Composite Laminates are also known as directly fabricated veneers:

These are composite resin materials applied to the tooth surface freehand by the clinician.

Direct composite veneers 

Primary indications for direct composite labial veneers

• White spot lesions.
• Severe fluorosis discoloration.
• Severe hypoplastic discoloration.
• Because the discoloration is confirmed entirely to enamel and never extends into dentin.

The choice to composite materials:

If the occlusion is normal and no stresses on the restorations the light-cured micro-filled composite material is the choice because of its superb polishability and overall aesthetic acceptability. If occlusal factors are more demanding the Hybrid material would be the better choice.

Indications of direct veneers

• Patients who exhibit significant wear of anterior teeth caused by occlusal stress.
• Low cost

Advantages of direct veneers

• Can mask dark stains more aesthetically than direct bonding.
• No anesthesia is usually required.
• Can easily be repaired in the mouth if and when staining or chipping occurs.
• More conservative- Less tooth reduction than crowing.
• Usually, user experience.
• Colour change possible.
• Less fatigue to the patient and easily manipulated. 
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Disadvantages of direct veneers

• Required two visits.
• Greater expense than bonded composites.
• More prone to cohesive fracture than porcelain veneers.
• Can be irreversible procedures it much enamel is removed
• Not as strong as porcelain laminate.
• Comparable aesthetics to porcelain but not comparable clinical longevity. 

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