Porcelain Veneers
Our practice embraces aesthetic and functional dentistry to help you obtain a more attractive and healthy smile. We have adopted a philosophy that focuses on you, the patient. As dental care providers, our intention is to help you achieve and maintain a beautiful and healthy smile through regularly scheduled check-ups and if necessary, planned treatment.
Why Porcelain Veneers?
Veneers may be used to modify or enhance the color, size, and shape of your teeth. Porcelain veneers provide an excellent alternative to crowns, bonding, ineffective tooth-whitening procedures, and in some cases, orthodontia. Porcelain veneers require at least two office visits and are fabricated by a skilled dental laboratory technician.
The Consultation Appointment
It is possible to show you what your new smile could look like prior to beginning treatment by using a preliminary diagnostic wax-up. Together, we will carefully select the color, shape, and size of the teeth in order to create your desired smile. Impressions are then taken of your teeth and a model of your mouth is created for the dental laboratory. The laboratory technician will fabricate a wax "mock-up of your teeth with your specifications and return It to our office. This wax mock-up will then be presented to you for your approval.
Treatment Appointments
The Preparation Appointment:
Your teeth will be prepared to accommodate the very thin, but highly durable, veneer "facings," Impressions of your teeth will be taken and sent to the laboratory for fabrication. Temporary veneers will be placed In the interim in order to protect your prepared, natural teeth. The temporary veneers can often be fabricated from your wax "mock-up."
The Cementation Appointment:
The temporary veneers are removed and your new porcelain veneers will be "tried in." Providing all of your specifications have been met and you like the look of your new teeth, an adhesive bonding agent or cement will then be used to permanently secure your new veneers in place.
Caring for your new smile
Your new veneers will look, feel, and function like natural teeth, and require the same level of care. Regular dental appointments, along with good oral hygiene, will help ensure the health and life of both your veneers and natural teeth.
Take a look at your smile the next time you look in the mirror. Do you like what you see? If there were anything you could change about your smile, what would it be? Ask us about your smile options. You can have the smile you always wanted.
Dr. Molly Rodgers, General Dentist - Providing services in cosmetic dentistry to the area of Edmonton Alberta, Canada.
