{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Protrusive Dental Podcast","title":"How to Bond Veneers: The Full Seat Appointment, Step by Step - PDP291","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3572,"description":"Is it a fit appointment — or a try-in? (The word you choose changes the whole visit.)\nWater try-in or try-in paste — and what do you do when minimal-prep veneers just won’t stay put?\nWhy does the last veneer in the sequence so often refuse to seat?\nAnd how much excess cement is still hiding after you’ve cleaned up?\nThe bonding appointment is where a veneer case is won or lost on the day. In this episode, Dr Tejas Patel — a cosmetic dentist who runs a boutique, veneer-focused practice in Austin, Texas, with patients flying in from across the US — walks through his complete seat protocol: the checkpoints that should be closed before the patient arrives, the try-in, cement choice, the exact bonding and tacking order, clean-up and final checks. Then the troubleshooting: why veneers won’t seat, how to remove temporaries and old veneers without damaging teeth, and when it’s fine to go back to temps. One clinician’s tried-and-tested protocol — yours may differ, and that’s the point.\n\nProtrusive Dental Pearl: Onlays Fail by Fracture — So Prevent It, and Repair It\n\nThe most common complication of a ceramic onlay or overlay isn’t debonding — it’s fracture. A systematic review of ceramic onlays found fracture was the leading cause of failure, followed by debonding and caries. Longevity was better where the preparation allowed at least 2 mm of occlusal ceramic, and risk rose further back in the mouth and with parafunction (though the wider literature on bruxism is mixed). So don’t skimp on occlusal reduction: the strength of the tooth comes from the gingival third, and sacrificing a little coronal structure to give the ceramic its ideal thickness is still far more conservative than a crown.\nIf a fracture does happen, and you can reach and isolate it, repair it rather than replace it. Bur-and-bond alone performs poorly: etch the exposed ceramic with hydrofluoric acid, then silane, then composite (the literature is mixed on adding a bonding agent first). Wary of HF in the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hLSIeRiYSp0oTfIk0BzEukFutShD18hH3f6fq4QHsWw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lZmM0/ZTNjYzdiZDJhNGFj/MzBiYmU2NTUwNmM2/NzQ2My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}