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Porcelain Veneers

Porcelain veneers, also termed Dental Veneers or Dental Porcelain Laminates are wafer-thin shells of porcelain that are bonded onto the front side of teeth to change the color and shape of teeth for a "Smile makeover". Porcelain veneers, Dental Veneers create a beautiful result. Porcelain Veneers are harder than enamel and can resist wear for many years. They also resist staining better than enamel. When it is firmly bonded to a sturdy substructure (a tooth) it becomes very strong and durable. It can used to correct stained, discolored, worn, chipped or cracked, misaligned teeth.

The use of porcelain veneers is gaining immense popularity due to the long-lasting benefits that porcelain veneers or Dental Veneers have in enhancing your appearance.

Advantages of Porcelain Veneers

Realistic Appearance - One property of the teeth’s enamel covering is that it is translucent. This means that when light strikes a tooth’s surface it is not immediately reflected off, but instead penetrates into the thickness of the enamel. This property of translucency is an important part of what gives teeth their characteristic appearance.

Historically the cosmetic dental bonding materials dentists have had available to them improved the realistic appearance of the teeth, but the sense of depth projection did not give the teeth its characteristic translucency.

Porcelain veneers are glass-like translucent, which have a great advantage over other types of cosmetic dental bonding. When Porcelain Veneers are bonded onto a tooth’s surface they mimic the light handling characteristics of enamel. This translucency effect provides a sense of depth, and thus a very life-like appearance.

Resists Staining – In the past, cosmetic dental bonding materials were susceptible to staining and discoloring. This was especially a problem for those people whose teeth had excessive exposure to tea, coffee, red wine, or cigarette smoking. A significant advantage of porcelain veneers is related to the fact that a porcelain veneer’s surface is just that, porcelain. Since porcelain is a ceramic, and therefore glass-like, its surface is extremely smooth and impervious - this means that the surface of a porcelain veneer will not pick up permanent stains.