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REAL RESULTS
Lucida Clinical Cases
See how dentists around the world use Lucida to take their restorations to a high gloss, from direct composite to porcelain veneers. One paste, one felt, less than 20 seconds per tooth.
Featured case: before and after Lucida
Before: paste applied
After: Lucida
Composite restorations with Lucida paste applied on a Lucida Click star felt, and the result after polishing.
Recent Lucida cases
From direct composite to porcelain veneers, here is how clinicians are finishing their work with Lucida.
Two diastema closures, direct composite
Dr. João Gil Agostinho, MyFace, Lisbon
Two diastema closures in direct composite, both finished with Lucida.
“Lucida is without a doubt the best polishing paste for any type of restoration. The gloss and level of polish you can achieve are outstanding. It reaches the whole tooth surface really well, especially the interproximal areas, and the protocol is really easy to use.”
Dr. João Gil Agostinho
Clinical case: Dr. João Gil Agostinho.
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Twelve feldspathic porcelain veneers
Dr. Ryan Schmidgall, Fort Worth, Texas
Twelve feldspathic porcelain veneers, finished at the chair. The smile was designed from the face, prepped through the mock-up and kept in enamel. Layered veneers by Nelson Rego CDT, Smile Designs by Rego.
Materials: mock-up in Luxatemp bis-acryl (DMG). Layered feldspathic porcelain veneers by Nelson Rego CDT, etched with 9% hydrofluoric acid and silanated. Enamel etched with phosphoric acid and treated with Adhese Universal, then each veneer seated with Variolink Esthetic LC (Ivoclar Vivadent).
The finish, step by step:
- DiaShine Intra Oral on a felt wheel, dry at 7,000 rpm.
- Lucida on the Lucida Click Felt Star, dry at 7,000 rpm.
- A feather-light final buff.
Clinical case: Dr. Ryan Schmidgall, published on Style Italiano.
Six upper anteriors, direct composite
Dr. Osama Shaalan, Muscat, Oman
Six upper anteriors in direct composite, finished with Lucida.
Isolation with matrices, layering, shape and surface texture, then one last step: Lucida. One paste, one felt, into the embrasures and across the whole surface.
Clinical case: Dr. Osama Shaalan.
Class IV, direct composite
Dr. Valentin Vervack
A fractured upper central incisor rebuilt with a Class IV direct composite, then finished with Lucida.
Clinical case: Dr. Valentin Vervack.
Feldspathic porcelain veneers
Dr. Miles Cone
Feldspathic porcelain veneers for small upper lateral incisors, made on a refractory model and polished with Lucida before bonding. The second photo shows what Lucida does to the porcelain: matte after pre-polishing on the left, high lustre after Lucida on the right.
Clinical case: Dr. Miles Cone.
Upper central incisors
Dr. Marcin Krupinski, Kraków
Discoloured, uneven upper central incisors with a gap between them, restored and finished with Lucida.
Clinical case: Dr. Marcin Krupinski.
Front and back teeth
Dr. Yao-Lin Tang
Two cases. A fractured upper central incisor rebuilt with a Class IV composite, and a worn restoration on a molar replaced. Both were finished with Lucida.
Clinical case: Dr. Yao-Lin Tang.
Fractured upper central
Molar
Posterior, direct composite
Dr. Mohammad Al Hasani
A root-canal-treated molar rebuilt with a direct composite and detailed biting-surface anatomy, then polished with Lucida.
Clinical case: Dr. Mohammad Al Hasani.
PUBLISHED STUDIES
What the research shows
Two studies published in 2025 tested Lucida by name on composite: one at Marmara University, Istanbul, and one at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Straight after polishing, Lucida left the surface below 0.2 µm in both, the roughness above which plaque is thought to stick more easily. In the Athens study, roughness rose after three months of simulated brushing, as it did for every paste tested.