Have you got smiles that give you the self confidence in life and career? Are you planning on a special occasion from wedding, anniversary, class reunion, birthday, to retirement that you want to look your best? You can have the “Hollywood” smile that you need through different procedures from veneers, tooth-colored fillings, whitening, crowns and bridges, implants, gum shaping, to braces. We can design smiles that you desire from a single tooth, multiple teeth to a full mouth reconstruction. The dental treatment may involve multidisciplinary dental procedures that our dentists are committed to you.

Porcelain Veneers – A thin laminate of porcelain bonded onto teeth to correct misalignment, change color, close space, reshape teeth and gums, and straighten teeth. Our veneers can give you the smile you have always dreamed off!

Advantages of Porcelain Veneers:

• Porcelain veneers are very durable. Although porcelain veneers are very thin, usually between 0.5 - 0.7 millimeters and inherently brittle, once bonded to healthy tooth structure it becomes very strong. Porcelain veneers can last for many years, usually 10-15 years, if you take good care of them using good oral hygiene and avoiding using them to crack or chew hard objects like ice.
• Porcelain veneers create a very life-like and natural tooth appearance. The translucent properties of the porcelain allows the veneers to mimic the light handling characteristics of enamel giving it a sense of depth which is not possible with other cosmetic bonding materials such as composite resin.
• Porcelain veneers resist staining. Unlike other cosmetic dental bonding materials, porcelain is a smooth, impervious ceramic and therefore will not pick up permanent stain from cigarette smoking or from dark or richly colored liquids or spices.
  Porcelain veneers are conservative. Only a small amount of tooth structure is removed, if any during the procedure.
  

Porcelain Veneers situations:

Dental veneers are not appropriate for everyone or every tooth. Case selection is an extremely important factor in the success of this technique. Veneering teeth is not a reversible procedure if tooth structure must be removed to achieve your desired result. Only an examination by your dentist can determine whether dental veneers are appropriate for making the changes you want. Some of the situations where certain teeth or people are not good candidates for dental veneers include:

• Unhealthy teeth. Dental decay and active gum disease must be treated prior to fabricating and bonding dental veneers.
• Weakened teeth. If a significant amount of tooth structure is missing or has been replaced by a large filling the teeth will not be strong enough to function with a dental veneer.
• Teeth with an inadequate amount of enamel present. Dental veneers are more successfully bonded onto tooth enamel.
• People who habitually clench or grind on their teeth. Habitual clenching and grinding of the teeth can easily chip or break dental veneers. Dental nightguards may be a solution for this in some cases.
• Persons without a stable bite.
• Severely malpositioned teeth or misaligned teeth. Orthodontic treatment may be required to achieve the desired result.
  

Porcelain Veneers Procedures

Usually two visits are required.
The first visit may take between one to two hours. During this visit:

• Your teeth are examined, your desires and expectations are discussed and your color shades are selected. It is critical that you take an active role in this "smile design" process. The size and shape of your teeth will be discussed. Also the corrective limitations of porcelain veneers will be discussed.
• Your teeth may be prepared for porcelain veneers by trimming the enamel from the front and biting edge your teeth to accommodate the added thickness of the veneers so they can fit over your teeth without added bulk. Typically 0.5 – 0.7 millimeter of enamel will be removed.
• An impression will be taken to make an exact replica of your teeth. This impression will be used to make a model upon which your porcelain veneer will be custom made.
• Temporary veneers may or may not be placed upon your teeth, depending upon the amount of tooth structure removed and kind of changes being made.

The second visit may also take between one to two hours. During this visit:

• Temporary veneers, if present, will be removed.
• The fit of the porcelain veneers will be evaluated by the doctor and then by you. This is a time for you to check the shape and color, fit and feel of the veneers to see if they meet your expectations before they are bonded to your teeth. We can make any changes you want before they are bonded to your teeth. Once porcelain veneers are bonded it is best not to adjust them.
• Once you approve of your veneers your teeth will be cleaned with a mild acidic solution. A tooth-colored, bonding adhesive is applied to the teeth and veneer then dried and hardened (bonded) to your teeth with a curing light .
• Once they are bonded any excess cement will be removed, your teeth will be flossed and your veneers will be polished.

Porcelain Veneers Maintenance:

Taking a good care of veneers requires good oral hygiene including daily flossing and dental cleanings at least twice a year. Additionally, stay away from biting veneers with hard cracking food like nuts and ice that may chip veneers or cause them to come off.

Composite Veneers – Tooth-colored filling material (resin) are used to form the veneers. Composite veneers are accomplished at chair side in one visit. An adequate amount of tooth structure may be removed to allow for placement of composite resin in the desired shape without added tooth bulk. Bonding agent is applied. Composite resin is then added, light cured, then finished and polished.

No-Prep Veneers — Lumineers is one of the No-Prep Veneers. No Prep Veneers are ultra thin (0.3 mm) porcelain veneers placed over existing teeth without removing tooth structure. It’s a conservative esthetic work to achieve the smile that you desire. There are certain situation no-prep veneers may not be applicable.

Tooth-colored fillings – When done properly, composite fillings can restore your teeth as they have never had a cavity.

Teeth whitening – With one hour in office bleaching, you can get immediate satisfaction of a whiter and more dazzling smile. We also provide you a custom fabricate home bleaching trays to use at your convenience to enhance and maintain the brilliance of your smile.

All ceramic veneer crowns and bridges – Exquisitely handcrafted all veneer crowns can replace unattractive crowns with black lines at the gum area that compromises the appearance.