Learn About Pros and Cons of Dental Veneers

Before any cosmetic treatment can be applied, there must be a totally firm framework surrounding your teeth. Finally, dental veneers cannot be placed on teeth that are excessively overlapped or that are end-to-end with adjacent teeth.

There must be a small bit of space for the veneer to look and work naturally. Otherwise, it may result in unfavorable outcomes and subsequent oral health concerns.

They are usually not suitable for use on the lower front teeth.

Dental veneers are almost always implanted just on the upper front teeth—the ones in your smile zone—in practically every smile makeover. We usually try to avoid putting them on the lower front teeth, even if they are visible when you smile.

Instead of placing full veneers on those teeth, it is preferable to whiten or shape them. Why are veneers often not recommended for lower front teeth? Because of the way, those teeth contact your upper front teeth.

If they lightly tap or strike behind your top teeth, the lower front veneers may shatter or break. As previously stated, chipped veneers cannot be fixed and must be replaced totally.

You require several at the same time.

Finally, the final disadvantage (if you want to call it that) of dental veneers is that they are often implanted in groups of several at a time. It’s unusual to get a stand-alone veneer on just one tooth unless the tooth has major cosmetic abnormalities.

By fabricating many dental veneers at the same time, you can assure consistency across your smile for the best aesthetic result. However, investing in multiple veneers at once will clearly increase the overall expense of your smile makeover. So, if you want to simply pay for one dental veneer, that may be counterproductive to your goals.