Porcelain Dental Veneers in Milton

What are Dental Veneers?

Dental veneers are a form of cosmetic dentistry in which thin ceramic layers or shells are placed over your teeth to improve the tooth's aesthetics or to simply protect the teeth's surface from damage. These materials are fixed on the outer surface of the teeth to enhance appearance by changing their shape, color, and size. They are made from porcelain, which offers a translucent look that is similar to natural teeth.

Types of Dental Veneers

The process of getting dental veneers typically requires an initial consultation and subsequent visits to our Milton dentist office. Our Trilliant dentists will prepare your teeth for the veneers on the first day of the visit, followed by a bonding the shell to your teeth the second day.

Typically, there are two types of materials most commonly used in dental veneers--composite resin, and porcelain.

Composite Resin Veneers
Composite Resin Veneers are less costly and can last for five to seven years. With this procedure, the dentist places a mild chemical on the outer front surface of the tooth making it a little rough. A composite resin is then fixed on the teeth in layers (the composite resin matches the teeth's original colour so that the veneers blend in with them). A beam of light is then passed over to harden the layers of composite resin. After the finishing coat has solidified, the dentist shapes and polish it. The outcome will be natural-looking and smooth teeth.

Use of Tobacco: Tobacco contains two chemicals that can create stubborn stains (tar and nicotine). Tar is naturally dark, but nicotine is colourless, but when combined with oxygen, it turns yellow in colour thereby discolouring your teeth (you can try teeth whitening too).

Porcelain Veneers
Unlike Composite resin veneers, Porcelain is expensive and last approximately 10 to 15 years. It requires two visits to a dentist. First, a temporary porcelain veneer must be created to fit your teeth and obtain its impression.

On the subsequent dental visit, the temporary veneers are removed and a mild chemical is applied on the teeth, making the teeth surface a little rough (this enables veneers to stick on the teeth better).

Using composite resin cement, the dentist then glues the porcelain veneers to the teeth one after the other.

Why Dental Veneer is a Better Option?

Consider Dental veneers:

• If you have stained or discoloured teeth
• If you have broken or chipped teeth
• If your teeth have spaces
• If you have crooked or misshaped teeth

The Benefits of Dental Veneers

Veneers offer the following advantages:

• Veneers can make your teeth white and bright
• They are stain resistance
• Veneers can correct crooked or misshaped teeth
• Veneers can bridge gaps between teeth
• One can choose from the variety of porcelain colours
• They are a conservative way of changing the colour and shape of your teeth

In spite of its versatility, a dental veneer is a cosmetic dentistry that is used to hide dental flaws to bring back that beautiful smile. If you want to find out whether dental veneers in Milton, ON could give you that smile you've always wanted, then call our office today. We would be happy to schedule a consultation with one of our highly trained Trilliant Dentists.