. He lives in a Dr. Diego Spreafico graduated with honors from the
small town in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy. After graduating from University of Milan in 2004 and immediately attended
high school, he immediately began his apprenticeship, and he specialized the courses of the most important Italian and interna-
in aesthetics deepening his knowledge of morphology and function. In the tional key opinion leaders in the field of endodontics,
past years he attended various courses on ceramic systems - one of them conservative dentistry, and prosthodontics. He works
in Germany, where he focused on morphology corresponding to the as a freelancer with a special interest in esthetic
Carving from the Japanese "Osaka Ceramics" school. Despite his young prosthodontics and microscopy. He studied and did
age, he is already a member of several associations that collaborate in research at foreign universities (Hokkaido University
Italy, Spain, India and America. In 2018 he was awarded for his teaching in Sapporo, Japan; International Medical University in
activities. Today he works in a dental laboratory in his hometown and in a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and has published articles in
private practice in Switzerland. Instagram: gabriele_a_mainetti, e-mail: international journals on adhesive cementation in
amoscevo@gmail.com dentistry and on materials in dentistry.