DENTAL VENEERS

Life Smile facilitates the affordable low cost, dental veneers dentistry procedure at the top rated dental clinics and dentistry hospital facilities in India. The dental veneers or tooth laminates procedure overseas for uninsured, self insured and underinsured individuals helps in a cost savings of up to 70% to 80%. The dental laminates procedure abroad in India for composite dental veneer is USD 150 / tooth to USD 220 / tooth and for the porcelain dental veneers is USD 270 / tooth to USD 360 / tooth.

DENTAL VENEERS OR DENTAL LAMINATES

Dental veneer is a thin layer of restorative material placed over a tooth surface, either to improve the aesthetics of a tooth, or to protect a damaged tooth surface. There are two types of material used in a veneer, composite and porcelain. Dental veneer or Dental laminates are custom-designed shells of tooth-like ceramic material that, when applied over the surface of a tooth, can cover worn tooth enamel, uneven tooth alignment or spacing and chips or cracks. Dental laminates are most often used for cosmetic purpose in dentistry because they help create a bright, white smile with beautifully aligned and shapely teeth.

Dental Veneers are ideal for the teeth that are too small, too big, or have uneven surfaces. It is very common for people to have imperfect teeth, either oddly shaped teeth, chipped teeth, crooked teeth, teeth with small holes in them, or an inappropriate sized tooth or teeth that have an odd appearance. Dental laminates solve such irregularities and create a durable and pleasing smile.

PROCEDURE DESCRIPTION

There are two tooth veneers procedures available that correct discoloration of the teeth by removing the brown and yellow staining. While each procedure works effectively, there are advantages and disadvantages to each tooth laminates procedure dependent upon the objectives and commitment to the process and a cosmetic dentist will recommend the most appropriate tooth veneers procedure best suited to an individual. The type of teeth veneers procedures available with the cosmetic dentist are:

Composite Veneer Procedure
Composite (direct) veneers are usually performed in a single visit to cosmetic dentist. The procedure is an application of a bond and enamel directly to the tooth's surface.

Porcelain Veneer Procedure
Porcelain (indirect) veneers are a very thin porcelain material. Usually porcelain veneers require two visits and also require a dental laboratory to create the final tooth restoration piece.

Lumineer Porcelain Veneer Procedure
Made of Cerinate porcelain, Lumineers are a new type of porcelain tooth veneers. They are contact lens-thin and are roughly .2 mm thick. A Little no no tooth reduction in most cases is necessary with this type of veneer and usually the anesthetics or numbing shots are not required.

Selection of the color for the veneers
Not all of the teeth of any individual are of the same natural color. Usually some teeth tend to be darker than the others, the front teeth are typically the whitest, and molars tend to be a shade between the two. The dental veneer application goal for everyone is to achieve their individual optimum whiteness while still looking natural. Most of the good cosmetic dentists will show a teeth veneer shade chart or a tooth veneer Shade Guide to choose the favorite dental veneer shade. Other considerations when determining the color of veneers for each individual are the skin complexion, hair color, the color of your natural teeth and even your eye color.

Benefits and disadvantages of Traditional Porcelain Tooth Veneers

Advantages:
Porcelain veneers are common in creating new smiles, smile designing and smile makeovers. With porcelain veneers, anyone can have the smile of the dreams in a very short period of time. Typically veneers are difficult to stain, making dental veneers a very popular solution for many people seeking a stainless perfect smile. Strong and very durable, veneers last for ten to fifteen years, and come in variety of colors that can brighten dark teeth without the worry of the change in the color of a tooth in future. Dental laminates are typically done in only one or two hour long dental appointments, and can actually strengthen the teeth. There is no additional maintenance other than a follow-up visit to the cosmetic dentist and proper tooth brushing and flossing on a daily basis. Finally, a better and whiter smile can be achieved.

Disadvantages:
It takes roughly a week or two of a period of adjustment to get used to the teeth that have been changed in color, size, spacing and shape. While very little tooth is removed in most cases, there are situations where more tooth must be removed which increases the risk of trauma to the tooth. The amount of tooth to be removed for the veneers is informed by the cosmetic dentist before hand. If someone suffers from bruxism, clenching or grinding of the teeth, teeth veneers can be damaged chipped or cracked from this and in that case wearing a mouth guard at night to protect the new smile can help.

Pros and Cons of Lumineer Porcelain Tooth Veneers:

Advantages:
Made of Cerinate porcelain, teeth Lumineers are a new type of porcelain veneers. Most often, a little to no tooth reduction is necessary with this type of tooth veneer and the anesthetics or numbing shots are not needed. The dental Lumineers resist micro-leakage and micro-cracking more so than the traditional porcelain veneers. Unlike other porcelain veneers, there is no need to wear temporary veneers until the Lumineers are created. Lumineers are expected to last just as long as the traditional porcelain veneers. Lumineers are reversible if no tooth reduction was necessary when they were first done. Cost is less much than traditional porcelain veneers.

Disadvantages:
As there is little to no tooth reduction needed for Lumineer porcelain dental veneers, there is a limit to how much smile correction can be accomplished. This can also lead to bulky appearance and a feeling of the veneers fitted in some cases. Cosmetic Dentists offering Lumineers are specially trained specifically for this type of dental veneer which means for the time being there are fewer of the best Cosmetic Dentists offering Lumineers.

Advantages and Disadvantages of composite dental veneers

Advantages:
For the dental composite veneers no tooth reduction is needed and the procedure could be completed in just one session of dental treatment of about 4 hours. They can be easily managed in case of a fracture. The composite veneers procedure is always reversible, as teeth have not been reduced and so the procedure costs are less. With this procedure the tooth structure is restored, the margins seal better on root dentin and are easily repairable. The composite veneer can be bonded sub gingival.

Disadvantages of dental composite veneers
Disadvantages of the composite veneers are that they are not as long lasting as porcelain veneers, the shading can be difficult and the veneer may change its colour as the time passes.

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