Create your perfect smile. Transform tooth color, shape, and alignment with natural-looking porcelain veneers.
What makes a smile beautiful? That's a complex question, but some qualities of a lovely smile are immediately identifiable: good tooth color, shape, and alignment are a few of the most important ones. If your teeth could use improvement in any of these categories, porcelain veneers could be just what you're looking for.
You may already know that a veneer is a thin covering over another surface. In dentistry, a veneer is a wafer-thin layer of super-strong porcelain that convincingly substitutes for natural tooth enamel. When bonded to your teeth, veneers can create a natural-looking, beautiful new surface.
Dental porcelain, like natural tooth enamel, is translucent and tough. But unlike natural enamel, it doesn't stain. Recent years have brought remarkable advances in dental porcelain technology. These days, veneers can be made so thin that they can sometimes be bonded directly onto your existing tooth surface with minimal preparation.
Veneers can be used to improve many characteristics of your teeth:
Teeth can become stained by foods, drinks, smoking, and even normal aging. Veneers are available in numerous shades, from the most natural to the brightest Hollywood white.
Teeth can become worn down from grinding habits, or may not have the shape or size you want. Some prefer rounder teeth (more feminine) or squarer teeth (more masculine). Veneers can be customized to flatter your face.
Veneers can be used to close small gaps between teeth or make slight corrections in alignment while simultaneously improving tooth color and shape.
There are some situations in which veneers would be inappropriate:
Share exactly what you don't like about your current smile. Bring pictures of smiles you admire as a starting point for discussion.
See how veneers would look on your teeth through models with wax "veneers," or acrylic material placed directly on your teeth to demonstrate the effect.
If necessary, a small amount of enamel is removed. Molds are taken and sent to a skilled dental laboratory to create your custom veneers.
You'll receive a temporary set of veneers to wear during the few weeks it takes to create your permanent veneers.
When your permanent veneers return from the lab, they are carefully cemented onto your teeth for a beautiful, lasting result.
Just like the teeth nature gave you, teeth restored with veneers need gentle brushing and flossing every day. This will remove dental plaque and ensure good gum tissue health around the veneers. Regular checkups at the dental office remain as important as always to your oral and general health.
Discover how porcelain veneers can transform your smile. Schedule a consultation to discuss your options.
