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Veneers – Glastonbury, CT
Achieve a More Beautiful Grin
Having extensive dental flaws such as cracks, chips, gaps, stains, and misshapenness in your smile can be quite frustrating. Fortunately, veneers from Glastonbury Dental Care can beautify a smile by concealing troubled dental structures with gorgeous and lifelike restorations that imitate the ideal appearance of real teeth. Here’s a brief guide to how veneers work, but please feel free to contact our staff if you’d like to know more.
Why Choose Glastonbury Dental Care for Veneers?
- Skilled Cosmetic Dental Team
- Transform Your Smile in as Few as Two Appointments
- CareCredit Financing Available
What Are Veneers?
Veneers are thin shells crafted from a tooth-colored ceramic material, and they are designed to be cemented over troubled teeth to conceal defects like chips, cracks, gaps, stains, and misshapenness while giving your smile an ideal appearance. These devices are durable, stain resistant, and can last for fifteen years or more before needing replacement if they receive excellent care.
The Process of Getting Veneers
The process of getting veneers begins with a consultation at our Glastonbury office, during which our dentist will carefully examine your mouth to make sure that you can be a suitable candidate for the treatment. If you’re not ready yet, you may be able to become one later after receiving restorative work to clear up tooth decay and gum disease. After you are approved for the treatment, our dentist will begin the process by administering a local anesthetic to ensure your comfort before removing a small amount of enamel from the treated teeth. Our dentist will then take bite impressions and place temporary veneers on your teeth so you can get used to wearing them.
At a trusted dental lab, a skilled technician will carefully craft your veneers based on precise measurements of your teeth. When they are ready, you’ll come back to our office so we can remove your temporary set, cement the permanent veneers in place, and make any final adjustments. You’ll then be ready to show off your new smile to the world.
The Benefits of Veneers
Veneers are made from beautiful and stain-resistant porcelain that can maintain its lifelike appearance for fifteen years or more if the appliances receive excellent care and hygiene. This versatile cosmetic treatment can address many dental flaws at once, and each veneer is completely customized to ensure that they match the natural color and curvature of your teeth. This makes them an excellent and efficient way to enhance the beauty of your smile.
Understanding the Cost of Veneers
While dental insurance does not typically cover cosmetic treatments such as veneers, we partner with CareCredit to offer our patients flexible payment plans that can break a bill into small monthly installments that can be easily managed. We’ll be happy to provide you with a proper cost estimate and help you navigate your payment options during your consultation at our Glastonbury office.
Veneers FAQs
What Happens to the Teeth Under Veneers?
Veneers themselves won’t harm your teeth because only a minimal amount of enamel is removed from each of the affected teeth. The bonding material that is used to attach your restoration to the tooth is completely safe. Since the enamel will be covered by the veneer, the procedure doesn’t increase your risk of cavities. However, you still need to brush twice and floss regularly to prevent tooth decay from occurring underneath the veneers.
Do Veneers Give You a Lisp?
Some people have difficulty pronouncing certain words when they first get veneers, resulting in a temporary lisp. This is partially due to muscle memory, as the tongue is not used to accounting for the presence of veneers when you talk. This tiny difference in thickness affects the way the tongue moves. Your tongue should adjust on its own, but practicing the pronunciation of difficult sounds and words can help you speed up this process.
Can Veneers Be Used for Bite Corrections?
Veneers don’t change the actual position of the teeth in the jaw, so their effectiveness for treating bite problems varies depending on how severe the problem is. If you have a mild open bite, veneers can make the teeth appear longer and wider so that they appear to line up correctly. Veneers can also be used to hide small gaps between the teeth. Veneers are only ever recommended for bite issues that don’t cause significant oral health problems. If you want to get orthodontic treatment and veneers, you should pursue orthodontic treatment first.
How Many Veneers Will I Need?
The goal of veneers is for all of your visible teeth to match. Therefore, you’ll receive an appropriate number of veneers to accomplish that goal. Some people get a single veneer to mask one tooth while others get anywhere from six to twelve for a more complete smile makeover. During your consultation with us, we will examine your smile and discuss the goals you have to create a custom treatment plan to meet your needs.
Do Veneers Feel Like Real Teeth?
Many patients report that veneers feel completely natural in their mouth. They don’t even notice them when talking or eating. Veneers are carefully crafted to fit perfectly on your teeth based on impressions made after a small amount of enamel has been removed. The enamel removal prevents the restoration from protruding uncomfortably. Additionally, porcelain is very smooth, so it won’t irritate the soft tissues in your mouth.
