What are Veneers?
In Cosmetic Dentistry, veneers are thin pieces of dental porcelain used to recreate the natural look of your teeth, either to improve the aesthetics or to protect the surface of the tooth from damage such a grinding, etc. Veneers are generally used for aesthetic proposes, to change tooth shape, size, and color.
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Dental veneer (sometimes called porcelain veneer or dental porcelain laminates) are thin, custom-made shells of tooth-colored materials designed to cover the front surface of teeth to improve your appearance. These shells are strong bonded to the front of the teeth, changing their color, shape, size, or length. Light-sensitive resin cement is placed between the natural tooth and the veneer to bond them using a led curing light.
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To apply a veneer, a very small amount of the original tooth enamel must be removed. This is essential as it creates room for the porcelain veneer to fit within the mouth and most accurately restore natural tooth function while creating an aesthetic and healthy appearance.
There are two main types of material used to fabricate a veneer:
Dental Porcelain:
Porcelain veneer resist stains better than resin veneer and better mimic the light reflecting properties of natural teeth. One advantage of porcelain veneers it is durability compared with resin veneer.
Their endurance is impressive magnification, and the use of CAD/CAM technology adds precision, which is translated also into a greater life spam.
Creating porcelain veneer requires some laboratory time, so expect around a week before they are ready to be applied.
Composite:
A composite veneer may be directly placed (built-up in the mouth), or indirectly fabricated by a dental technician in a dental lab, and later bonded to the tooth, using a resin cement as porcelain veneers. In contrast, a porcelain veneer may only be indirectly fabricated.
Resin veneers are thinner and require removal of less of the tooth surface before placement.
OUR PROTOCOL
At Smile Tijuana Dentist , we will begin with a smile analysis to determine what steps are necessary to achieve the smile you desire. In addition, we will perform a diagnostic mock up that will allow you to “try on” the veneers we designed for you. After that, we will take photos to show you how your new smile will look. All this protocols and steps we offer are an important key to choose wisely the shape, wide, length and color of your porcelain veneer. After the mock up, is important to have an appointment to prepare the veneers and take impression, around 1 week latter the veneers will be ready to be cemented and you will be able to have a Hollywood Smile.
- Teeth that are worn down
- Teeth that are chipped or broken
- Teeth that are misaligned, uneven, or irregularly shaped
- Teeth with gaps between them (to close the space between these teeth)
- Teeth that are discolored, either because of root canal treatment, stains from tetracycline or other drugs, excessive fluoride or other causes
- the presence of large resin fillings that have discolored the tooth
- it is nearly impossible to tell the difference between a veneer and a natural tooth.
- your natural teeth remain largely intact with only a minimal amount being altered to fit the veneer.
- veneers can make even dark teeth appear bright white.
- veneers quickly fix minor twists, overlaps, and small gaps.
Maintenance of a Porcelain Veneer:
Maintaining porcelain veneers is very important: Smile Tijuana Dentist suggest to Use non-abrasive fluoride toothpaste for your Veneers.
After your veneers are placed, you will be required to return to the office for a follow-up visit and evaluation for maintenance to see how your mouth is reacting to the veneers. Even if you love the veneers look, this appointments are vital to your future oral health. professional maintenance is very important because your porcelain veneers should be polished with a specially diamond polish formulated, non-abrasive paste.
If you have a habit of grinding or clenching your teeth, you will need to fit a night guard so you do not damage or break your porcelain veneers.