Dental veneers, also called dental porcelain laminates or porcelain veneers, are custom-made, wafer-thin shells put on the surface of your teeth to correct your appearance. Veneers are usually meant for treating discoloured teeth that have become stained from excessive drugs, tetracycline and large resin fillings. Also, the procedure treats worn out, broken or chipped teeth, uneven and misaligned teeth and gaps between the teeth.
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Dental veneers, also called dental porcelain laminates or porcelain veneers, are custom-made, wafer-thin shells put on the surface of your teeth to correct your appearance. Veneers are usually meant for treating discoloured teeth that have become stained from excessive drugs, tetracycline and large resin fillings. Also, the procedure treats worn out, broken or chipped teeth, uneven and misaligned teeth and gaps between the teeth.
Before getting veneers, do know that it is an irreversible treatment, so you need to be confident about the procedure. Apart from improving your looks, veneers help to provide resilience and strength to your natural tooth enamel. Your dentist first creates the veneers in a laboratory and bonds it the original tooth.
Mostly, veneers are used to correct smile, enhance the brightness of your teeth, and mend chips or fractures to enhance your appearance. Porcelain veneer is the most common, custom made veneers meant to fit on the teeth. The colour, shape and size of porcelain veneers can last between 10-20 years. Before placing veneers, doctors suggest a few preparations before the final placement is done.
One or many teeth may undergo the veneering process. How veneers are performed has been described below:
Not in all, but in some cases the dentist schedule a follow-up appointment to check if the veneer is in place and the patient is feeling comfortable wearing it.
Unlike other dentistry procedures, veneers do not take so long to recover. Patients may return to work on the same day and continue with normal day-to-day activities. However, if a patient undergoes sedation veneering dentistry, it will take an entire day for him/her to recuperate. Besides, the patient needs someone who can drive him home safely after the procedure.
You should consider taking care of your veneers by regularly brushing and flossing your teeth. Try to use non-abrasive fluoride toothpaste when brushing and avoid dark-coloured liquids as much as possible. The recovery time of Dental Veneer procedure is instant or it may take up to 24 hours. How long the veneer lasts depends upon your oral hygiene.