Porcelain and Composite Veneers

Custom-made porcelain and composite veneers

Dental veneers are thin tooth-coloured shells that your dentist will get custom-made to improve the shape, colour, or overall appearance of your tooth or teeth. The two most common forms of dental veneers are porcelain and composite veneers.

We might recommend the use of dental veneers to correct spaces between teeth; to cover crooked, cracked, chipped, or poorly shaped teeth; or to cover stained fillings or teeth. While dental veneers rate well on the aesthetic front, they don’t help in correcting cases of overbites or underbites.

Choosing between porcelain and composite veneers essentially depends on strength and longevity.

Porcelain veneers

• Longer lifespan
• Lack of porosity after glazing ensures no staining
• More expensive
• Follow a more complex process
• Mimic your natural tooth colour as closely as possible

Composite veneers

• Porosity can lead to staining
• Require extensive polishing for natural finish
• Require lesser tooth reduction in most cases, so placement can be more conservative
• Typically made using engineered resin

​The Process

The typical process of placing a veneer takes two appointments. The dentist takes an impression of the tooth for the fabrication. A temporary veneer will be placed on the tooth with spot etching.  Once the laboratory delivers the veneer, the temporary veneer is removed.

Dentist then cleans the permanent veneer with pumice and water. After etching and air drying, the dentist places the veneer for exact fit and contour. The dentist uses a light to cure it. Finally, the dentist will remove any excess material and polish the margins of the veneer.

Care for Veneers

You can brush and floss just as you would your regular teeth. Use of non-abrasive fluoride toothpaste. Reduce intake of stain-inducing foods. Proper oral hygiene will help them last longer.

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