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THE PERFECT SMILE FOR YOU
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Veneers
Transform your smile!
Porcelain veneers,
alternatively termed dental veneers or dental porclain veneers, are wafer-thin shells of porcelain that are bonded onto the front
side of teeth so to create a cosmetic improvement for a tooth. Porcelain
veneers are routinely used by us as a way to make cosmetic changes for teeth
that are discolored, worn, chipped, or misaligned.
What are
some of the advantages of porcelain veneers over other types of cosmetic
dental bonding procedures?
Two of the greatest
advantages of porcelain veneers over other types of cosmetic dental bonding
are:
A)
Porcelain veneers create a very life-like tooth appearance.
Since porcelain veneers are
glass-like in nature (ceramic) they have a great advantage over other
cosmetic bonding techniques by way of the fact that they are translucent.
When a porcelain veneer is bonded onto a tooth's surface it will closely
mimic the light handling characteristics of dental enamel.
B)
Porcelain veneers resist staining.
As a group, cosmetic dental
bonding materials have the shortcoming of being susceptible to staining and
discoloring. This is especially true when they are used in conjunction with
individuals whose consumption habits include the use of tea, coffee, red
wine, and tobacco products.
A significant advantage of
placing porcelain veneers as opposed to cosmetic dental bonding is that a
porcelain veneer's surface is just that, porcelain. Since porcelain is a
ceramic, and therefore glass-like, a veneer's porcelain surface will be
extremely stain resistant.
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