There’s no reason to put up with gaps in your teeth or with teeth that are stained, badly shaped or crooked. Southland Dental Care and its veneer specialists can correct nature’s mistake or the results of an injury and help you have a beautiful smile.
Veneers have several advantages over other tooth restoration procedures – like their realistic appearance and stain resistance.
One property of the teeth’s enamel covering is that it is translucent. This means that when light strikes a tooth’s surface, it is not immediately reflected off, but instead penetrates into the thickness of the enamel. This property of translucency is an important part of what gives teeth their characteristic appearance.
Historically, the cosmetic dental bonding materials dentists have had available to them were only semi-translucent which didn’t give a realistic appearance since the light striking the tooth did not penetrate into the bonding layer but instead was reflected off the bonding’s outer surface. Although, the bonding improved the teeth, the sense of depth projection did not give the teeth its characteristic translucency.
Porcelain veneers are glass-like, which have a great advantage over other types of cosmetic dental bonding because they are translucent. When they are bonded onto a tooth’s surface they mimic the light handling characteristics of enamel. This translucency effect provides a sense of depth a very life-like appearance.
Also in the past, cosmetic dental bonding materials were susceptible to staining and discoloring. This was especially a problem for people whose teeth had excessive exposure to tea, coffee, red wine, or cigarette smoking. A significant advantage of porcelain veneers is related to the fact that a porcelain veneer’s surface is just that, porcelain. Since porcelain is a ceramic, and therefore glass-like, its surface is extremely smooth and resistant – meaning the surface of a porcelain veneer will not pick up permanent stains.
