Learn Everything You Need to Know About Dental Veneers
Porcelain Veneers Procedure
Porcelain veneers, which are thin shells of ceramic, are bonded to a tooth’s surface in order to improve its appearance and restore the smile. A few things can be expected, and they are detailed below.
- To help you feel more at ease throughout your dental procedure, your dentist will first apply a local anesthetic (freezing).
- To create room for the veneers, a small amount of tooth enamel is typically removed. You get porcelain veneers by having a mold made of your teeth. As soon as the impression is complete, it is shipped to a dental lab where the porcelain veneers are fabricated. In most cases, you should expect this to take two to four weeks.
- To safeguard your teeth while your porcelain veneers are being fabricated, your dentist may apply temporary veneers.
- Your new porcelain veneers will be installed during your subsequent appointment after they have been fabricated. This appointment is where the dentist checks the veneers for proper color, form, and fit and makes any necessary adjustments.
- The dentist will then clean your teeth, apply a light chemical to roughen their surface, and replace the temporary veneers with permanent ones.
- Composite resin cement is used to bind the porcelain veneers to your teeth one by one. One uses a focused beam of light to cure the cement.
- After your new porcelain veneers have been fitted and adjusted by the dentist, they will be given a thorough cleaning.
Process for Composite Resin Veneers
Composite veneers are less expensive than porcelain veneers and can be applied in a fraction of the time. We’ll go over what happens during a composite resin veneer procedure, so you know what to expect.
- To begin, your dentist will apply a little chemical to roughen the tooth’s surface.
- A composite resin is used to mimic your tooth color.
- After that, the composite resin will be painted on your teeth in thin layers.
- A strong light is used to cure each successive layer.
- Once the final application has hardened, the composite resin can be molded and polished into the desired tooth shape.
