Dental Veneers Are A Popular Tool For The Cosmetic Dentist

As a cosmetic dentist, we have many tools, tricks, and treatment options that we can choose from when it comes to giving you better-looking teeth. Of the many options we offer, there is one that has made a tremendous impact with its versatility, affordability, and ease, which your cosmetic dentist can use to implement a treatment strategy. These are dental veneers. Dental veneers have become one of the most frequently used and powerful tools that a cosmetic dentist has in their repertoire. Despite being in a market where there is an amazing array of highly successful tools, dental veneers have become a primary choice for patients and cosmetic dentists everywhere. From our perspective, dental veneers have an inherent advantage because they enhance, not replace, your regular teeth, so there is less time wasted and less need for a procedure. Any time that you are looking to enhance or replace your teeth so you have a better smile, you will need to remove some level of enamel. The question is, how much of the natural enamel will be removed?

When you think of a device like a dental implant, the answer is that we will need to remove the entire tooth along with its root to make room for the new implant. Other devices do not remove quite so much, but they do get very close. Dental crowns, for example, are used to repair teeth that have extensive damage because of trauma or decay. To properly fit a dental crown, the original teeth will be shaved down to nothing more than mere nubs, enough to hold the new crown but not enough to affect their aesthetic value or functionality. Comparatively, dental veneers only remove a fraction of the natural enamel, fitting over the top of the tooth. This means that most of your natural enamel will stay intact. Saving the majority of your original tooth is a huge advantage to using dental veneers, one well recognized by the cosmetic dentist, but by no means is it the only one.

For the cosmetic dentist, one of our goals is to ensure that you have the shortest possible recovery and treatment times possible. With dental veneers, this is reduced significantly. In the majority of cases, your dental veneers will be fitted by your cosmetic dentist on the second visit to the office. Recovery time is typically a few hours, so you will be using your teeth as soon as the next day with virtually no restrictions. Compare this to the recovery time for dental implants, which can require several weeks of recovery time and places limitations on what you can eat and drink. Or, you can compare the treatment time of dental veneers to that of braces and Invisalign®, which are used to straighten teeth. As a function, dental veneers are used by the cosmetic dentist to visually correct mildly crooked teeth. Braces, however, will take a year of regular visits and wearing metal across your teeth to achieve similar looking results.