Porcelain Veneers
Porcelain Veneers
Porcelain veneers are paper-thin tooth covers your cosmetic dentist custom-creates for your front teeth. They can be shaped and sized to fit your own teeth, while also covering small gaps, chips and stains. Many dentists require you to come for at least two visits for veneers. But some, such as Dr. Michael Iott in New York City, have up-to-date technology which can do it all in one visit.
The veneer procedure in one visit
1. Your cosmetic dentist removes a thin layer of enamel from the outside of the tooth. This is not painful, because there are no nerves in the enamel.
2. He takes a digital image of your prepared teeth and enters it into the CEREC machine. Using the computer in the CEREC machine, he designs your new veneer
3. Porcelain of the right color to match your natural teeth is selected and the CEREC milling system makes your veneer.
4. Your cosmetic dentist will shape it more precisely, fine-tuning it for your particular smile, and apply further coloring, because teeth have several shades of white, not just one
5. The final veneer is then baked in a ceramic oven
6. Your dentist positions it on your tooth. You can then look in a mirror to see what you think and the dentist will attach it permanently with dental cement.
Veneers improve your smile and strengthen your teeth. It takes about 6 veneers to complete the transformation (typically, 4 upper central teeth, and one canine tooth on each side of them).
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