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Dental Porcelain Veneers |
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Dental porcelain veneers is one of the most popular advanced treatment options in the field of Cosmetic Dentistry. Dental Porcelain Veneers, made of ceramic or porcelain are natural ways to restore the beauty of your smile. These are actually thin shells of porcelain, which are bonded to the front side of natural tooth. Dental porcelain veneers are usually
recommended for stained, broken, chipped, slightly misaligned teeth and for closing spaces between teeth. Dental Porcelain Veneer is an almost painless procedure and requires only 2 sittings per week.
Dental Porcelain Veneer Technique:
Porcelain veneer technique, which is a branch of the basic science of cosmetic dental bonding, makes use of bonding materials like shells of porcelain to a tooth or teeth. The tooth or teeth becomes firm and strong when bonded with porcelain.
Advantages of using Dental Porcelain Veneers:
Dental Porcelain Veneer has a number of advantages. Some of the main reasons for which dentists prefer this technique are:
- Dental Porcelain Veneers are best suited creating a life-like tooth appearance. Dental enamel forms an important component of every tooth. When light strikes a tooth's surface it penetrates into its enamel layer. Now that the light has passed through the full thickness of the enamel it reflects off the opaque tooth dentin. Porcelain veneers have an advantage over other cosmetic bonding techniques, because of the fact that they are translucent. Porcelain veneer is bonded onto a tooth's surface emulate the light handling characteristics of dental enamel.
- Porcelain veneers prevent staining of teeth. Porcelain veneer surface is extremely stain resistant, and therefore, makes teeth less susceptible to staining and discoloring, caused by excessive consumption of tea, coffee, or tobacco products.
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