What Veneers Can Do for Your Smile

Veneers, sometimes called dental veneers or porcelain veneers, are probably the most powerful cosmetic dentistry treatment available. That’s because it can completely transform your smile, achieving numerous cosmetic changes at once. It’s a smile makeover, and it takes only about a month to achieve.

Veneers can be used to repair teeth that have been damaged or worn. Veneers are thin facades of advanced ceramics that can be bonded to the front of your teeth, extending over the tops of teeth as well. This gives your teeth an attractive new surface that covers over the damage.

A gap between your front teeth, called a diastema by dentists, can make you feel self-conscious about your smile. While some people might be happy with their tooth gap, you might want to close that gap.

One of the nicknames veneers have acquired is “instant orthodontics.” That’s because they can do the same work as orthodontic treatments like Invisalign, but faster. While orthodontic treatment will take months or years, veneers can achieve results in about a month.

Some people are unhappy with their smile because they don’t think their teeth are an attractive shape or size. Veneers can solve this problem. The new facades can build up small teeth and reshape teeth like peg laterals, whose shape can seem unattractive.

Tooth discolouration is one of the most common cosmetic complaints. For many people, teeth whitening works just fine to correct the concern. However, some people have stains that don’t respond to whitening. It may be that there are defects in the enamel, or that the enamel isn’t thick enough. Or perhaps the enamel just isn’t naturally as white as you wish it were.

But what if you have several concerns about the appearance of your smile? Don’t worry, veneers can correct all the above problems at the same time. You can enjoy the smile of your dreams within a month even if your teeth are crooked, worn, discoloured, and naturally small.