Our smile is one of the first levels of communications people see and respond to.
If you are self conscious about your smile, or feel that the appearance of your teeth could be improved, it's a good idea to talk to your dentist about whether they can do anything cosmetically to help, including the use of porcelain veneers.
Porcelain veneers cover damaged teeth, hiding stains that cannot be easily removed with cleaning or lasers, cracks, broken/misshapen teeth, or ones that have too large a gap between each of them.
They create an even appearance in your mouth, and can also protect them by covering up thin enamel.
Where these teeth were once just pulled out and then replaced with false ones, now you can add this thin, but strong, shell to your existing tooth, and allow your tooth to stay in your mouth.
This has many positive implications in terms of your over all jaw and mouth health.
The porcelain veneer looks natural because it is slightly translucent allowing the colour of your own teeth to show a little underneath.
If it was solid white it would look out of place and wouldn't balance with the rest of the teeth in your mouth.
Normally two dentists' visits are required to add one to your tooth.
The overall time span, is between one and two weeks.
You can get more than one done at a time, and it is common to have more than one tooth covered.
The dentist needs to make sure your amended tooth will be in alignment with the others.
They will trim off a little bit of your tooth so that you can have the thin shell over your tooth without it feeling like it is sticking out.
Once they have done that, they will take a mould of your tooth so that they can create the perfect shape.
While you wait for that to arrive you can either have a temporary cover placed over your tooth to protect it from harm, or leave it as is.
It will feel a little rough in your mouth which can take some getting used to.
Once the shell has been made, your dentist will trim it and bond it to your tooth.
They will work to create an end result that looks as natural as possible, and help you feel like that porcelain veneer has always been there.
If you are self conscious about your smile, or feel that the appearance of your teeth could be improved, it's a good idea to talk to your dentist about whether they can do anything cosmetically to help, including the use of porcelain veneers.
Porcelain veneers cover damaged teeth, hiding stains that cannot be easily removed with cleaning or lasers, cracks, broken/misshapen teeth, or ones that have too large a gap between each of them.
They create an even appearance in your mouth, and can also protect them by covering up thin enamel.
Where these teeth were once just pulled out and then replaced with false ones, now you can add this thin, but strong, shell to your existing tooth, and allow your tooth to stay in your mouth.
This has many positive implications in terms of your over all jaw and mouth health.
The porcelain veneer looks natural because it is slightly translucent allowing the colour of your own teeth to show a little underneath.
If it was solid white it would look out of place and wouldn't balance with the rest of the teeth in your mouth.
Normally two dentists' visits are required to add one to your tooth.
The overall time span, is between one and two weeks.
You can get more than one done at a time, and it is common to have more than one tooth covered.
The dentist needs to make sure your amended tooth will be in alignment with the others.
They will trim off a little bit of your tooth so that you can have the thin shell over your tooth without it feeling like it is sticking out.
Once they have done that, they will take a mould of your tooth so that they can create the perfect shape.
While you wait for that to arrive you can either have a temporary cover placed over your tooth to protect it from harm, or leave it as is.
It will feel a little rough in your mouth which can take some getting used to.
Once the shell has been made, your dentist will trim it and bond it to your tooth.
They will work to create an end result that looks as natural as possible, and help you feel like that porcelain veneer has always been there.
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