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25dentistry 4_2015 cosmetic case report _ adhesive restorations “No-Prep” adhesive restorations: another way to deal with aesthetic deficiencies Author_Dr. Didier Dietschi, Switzerland _Introduction The use of ceramics in the form of veneers or crowns was, for a long time, considered the only satisfactory and durable solution to the aesthetic deficiencies of the smile, in young as well as adult patients. This hegem- ony of ceramics which, for that matter tends to linger, is favored by the dental industry that invests significant amounts of money to promote its materials and new technolo- gies, without always showing a lot of consid- eration for the biomechanics of the healthy tooth. The sheer aesthetic criteria must, there- fore, be weighed against the biological and mechanical fundamental principles of the Figs. 1-4_Preoperative extra and intraoral views of a young patient showing bilateral diastemas, complicated by a mild fluorosis. Fig. 1 Fig. 3 Fig. 2 Fig. 4