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As you age, various factors can impact your smile’s appearance. You may look at your worn, chipped, and discolored teeth and wonder if there’s any hope for restoring their esthetics. The answer is an emphatic yes! At Main Line Dental Health and Wellness in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, we can give your smile a refreshing new look with porcelain veneers. In this post, Dr. Jerald Matt addresses your questions about veneer treatment to help you decide if it’s a good choice for you.
Veneers are slim, tooth-shaped, porcelain shells that resemble the enamel of your teeth. They’re designed to conceal tooth flaws that mar your smile’s beauty. We will bond the veneers to your tooth surface permanently to give your smile a flawless appearance. Veneers can be used to improve the color, shape, size, and alignment of your teeth to boost your smile’s esthetic appeal.
Versatility makes veneers a coveted cosmetic treatment as veneers can improve multiple tooth flaws simultaneously. We may recommend veneers to:
Veneers can give you a stunning smile in as little as two or three dental visits.
The process for veneers is fairly simple. First, we will shave off a thin layer of tooth enamel to make room for placing your veneers. Then a mold is taken of your teeth and sent to a lab where veneers are created. It can take two to three weeks for custom veneers to be made. Meanwhile, we can cover your teeth with temporary composite veneers. When your porcelain veneers are ready, we’ll replace the composite veneers with the porcelain veneers, make any final adjustments for a perfect fit and bond them to your teeth permanently. Your smile now has a beautiful, new look!
Porcelain veneers have the potential to last 10 to 15 years. But that’s only if you take good care of your teeth. This includes brushing and flossing daily, watching what you eat, and seeing our dental team regularly for checkups and cleanings.
Yes. There are porcelain veneers, composite resin veneers, and no-prep veneers, such as Lumineers. Most of our patients choose porcelain veneers due to their strength, longevity, and beauty.
No, it doesn’t hurt to get veneers. Veneers are a minimally invasive, virtually painless treatment. We can, however, numb your teeth for the prepping process, if you want, to avoidthe possibility of any sensitivity during this stage of your treatment.
You can contact the experienced team at Main Line Dental Health & Wellness in Bryn Mawr at (610) 947-5566 for all your cosmetic dental needs.