Porcelain veneer: the secret to the stars' smile

A veneer made entirely of porcelain is the ideal choice to hide smaller deficiencies in shape, miscolourings, aesthetic flaws. It is an elegant and gentle method that requires extremely precise tooth preparation from the dentist and perfectly aesthetic end result from the technician.
However, the great amount of work and energy does pay off: you gain wonderfully glimmering teeth that look natural. For this result, there is no need to polish the whole tooth crown, so a lot of precious, own tooth material remains intact. Only the visible, front surface of the teeth needs work.

The kind of perfectly white and beautiful set of teeth that the porcelain veneers provide is unattainable either by tooth whitening, or by traditional techniques (like a direct composite veneer or traditional metal ceramic crowns). That is why media personalities and stars choose this ,method, if they want a truly amazing set of teeth.

Steps of the preparation of porcelain veneers:

• If you want to have teeth that are considerably whiter than what you have now, some kind of tooth whitening is necessary to apply before the preparation of the veneers.
• The preparation of the space of the veneers happens with anaesthesia, therefore it is perfectly painless.
• The doctor prepares the space of the veneer by extracting the enamel on the surface.
• In the same phase, he takes an impression too.
• The prepared teeth get temporary veneers that protect them from cold, hot and provide aesthetic coverage.
• With the help of the doctor, the patient chooses
  • the new tooth colour
  • special colourings
  • the shape and thickness of the see-through enamel margin
  • the new shape
• The technician prepares the porcelain veneers in the chosen shape and colour in a few days
• During the gluing, the dentist fixes the porcelain veneer to the teeth chemically, so the chance of removal is minimal
• After the final polish, the patient can smile with new, beautiful, glossy teeth