How Much Do They Shave Your Teeth For Veneers?

How Much Do They Shave Your Teeth For Veneers?

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Do they shave your teeth for veneers?

The teeth might need to be shaved down during the preparation stage, but it really just depends on your specific situation. For example, if you come in with large, greyish-looking, crooked teeth, that’s when your dentist would really have to shave the teeth down to get the look you might want. But if you have short teeth and gaps in between your teeth, your dentist won’t have to do as much prep or shaving. Veneers are a multi-step process, often spread across a few appointments, but the results are definitely worth the extra time. What’s so cool about the veneers is how customized they are for each patient. Your dentist will discuss with you what is possible based off your need/wants. They will also take into account your personality, how you talk, the expressions you make, how you smile, all while making sure your teeth also work functionally so you can still eat. To ensure you like what you discussed with your cosmetic dentist, temporary veneers are then created. Your dentist will specifically sculpt what your new smile will look like so that he can take pictures of you and decide whether or not you’d like to move forward. Once you commit to your veneer plan and figure out how many you need, more X-rays, molds, and photographs are taken. Then, you come back the next day for prep. After you get your temporary partial or full veneers fitted, you wear them for seven to ten days. Some dentists refer to this time as a “trial smile.” This way you can see how your new “smile” looks. Then, after a week or so, you come back and discuss any changes you want to make. Once you and your dentist decide on what you want, more moulds are taken. When the porcelain veneers are ready, they’re fit to your teeth once more to make sure they match perfectly.

Placing Veneers

The typical process takes one to two appointments. If the veneer is prefabricated it usually takes one appointment, however if the laboratory is creating the veneer it takes two appointments. In this article, we will provide information on placing porcelain veneers that are created in a laboratory:

1. Local anaesthesia is not usually required when placing veneers. However, depending on the patient’s sensitivity, it can be used if needed. The dentist will clean the tooth and decide the correct shade for the veneer. The dentist will then remove a very small amount of the enamel of the tooth to provide room to place the veneer on the tooth.
2. An impression of the tooth will be made for the laboratory and a temporary veneer will be placed on the tooth with spot etching in the centre of the tooth away from the margins.
3. After the lab delivers the porcelain veneer to the cosmetic dentist, the temporary veneer is removed, the tooth is cleaned with pumice and water. The veneer is then etched, rinsed thoroughly with water and air dried. The adhesive is placed on the preparation and then the cement and the veneer are placed for exact fit and contour.
4. The porcelain veneer is light cured for approximately 60 seconds on all its surfaces to attach it to the underlying tooth structure.
5. The cosmetic dentist will then remove any excess material left over and polish the margins of the porcelain veneer.

Now that you know a little more about one of the most popular cosmetic dentistry procedures, what are you waiting for?

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