Reasons To Choose A Veneer
Porcelain veneers are a wafer thin shell of porcelain that are used to cover the front of a damaged tooth. Veneers can be used to mask many different imperfections. For instance, if you have a chipped tooth that is also stained, rather than get two separate dental treatments such as bonding and teeth whitening, which means two separate visits, you can solve both problems with a dental veneer. If that is not reason enough to choose a veneer, there are more.
When Dental Veneers Are a Good Choice
Porcelain veneers are a good treatment choice when your teeth have more than one imperfection such as stains, pits, dimples, chips, cracks, are slightly misshapen, or their length has been worn down so they appear too short. Any combination of these issues can be solved with veneer placement. There are several benefits to veneer treatment including:
Natural appearance: The translucency and pearlescence of porcelain is more like real teeth than most other dental materials. This is due to the fact that porcelain handles light the same way as your natural tooth enamel. The light passes through the surface and then bounces off the opaque surface behind it. It penetrates in and then reflects back out the same as a natural tooth providing a life-like appearance.
Stain resistant: If you choose porcelain veneers as a dental treatment, your teeth will likely always be white because the glass-like surface resists stains.
Minimally invasive: Porcelain veneers are a less invasive dental treatment than a crown. The amount of tooth structure removed for veneer preparation amounts to only about .5mm.