What You Need to Know About Dental Veneers in Los Angeles

Author: leanderpercy | Posted: 06.12.2011

Veneers are used to achieve a beautiful striking smile and they are much sought after in Los Angeles. They allow teeth alteration in terms of color, size, shape and even the position thereby achieving the desired results. Although they do not make ideal esthetic abnormalities alternative, they are quite good in restoring a smile and general dental appearance if they are the only option for a patient.

Most people tend to be too desperate to even take the time to check the facts about the procedures they are about to settle for. They make their minds after hearing of the procedures from friends and the desperation to have their smiles and dental health restored makes them settle for the procedures without caring to know more about them. When it comes to dental veneers, there are things you should be aware of before you settle for the procedure.

The procedures are not reversible especially taking into consideration that your tooth or teeth will be reduced to a certain extent. This kind of reduction is something you can never get back once it is done.

A porcelain laminate veneer is first prepared before it is then inserted into the reduced tooth or teeth. The preparation can take a week or so before the insertion is then done on the areas.

You will need to go for a preparation visit followed by the insertion visit. Sensitivity to cold and hot substances is something you should expect during the period between the two visits. The sensitivity occurs as a result of the missing enamel portions after your tooth has been reduced.

When going for the preparation, no local anesthetic will be used. You can however still have one used on you if you happen to be the sensitive type or you are too anxious about the whole procedure.

When going for the insertion visit, again no aesthetic is used although you can still have it used when you feel there is a need to. You should expect this visit to be longer than the preparation one since the laminates are placed into position using resin that is light sensitive then hardened with the help of white light.

Even though these laminates have crushing strength, they are quite poor in tensile strength. This means that you will need to avoid anything that easily leads to laminate twisting.



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