What Are Dental Veneer, Cost, Procedures, And Advantages
If you have a discolored, broken, or too-short tooth, dental veneers can be used to quickly and painlessly improve your smile in just one visit with no anaesthesia needed. Veneers are custom-made porcelain slabs that are moulded to fit over the front-outward of a tooth and directly replace the natural tooth enamel.
A dental veneer can be described as a thin layer of porcelain or composite material that is attached to the front of your teeth for cosmetic purposes. Veneers can correct discoloration, including stains from tobacco, coffee, and tea. They can also be used to make more prominent teeth look less so.
Cost
A dental veneer will typically cost around $2000-$3000 depending on the materials used, your dentist’s rate and location in the country. The average range is $2-3 per tooth surface area. Some companies may charge you a little extra for shaping teeth or taking x-rays, but the cost should be in that range
Procedure
The actual procedure takes about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. First, a technician takes impressions of your teeth in order to create the template for the veneer. Then the veneers are coated with resin and cured, which is a process that takes about 5-10 minutes. After that process, the dentist removes your old bonding brackets and repositions them using a dental elevator.
The dental veneer is then bonded to your teeth using composite resin, which is similar to tooth bonding except more durable and stronger than traditional tooth bonding materials. This can take around 15-20 minutes as well. After that, the dentist takes an impression of your teeth again in order to ensure proper fit and then finishes the process.
Advantages
The biggest advantage of dental veneers is that they are incredibly durable and will last for years, even longer than other cosmetic solutions such as dental bonding. A person could have several dental veneers done in their life and never have to replace any again. Dental bonding only lasts about 2-4 years before needing replacement.
Another advantage is how little preparation is required for dental veneers. Any cavity that you had filled and is not active can be used to put on a veneer; this means no destruction of healthy tooth tissue (i.e., hole filling or root canal). Another advantage is that dental veneers are more aesthetically pleasing than dental bonding.
Dental bonding can be extremely unattractive: it looks completely unnatural and can interfere with facial expressions because the tooth restores are so far back. Dental veneers make the teeth much more natural looking, especially when compared to fake teeth.
Dentists recommend veneers instead of crowns because they are more conservative with tooth structure and more natural looking. Veneers can also be placed in a single appointment and will last for years.
Cleaning
Dental veneers can be cleaned just like natural teeth, using toothbrushes and regular dental floss. Many patients also prefer using electric toothbrushes, like Sonicare or Oral-B because it is much easier to reach all areas of the teeth with them than with traditional manual toothbrushes.
Comfort – Veneers are typically more comfortable to wear than crowns, especially as they age. They do not require the tooth to be weakened or reshaped, as with a crown.
Color – A veneer can make teeth look darker or brighter. By contrast, crowns often make teeth appear lighter than their natural color because too much of the tooth must be covered to restore its strength.
Durability – Veneers are much more durable than crowns and therefore can last longer. If well cared for, veneers can last for 15 years or more.
Uses
Veneers are often used as a way to change one’s appearance by covering discoloration in the tooth enamel caused by stains from tobacco, coffee, and tea. Veneers may also be used as a way of filling in gaps in teeth that have been damaged by cracks or decay.
Dental veneers are used to cover up a wide array of surface irregularities of the tooth. Veneers can be used for teeth that are chipped, missing, or damaged because they will give the user a uniform look from the outside. They can also be used to cover a large gap in the teeth where a root has been rejected due to decay or an accident because they can be placed over and included with another tooth.
Final Thought
Implant dentistry is gaining popularity as an alternative to replacing missing teeth. It provides an alternative to typical dental crowns and bridges which require drilling and removing bone around surrounding teeth. So you need to understand that implants are made of either titanium or plastic, depending on the type of implant desired.
