What Can Porcelain Veneers Fix?

    PHOENIX, AZ, November 02, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Porcelain veneers are an attractive, durable and versatile cosmetic dentistry option for treating minor tooth damage and aesthetic imperfections.

Porcelain veneers may be used to treat:

- Chipped teeth
- Cracked teeth
- Crooked teeth
- Gap teeth
- Misshaped teeth
- Short teeth
- Spaced teeth
- Stained/discolored teeth

Created from strong, medical-grade porcelain, porcelain veneers can be effectively applied to a diverse array of conditions because each veneer is custom crafted to complement your natural surrounding teeth. This customization extends to the color of your porcelain veneers, which can be tinted to provide a seamless smile.

Compared with other restorative dental treatments such as composite dental bonding, porcelain veneers offer numerous benefits. Porcelain veneers are:

- Compatible with treatments such as teeth whitening
- Easy to clean
- Long lasting with good oral hygiene
- Stain resistant

Although porcelain veneers are considered a cosmetic dentistry treatment, they have functional benefits as well as aesthetic ones. Porcelain veneers can help protect the underlying teeth to which they're attached from further damage.

While porcelain veneers are multipurpose, they are not for everyone. A consultation and exam with an experienced cosmetic dentist will determine if your existing teeth can support porcelain veneers and whether porcelain veneers are the best treatment for your specific condition.

If your teeth have structural damage, porcelain veneers may not be suitable for you. A healthy dental foundation is necessary to support the shell-like veneers.

The process of creating and placing your porcelain veneers requires multiple office visits, but the appointments are typically brief and pain-free. The first visit will focus on readying your teeth for your custom-fit porcelain veneers, which entails removing a thin layer of enamel to provide a base for bonding your porcelain veneers and compensate for the added density of the veneers.

During this visit, your cosmetic dentist will also take impressions of your teeth. These will serve as the foundation for your custom veneers.

While the custom porcelain veneers are being crafted, patients typically wear temporary veneers, which are made from composite dental resin. When your porcelain veneers are complete, you will return to your cosmetic dentist to have your temporary veneers removed and your porcelain veneers placed.

At this time, your cosmetic dentist will ensure proper fit and a natural appearance. In addition to making final adjustments before permanently bonding your porcelain veneers to your teeth, your dentist can also touch-up the tint on your porcelain veneers to match the adjacent teeth.

If you live in the Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale or Tempe, Arizona, areas and would like to learn more about porcelain veneers, please visit the website of cosmetic dentists Dr. Scott LeSueur and Dr. Charles Dodaro at www.drofsmiles.com.

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