Porcelain veneers

Today straight white teeth are an essential part of any successful person. This tendency came to us from abroad where a beautiful charming smile has become not just the symbol oh health, but also the embodiment of wealth and prestige.

The major aim of esthetic dentistry is – to relieve psychological discomfort. Very often people feel shy even to smile because of some their tooth imperfections – and these are not only psychological problems, but also it may be difficulty during your speech, dysfunctions with facial expression and diction and as a result wrinkles that appear when a person constantly hides his teeth by his/her upper lip.

Porcelain veneers- probably one of the most aesthetic methods of improving the appearance of front teeth. According to this method the tooth enamel is minimally prepared (about 0.5 mm) and therefore this way is more conservative and helps to save your own teeth to a great extent in comparison with crowns. Porcelain veneers make it possible to change the position angle of the tooth, its shape, size and colour, being if not the only, but the sparest way to restore the beauty of teeth.

Veneers are fixed on the front teeth in case they are damaged or their colour has changed a lot. If using veneers, it’s quite easy to make a tooth the form and colour you wish. Besides they protect your teeth and provide durability for many years.

In dentistry veneers are used for achieving a high quality aesthetic effect in various undesirable defects of the tooth colour and surface, first of all:

• tooth split
• space between teeth
• wedge-shaped defect
• abrasions
• abnormal tooth form
• old fillings that differ in colour with the other teeth
• defects caused by dental fluorosis or so called “tetracycline teeth”
• the results of trauma and root treatment

Some facts that you should consider about porcelain veneers:

• porcelain veneers is an irreversible method of restoration - the tooth enamel is turned on 0.5 mm
• usually an anesthesia is needed to prepare a tooth
• it takes usually 1 week for a laboratory to make a porcelain veneer. For the time being some temporary veneers may be placed
• after the treatment there may occur some temporary sensitiveness to cold and hot food and drinks
• porcelain veneers make the whole unity with your own teeth, but still you should try to avoid hard food
• Teeth covered by porcelain veneers require as much care as your own teeth