Dental Veneers enhance the appearance of your smile by treating and hiding discolorations, closing gaps between your teeth, correcting minor malalignments, and hiding chipped teeth. Each veneer is customized to adjust an individual’s teeth’ color, size, shape, look, position, alignment, and texture.
Have you ever wondered what these dental veneers are made of?
Different types of Dental Veneers can be used depending on the patient’s requirements.
- Composite Veneers
These veneers are also known as composite resin veneers. They can usually be done in a single appointment. They are made of resin, making them prone to staining, chipping, and breakage. However, they can also be easily repaired and treated. The procedure involves restoring the tooth structure if decayed, layer by layer with composite followed by polishing to achieve the desired look.
- Porcelain Veneers
These are thin shell-like structures made up of ceramics. They are more durable and natural-looking than composite veneers. The strength of porcelain veneers is pretty close to the strength of the human enamel which is present naturally in teeth. If taken good care, porcelain veneers may even last 10 to 20 years. They are more natural-looking and translucent as compared to the composite veneers. recent advancements in the field of esthetic dentistry the porcelain veneers are almost impossible to distinguish between a veneer and a natural tooth.
- Non-Prep Veneers
Non-prep veneers are no preparation veneers. They are made up of disilicate lithium and are popular as E Max Veneers. There is minimum tooth reduction to be done for this type of dental veneer. Their thickness may be somewhere between 0.3mm to 0.5mm, which is similar to that of contact lenses. They are very thin but durable enough. They are important in cases where the thickness of the teeth has to be increased. However, one disadvantage to these kinds of veneers because of their thin nature is that in some cases it gets difficult to hide major discolorations and the darker tooth shows through the veneers.
- CEREC® Veneers
Chair-side Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics termed CEREC is a CAD/CAM (computer-aided designing/computer-aided manufacturing) technology based on in-house manufacturing and scanning machine that helps in creating veneers on the day of the appointment. This machine uses raw ceramic blocks. With the innovative CEREC® Veneers, the number of sittings and visits to the dentist has decreased. Which makes the whole process of getting dental Veneers hassle-free for the patients.
So, if you have a chipped tooth, gaps between teeth, discolorations of teeth, or malalignments, you should consider having dental veneers as a solution to these problems.
At Aashu Dental Clinic we have a team of experienced doctors who are skilled enough to give you a desired and natural-looking smile that boosts your confidence and makes you feel stronger and healthier than before. Our center is equipped with the innovative CAD/CAM-based CEREC technology which not only reduces the number of visits you make but also lets you see your scan in real-time at the chair side itself, which gives you an idea of what your results are going to look like.
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