Although an imperfect smile is not life-threatening, it can undermine your confidence. To protect your social life, get rid of that imperfect smile. You can rely on porcelain veneers to eliminate the imperfections and improve your smile.
What are porcelain veneers?
Porcelain veneers are super-thin porcelain shells placed on the front side of teeth to cover visible defects. They are custom-made to fit over your teeth, conceal flaws, and improve your smile. Unlike other dental care procedures, dental veneers can hide imperfections without undermining smile authenticity. How? Because custom-made porcelain veneers are indistinguishable from natural teeth.
Can porcelain veneers change your smile?
Yes, they can! Custom-made porcelain veneers blend with natural teeth by mimicking the colour and light-reflecting properties. To achieve this, innovative clinics leverage Digital Smile Design (DSD). With DSD, your Toronto cosmetic dentist will:
Analyze your teeth using digital imaging tools.
Create a custom smile design.
Create a custom treatment plan.
Customize your porcelain veneers to match the colour and shape of your teeth.
Use a digital mock-up to visualize the outcome or allow you to test-drive prototypes before you start your treatment.
This cosmetic dentistry procedure guarantees your satisfaction before veneers are permanently bonded to your front teeth. Your dentist will use temporary veneers to protect your teeth while you wait for the lab to fabricate your custom veneers. By combining DSD with veneering, your dentist can deliver a transformational smile makeover.
How do porcelain veneers transform your smile?
Dentists use porcelain veneers, dental crowns, teeth whitening, teeth bonding, and other dental care procedures for full mouth reconstruction. Each treatment can address specific defects and improve your smile. For example, your dentist can use porcelain crowns on your back teeth and veneers on your front teeth. Of course, you’ll need temporary crowns to protect your teeth while you wait for permanent crowns. But dental veneers are more suitable and more minimally invasive than crowns for smile makeovers. Here are five ways porcelain veneers can transform your smile:
Restore Stained Teeth
If you have badly stained teeth, dental veneers can cover these flaws and restore your smile. Your dentist will use DSD to ensure your dental veneers mimic the colour of your natural teeth. These custom-made dental veneers will whiten and brighten your smile once they are placed on discoloured front teeth.
Repair Damaged Teeth
Whether it’s cracked, chipped, or worn out, dental veneers can repair the damage. These thin shells can also fix decayed teeth. So, porcelain veneers will improve your smile by eliminating imperfections.
Improve the Shape of Teeth
If you have misshapen teeth, your dentist can use dental veneers to give you perfectly shaped teeth. Your Toronto dentist will use DSD to analyze your teeth, fabricate custom dental veneers, and deliver the best smile transformation. Different types of crowns can also fix misshapen back teeth.
Fix Teeth Gaps
Improper or uneven spacing can create a less-than-perfect smile. In this case, your dentist will fabricate porcelain veneers that are slightly wider than your natural teeth. These custom-made veneers will close the gaps between your front teeth and improve your smile.
Lengthen Your Teeth
The perfect smile strikes a balance between gum and teeth. Excess gum tissue can make your teeth look shorter, leading to a gummy smile. In this case, your Toronto dentist can perform gum reshaping to remove excess gum tissue. Then, they’ll use dental veneers to lengthen your teeth. Combining gum contouring and veneering can improve oral health and your smile. Dentists also use laser gum contouring to address gum recession or treat periodontal disease.
What are the benefits of having porcelain veneers?
Dental crowns, teeth whitening, and teeth bonding can fix superficial damages and improve your smile. However, using porcelain veneers for your smile makeover offer more benefits than other cosmetic dentistry procedures.
Porcelain veneers are aesthetically translucent and mimic your natural teeth better than composite veneers.
Porcelain veneers don’t stain easily as composites and bonding materials. With dental veneers, you’ll get longer-lasting pearly whites and a smile makeover.
Porcelain veneers look and feel like natural teeth, ideal for restoring your charming authentic smile.
Porcelain veneers last for 10-15 years, while teeth bonding has a lifespan of 5 years and 1-3 years for teeth whitening. So, porcelain is more durable than other options.
Porcelain veneers fix multiple imperfections, including chips, cracks, discoloration, gaps, and misshapen teeth. Teeth whitening can only restore stained teeth.
Veneering is a minimally-invasive cosmetic dentistry procedure. It won’t damage your natural teeth.
All these benefits make porcelain veneers the best procedure for your smile makeover.
