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What margin design is appropriate for a porcelain veneer on a tooth with a reduced/worn incisal edge requiring additional length or strength?

  1. Shoulder margin design
  2. Simple feathered chamfer with no added bulk
  3. Knife-edge margin
  4. No incisal preparation at all regardless of wear
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Correct answer: A. Shoulder margin design

When a worn or reduced incisal edge requires additional length or strength to be restored, a shoulder (incisal overlap) margin design provides the ceramist enough material bulk at that edge to resist fracture — a simple feathered finish line would leave too little ceramic thickness in this specific situation.

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