Do you wish to have a celebrity smile? Are tooth discoloration and cracks stealing away the spark from your smile? Worry not! Cosmetic dentistry offers several aesthetic procedures to rejuvenate your smile and overall appearance. Porcelain veneers are a modern revolutionary and non-invasive method of altering your smile and appearance.
The Fresno cosmetic dentist and their team are dedicated to providing premium-quality porcelain veneers to enhance your oral health, form, and aesthetics.
Your guide to porcelain veneers
Porcelain veneers are tooth-colored customized luxurious laminates that help camouflage minor dental imperfections. These dental encasings are often bonded to anterior teeth with a suitable dental cement. These help alter the shape, size, and color of your natural teeth.
Indications for porcelain veneers
Porcelain veneers help treat the following flaws:
- Teeth with chips and cracks
- Smaller-than-average teeth
- Teeth with diastema (gaps or unwanted space between the teeth)
- Slightly crooked teeth
- Teeth with stains that do not improve with whitening procedures
- Misshapen teeth
Advantages offered by porcelain veneers
Porcelain veneers offer the following benefits:
- Offer versatile uses in dentistry
- Enhance your smile aesthetics and overall appearance
- Require minimal tooth preparation
- Blend easily with your natural teeth, giving a more natural look
- Are stain, and fracture-resistant
- Do not require additional maintenance
- They are durable and long-lasting (10 to 15 years)
Designing the porcelain veneers
Porcelain veneers are designed and fabricated in the following way:
- Your dentist will evaluate the health of your teeth through dental examination and X-rays
- A round of prophylactic dental cleaning will be performed to remove plaque and debris
- The tooth that requires veneers will be prepared by removing a sufficient amount of enamel so that the veneers can easily fit the natural tooth
- Several oral impressions will be recorded and sent to the laboratory to fabricate the veneers according to your tooth measurements
- You will be given a temporary veneer until your next visit.
- When you return after about 2 weeks, your temporary veneers will be removed
- The enamel surface will be cleaned to eliminate any residual plaque or bacteria
- The tooth will be etched using a dental bonding agent, facilitating a good bond between the veneer and the tooth surface
- Your permanent porcelain veneers will be placed using the appropriate dental cement
Porcelain veneers are tooth-colored aesthetic cases that are gaining traction in the field of cosmetic dentistry. Being aesthetically superior and durable, they offer improved smiles and appearance.
