Porcelain Veneers: are They for Me?
Most of us by now have heard something about cosmetic dentistry, and know someone who has had a procedure done. The supermarkets and drug stores offer whole rows of tooth whitening products, which many people have tried, with varying results. Perhaps you have tried something, or asked your local dentist what he can offer.
What is not so widely known is that only a dentist specifically trained in cosmetic dentistry can reliably and effectively enhance your smile. Some general dentists offer a few cosmetic procedures on the side. But the place to get full cosmetic dentistry training is in a post-graduate dental school, and the premier such school is the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI).
What do Porcelain Veneers Accomplish?
They give you a new front surface for the front teeth. They are very thin covers which your cosmetic dentist attaches permanently to the teeth visible in your smile, to reshape, re-color, and re-align its appearance.
In one treatment they can take care of a cluster of relatively minor dental problems.
• Small gaps between front teeth
• Staining that will not respond to a tooth whitening treatment
• Slight crookedness or misalignment
• Small chips or shallow cracks
Back teeth with problems will usually need a porcelain onlay, inlay or porcelain crown. Those teeth are for chewing and need strong top surfaces. But the front teeth are for biting, and principally need good front surfaces if you want an enhanced smile. To have porcelain veneers done, the teeth need to be healthy, and no qualified cosmetic dentist will proceed with any cosmetic work before your dental health is firmly established.
What is Porcelain?
It’s a dental ceramic which comes in many shades of white, so your cosmetic dentist can choose the shade most closely matching your natural tooth enamel. As a word to the wise: get your teeth whitenend first, if that is on your Dental To Do list. Then the porcelain can be chosen to match your new shade of white.
Porcelain is stain-resistant and will not respond to tooth-whitening. By itself it’s brittle, but after it’s bonded to the teeth, it’s hard and durable. It has a semi-translucency like tooth enamel – they both absorb and reflect light in similar ways. That gives porcelain the same pearly shine that natural teeth have when they’re clean.
The Porcelain Veneers Procedure
Two visits are needed, after it is established that you are ready to have this done. If you are a person who feels anxiety about visiting a dentist, you will be welcome to have an oral sedative to soothe your nervousness and make you feel calm and confident.
1. Your cosmetic dentist prepares the teeth by removing a very thin amount of enamel to make space for the veneers. This requires no anesthetic, as the tooth’s nerve is not near the surface.
The dentist then takes an impression of the teeth and sends it along with other information to a dental lab. The lab will custom-make your veneers from a shade of porcelain your dentist chooses to match your other teeth. This may take a couple of weeks or more, depending on how busy the lab is.
In the meantime, most people do not need any temporary veneers, although if you would like some, your dentist will oblige.
2. Any temporary veneers are removed and the permanent veneers temporarily affixed. They may need slight adjusting or tiny pieces shaved off for best effect. When you and your dentist are satisfied, they will be permanently bonded to the teeth. This makes them a part of the teeth, and they will not loosen or fall off unless there is some unusual trauma to them.
How Should I Care for my Veneers?
They require no special care. Give them the same daily brushing and flossing you give your natural teeth, and go for regular dental check-ups and professional cleaning. It would be sensible to avoid using your front teeth to remove bottle caps, or similar activities – which you should avoid anyway, if you want to preserve your teeth.
About the Author
If you have any further questions regarding porcelain veneers please contact Gary E. Alhadef, DDS. Thank you.
is it possible to white the porcelain dentures?
i just had a new porcelain dentures but the problem is it is yellowish that my original teeh, is there a possible way to whiten a porcelain dentures? please tell me how?
No, sorry there is no way to whiten them.Tell your dentist that you want a different shade! Maybe even go to the lab that made your denture and they can match the shade with your original teeth.
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Porcelain in Germany - Its Begining and End by Mitch Johnson
The porcelain produced since 1710 is called Meissen in Germany. Johann Bottger successfully experiments in making a hard red ware, he was able to make a white one and in 1710 the Royal Saxon Manufactory was established. Dresden initiated a series of and covered pots in the form of animals, fishes, birds, flowers, fruit and vegetables. And design and workmanship reached their heights in the years between 1740 and 1750 in Germany.
As well as figures, Dresden made tableware's, and initiated a series of tureens and covered pots in the form of animals, fishes, birds, flowers, fruit and vegetables. Proof of the success of all these is the fact that so many factories, at one time or another, imitated not only the designs but also added a fake crossed-swords mark. The latter often on wares far removed from any thing likely to have come from Germany, but taking full advantage of the high reputation that country enjoyed for making fine china.
Design and workmanship reached their heights in the years between 1740 and 1750; the years during which most countries were managing to start their own soft-paste factories in attempts to rival the imported product. It was the decade that saw the fashion for porcelain as a dinner-table decoration; temples, fountains and palaces were made to stand in the centre of the board, surrounded by the inhabitants of a world of fantasy created by the potter. The banquets of Continental royalties stimulated the production of these pieces, but the custom does not seem to have been widespread in England.
The Seven Years War from 1756 to 1763 saw the end of the most important and prolific period of Dresden, and although new models were introduced continuously afterwards none capture the brilliance of the earlier years. Kandler died in 1775, when the factory was under the direction of Count Camillo Marcolini; whose name is given to the period 1774 to 1814, when he was the government minister responsible for the factory.
Dresden china was copied not only in the countries where it was imported but the factory re-issued the same models again and again. The composition of the body and glaze has changed little, but new colors have been introduced from time to time. It is these, together with the quality of painting and the finish of the porcelain, that distinguish old from new.
From the year 1713, when examples of Dresden white porcelain were exhibited at the Leipzig Easter Fair, a bid was made to capture markets throughout Europe. Saxony badly needed money, which was why Bottger had been endeavoring in the first place to make gold, and the export of porcelain was to be the means of providing it. The policy was successful until the Seven Years War upset progress, but by that date almost every country had its own manufactories, and once the German works had loosed its grip it was never regained.
It was due to the activities of a small number of Arcanists, men who knew or professed to know the secrets of porcelain-manufacture that other factories came into being following the success of Dresden. These men offered their knowledge and services where they thought it would pay them best, and in spite of the strictest precautions to prevent their defection. The first to benefit was Vienna in Austria.
Germany was doing quite well in its progress in porcelain. But the Seven Years War upset the progress of this industry in the country and it never regained the grip once Germany loosed it in the works of porcelain.
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