Billericay
Dental Veneers Essex
Dental veneers are a quick and effective solution to stained, chipped, misshapen or crooked teeth.
Dental veneers in Billericay
Dental veneers or teeth veneers consist of aesthetic porcelain or tooth coloured filling materials, which are bonded to the teeth to improve the smile. They are long-lasting and result in an extremely pleasing result.
If you decide to go for treatment with dental veneers in Essex we would first complete a full detailed examination. We would ensure your gums are healthy and then perform a digital smile analysis.
A ‘mock-up’ smile makeover can be made by a cosmetic dental lab and this can be transferred into your own mouth for you to ‘trial’.
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Porcelain Veneers in Essex
For porcelain veneer treatment procedure we may need to prepare the teeth minimally and painlessly, leaving you with great looking temporary veneers. After 2 weeks you return and we remove the temporaries, try-in the porcelain teeth veneers and once we have checked that you are pleased with the final restorations, we then definitively bond them on for you to enjoy your new smile!
For the ‘direct’ composite veneer treatment we can layer the materials onto your teeth with no preparation over one visit. Our dentists recommend these mostly for the younger patients since they need no tooth reduction, hence very conservative in their approach.
If you’re looking for dental veneers in Essex please get in touch with our cosmetic dentist and we’ll be happy to schedule an appointment with you.
Advantages
- Long-lasting beautiful result
- Can change your smile completely, increasing self-confidence and quality of life
Disadvantages
- Not life-long and may require replacement after 10 years
- Need excellent hygiene and maintenance
- Porcelain is fragile and can chip or fracture if you do not take care, i.e. biting nails or pens
- Composite may wear or stain, however, is easy to repair and polish
What exactly is involved in the procedure of having dental veneers fitted?
As with any other cosmetic dental procedure, the first part involves consultation and examination by your dentist so that they can get a better understanding of what you require and what the treatment options are. At DentalKind, we consider this to be the most important part of the whole process. It also allows your practitioner to discuss any concerns you might have. Your dentist will explain the treatment procedure to you and also give you an accurate guide as to the likely cost of your treatment.
Before your veneers are designed and manufactured, your dentist will need to reshape and prepare the front surfaces of your teeth so that they can accommodate the veneers. In order that you do not feel anything during the procedure, you will have your teeth and gums numbed with a painless local anaesthetic.
Your dentist will then shave off a tiny part of the front surface of your teeth using a special dental drill. The amount of the front surface of your teeth that is removed is minimal.
Your dentist will then take an impression or mould (copy) of your prepared teeth. This involves taking an imprint of your teeth similar to how you would leave footprints in the sand. This is done by placing special dental putty into your mouth on a tray, pushing it into your teeth and waiting for it to set.
This mould of your teeth, known as an “impression”, is then sent to a dental laboratory. This impression is used by dental technicians to cast an accurate model of your teeth which can be used as a guide to fabricate your new veneers. Normally this process takes between one and three weeks.
Your dentist will fit you with some temporary veneers to protect your prepared teeth while you’re waiting for your actual veneers to be fabricated. The temporary veneers may be based on a ‘mock-up’ or ‘diagnostic wax-up’ to allow you to leave with your new smile, just in a temporary material.
At your second appointment, your dentist will fit your new veneers to your teeth. Firstly, the dentist will just sit the veneers over your teeth to see how they look when you smile.
After checking that you’re completely pleased and happy with the result your dentist will carefully bond the veneer in place. Your teeth are cleaning and the preparations will be etched (roughened) with a special acid gel so that they provide a good surface for the dental cement to stick to. Cement is then applied to the back of the veneers and they are cemented into place. Then a special curing light is used to activate the dental cement so that it bonds the veneer permanently to the front surface of your prepared tooth. Any excess cement is usually trimmed away and polished to leave a beautiful and natural-looking restoration.
Your dentist will show you how to clean and maintain the veneers to ensure a long-lasting result.
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