Dentists around you share the best details on what are dental veneers

Everybody wants straight and shiny teeth to show when they smile because it is a rather pleasant sight to look upon. To achieve perfect teeth is often expensive but also worth the cost because you have to live with your teeth for the rest of your life, and a person spends a lot of their time talking and smiling. 

Many different procedures bring about the aesthetic changes a person wants on their teeth, and one of the procedures is done through dental veneers, but what are these exactly?

Dental Veneers and its Functions

Dental Veneers are a wafer-thin, translucent, ceramic shell that is placed over the tooth surface but only on the frontal surface (placed mainly on the front teeth such as the incisors) and are applied by special glue. There are various uses for dental veneers, and some are listed here below.

• Discoloration of teeth (yellowing).
• Due to many root canals
• Staining from consumption of caffeine and tobacco “maybe time for a caffeine alternative?”
  
• Many large resin fillings taking place
• Due to cavities present in abundance
• Broken or chipped down teeth, especially due to car accidents or falls.
• The teeth with a significant gap between them.
• Teeth that, in general, do not have the normal shape of how a tooth should look like (are crooked, uneven, misaligned, and also teeth that are smaller than the average size).

How do Dental Veneers Work? 

• Cleaning and Preparing – Before a veneer can be added, the dentist needs to reshape and prepare the tooth surface, and this is done by thoroughly cleaning the area, so no bacteria is present on the surface. If the area is not cleaned properly, bacteria will become trapped when the veneer is set in place, and this will lead to inflammation of the tissue. 
• Grinding and Removing – The dentist then assesses how much enamel needs to be removed off the tooth, and that depends on how discolored or uneven the tooth surface is. The tooth’s grinding is done to create a rough surface for the veneer to stick on easier and stay in place when taking an approximate measurement for the final veneer. 
• Model – A model or impression Is taken of your teeth to compare it to the size of the veneer that needs to be fitted in the patient’s mouth. This model is then sent on to the lab, where it takes about a week or two for the final veneer to be made.
• Placement – It is most important to choose the right type of glue for veneer placement because this is precisely the step that determines the quality of the veneer. Before the veneer is stuck on, the tooth area is cleaned again, and a dental thread is placed to decrease pain and error. 

How to Take Care of Veneers

Once the veneers have been placed on the tooth, they must be taken good care of. Unlike other dental procedures, the healing time of veneer placement doesn’t take too long, and soon after, the patient can eat food and take in drinks regularly, albeit with some precautions.  

• Prevent from biting down on hard objects such as ice and fingernails.
• Do not grind your teeth.
• When eating, avoid using front teeth for mastication.

Conclusion

• Dental Veneers are not a lengthy procedure like an implant or a crown and are better suited for aesthetic reasons than an implant because, unlike an implant, they do not replace a whole tooth but instead just alter the surface of the tooth.

Dental Veneers are a cost-friendly procedure. Head to Icon Dental Center to get painless treatments that will leave you with a joyful and shiny smile.