Porcelain Veneers

What are Porcelain Veneers?

Have you ever noticed another person’s smile where the teeth were chipped or broken or worn down, or they were stained, crooked, had spaces, or were crooked? Sometimes you have to look hard because they will hide their teeth with their hand, or they never smile big. Some men hide behind a mustache and a scowl. (Perhaps this describes your teeth?) But regardless, chances are that all of these embarrassing and confidence steeling problems can be resolved quickly and easily using porcelain veneers.

A porcelain veneers is a very thin layer of beautiful porcelain that is permanently bonded to the surface of a tooth. A very strong and durable layer of porcelain is very carefully fitted to the affected teeth, and like magic, a smile and a life can be transformed overnight! Veneers are made possible because of modern extremely durable industrial strength porcelains, and because of advanced training on the part of dentist and the artist ceramist. Modern materials and technically correct talents are judiciously combined to whiten teeth, close gaps, repair chips and broken teeth, straighten crooked teeth, and in short – to transform lives! Perfect people are born with perfect teeth. For everyone else there are porcelain veneers a highly trained dentist.

But why porcelain? Porcelain has the same natural finish and light reflecting characteristics of your tooth’s enamel. It allows for the same optical properties of natural enamel, i.e. transillumination, reflection, refraction, and absorption. It resists staining, is very durable, and restores the important characterizations to the tooth that “mother nature” started with. With porcelain veneers, you are as close as two appointments away from a radiant smile that will take years off your face and transform your life.