What is a Laminate Veneer?

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They are very thin porcelain leaves affixed to the front faces of the teeth. Everyone deserves a beautiful smile. Porcelain laminates are aesthetic, protective and long lasting restorations that can be performed almost without any operation in the tooth tissue for this smile.

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Porcelain veneers are composed of thin ceramic layers that cover the front of the tooth. Here are some of the ways they help improve how your smile looks:

• Brighten Teeth: Smoking, certain medications, food and drink, and even aging all take a toll on the brightness of our smiles. If you have one or more teeth that haven’t responded to whitening treatments as well as you’d like, veneers can restore the brightness to blend in with your natural teeth. Want to go even brighter? Veneers come in a variety of shades, so you can add the sparkle of Hollywood to your smile.

• Size and shape: Veneers can smooth out chipped teeth and lengthen teeth that have been shortened through tooth grinding, or bruxism. If you’ve always felt like your teeth looked too square or too round, veneers also can adjust the shape of your teeth to best complement your features.

• Alignment and spacing: Porcelain veneers can improve the appearance of your teeth to close small gaps between them without using braces or to make minor adjustments in alignment.

 

Made from a material that mimics tooth enamel, a porcelain veneer actually adheres to the surface of your tooth. It’s custom-made from a mold of your teeth and applied with an adhesive bond, which helps strengthen it. Depending on the brand and type of veneers used, our dentist in Dobbs Ferry might have to reduce a small amount of your natural tooth’s enamel (less than 1 mm of the surface) so the veneer fits snugly and naturally against your tooth. But once the veneer is in place, it won’t move or stain, giving you the smile you’ve always imagined. No one will know it’s there except you.