At our Oakville cosmetic dental office, we use porcelain veneers to correct many cosmetic and functional problems often with little or no tooth structure (i.e. enamel) removal. Dental veneers are a great cosmetic dental procedure to improve smiles without excessively affecting the teeth involved. When we speak about veneers, we are usually talking about a thin layer or Porcelain bonded to the front surface of one or many teeth. While other dental materials can be used, such as composite resins used for tooth coloured fillings (dental bonding), porcelain is most often recommended for its beauty and life-like appearance. Dental veneers result in straighter, whiter teeth with a natural look and feel.
Porcelain Veneers can be used to:
Advantages of Porcelain Veneers
Disadvantages of Porcelain Veneers
I am sure you have heard about no prep veneers. They are often advertised with various brand names. There is nothing special about the brand, all good labs can make good veneers. The technique of a no prep veneer has been around since the 1980's and has come back in vogue recently, mostly as a marketing ploy in my opinion. Veneers have to be planned to produce teeth in the position that will allow proper speech and smile. Sometimes the teeth are too small and /or not in proper alignment, meaning more needs to be added to bring the teeth to the right place. So we don't need to remove tooth structure to achieve the results we want. No Prep is the type we need to make. But if the teeth are too prominent or long, we need to remove the tooth structure to bring the teeth into the right position for a great smile and ability to speak properly, so a dentist needs to "prep" the tooth.That is how we decide if a no prep type veneer is right for your individual smile.
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