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Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:47 pm  |
Here are a couple of sites that might be of interest for those considering veneers.
http://www.animated-teeth.com/porcelain_veneers/t1_porcelain_veneers.htm
http://www.dentalfind.com/Pros_and_Cons_of_Porcelain_Veneers/
Personally I feel it is better to have your own natural teeth, everyone has different teeth and that is what gives us character!
But if you are really self concscious about them then do some research into the veneers.
I have probably helped put veneers on approximately 300 people, and most were very satsified- but about 20% of the people had a lot of senstivity after the procedure and wish they had never gotten them. Some people never got over the change- they felt like the looked too different and not like themselves with the new shape/shade of your teeth.
You do need to be extreeeemely diligent with your oral hygiene once you have the veneers, and please make sure you have a really good dentist, some dentist can really ruin the shape of your teeth, or leave unfilled microscopic edges between your natural tooth and your veneer- in this case it doesn't matter how much or how well you clean your teeth, bacteria will get through this edge and start growing underneath your veneer- this will either cause tooth decay, extremely bad breath, or both!
PS- the bad breath will not disappear until the veneer is replaced!
Also be careful what shade you choose for your teeth,- you need to match your lower teeth to your top teeth, and if you are going to bleach your teeth, make sure you do this prior to getting the veneers so the veneers can be matched to your bleached teeth. Don't make the mistake of choosing your color shade for your veneers first and then bleaching your other teeth to let them lighten up to the color of your veneers-your teeth most likely will not match the shade of your veneers. And watch out, don't be too tempted to get the HollyWood White! This shade actually looks like a bright white with light blue/gray on most people- take your complexion and the color of your gums into consideration. Also with this shade the teeth end up looking like chiclets, plus imagine how you would look under a black light!
If any of you do decide to get veneers, make sure that you are 100% happy with them before your dentist glues them on permanently! I always gave my patients a couple of days test run, where the veneers are cemented on temporarily and they can see how their family/friends feel about them, and also try see if they can still speak normally (sometimes the veneers will affect speach).
If they are happy with them- 2 days later we cement them on permanently, if they don't like them, we send them back to the lab and have them altered to exactly what they want.
This does not cost you any more $$$ and some dentists do not give you the option of doing this. But if you are forking out thousands of $$$ for this procedure, it is only fair that your dentist makes sure that you are 100% satisfied!
Good luck! |
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