veneers

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What Are Porcelain Veneers Or Laminates?
Porcelain Veneers, sometimes called laminates, are thin shells of porcelain placed over the front surfaces of teeth.

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How Can I Change The Shape Of My Teeth?
Porcelain Veneers are ideal for making changes to the shape and/or color of your teeth. Generally, a more esthetic effect can be achieved by placing multiple veneers/ laminates rather than a single one. If you have existing dental work or very misaligned teeth, you may require more extensive cosmetic treatment. Porcelain crowns or orthodontics may be required to give you the best result.

What's The Procedure?
Patients generally need three appointments to complete the procedure, start to finish. The appointments can be summarized as 1. diagnosis and treatment planning, 2. preparation, and 3. final cementation. Diagnosis and treatment planning: Your dentist should discuss with you all of the treatment options available; if you're a candidate for veneers, make sure you understand their limitations. It's critical that you take an active role in the decision making process - it's your smile. It's ok to have more than one consultation; what's important is that your dentist understands your objectives and needs.

Tooth preparation: This appointment usually takes between one to two hours. In preparation for veneer placement, the teeth to receive the veneers are recontoured (on the outside surface, lip side) to allow for the added thickness of the veneers. Usually, between 0.3 - 0.5 mm of tooth surface is removed, which may require a local anesthetic. Once the teeth have been prepared, an impression is taken of the teeth, which is sent to the laboratory for veneer fabrication. Depending on the lab and your location, they're usually back to your dentist within 1 - 2 weeks.

Veneer cementation: The final appointment will take between one to two hours. Your dentist will place the veneers with water or glycerine on your teeth to check their fit and evaluate their color match. While the veneers are temporarily resting on your teeth, make sure you get a good look, pay particular attention to the color. At this point, the color of the veneers can still be adjusted through the shade of the cement your dentist uses. Once the veneers have been cemented, the color cannot be altered. The tooth is then cleansed with specific chemicals to prepare it for cementation. Once a special cement is sandwiched between the veneer and tooth, a light beam is used to initiate the release of a chemical catalyst used to harden the cement.

What About Maintenance?
It'll take about a week for you to get adjusted to your new veneers. Make sure you continue to brush and floss daily. After one or two weeks, your dentist will have you return for a follow-up appointment.

implants

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ONE TOOTH MISSING

Standard

  • Esthetic Abutment  
  • Procera® Crown 
  • NOBELRONDO™

Premium

  • Procera® Abutment   
  • Procera® Crown 
  • NOBELRONDO™
 
 
SEVERAL TEETH MISSING

Standard

  • Procera Implant Bridge (implant level)

Premium

  • Procera® Abutment
  • Procera® Bridge Zirconia
  • NOBELRONDO™
 
 
ALL TEETH MISSING

Standard

  • Multi-Unit Abutment 
  • Acrylic Bridge 
  • (All-on-4)

Premium

  • Procera Implant Bridge
 
 
TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS
  • Immediate Temporary Abutment
  • New ease-of-use Temporary Components
 
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Improved appearance

There are two parts to every tooth. The crown and the root. The crown is the visible part and the root is the unseen part which anchors the tooth in your jawbone, providing stable support for your crown. When an entire tooth is lost – crown and root - shrinkage of the jawbone may occur making the face look older. Dental implants can stop this process.
There are many ways to replace tooth crowns, but only dental implants can replace the entire tooth including both crown and root. Dental implants look, feel and function like your own natural teeth.

Improved Speech

With ill fitting dentures, the teeth slip and slide around the mouth. The facial muscles become tense in an attempt to hold the teeth in place. This often results in mumbling, slurred speech or clicking noises. Implant supported replacement teeth allow you to speak with confidence in a relaxed and natural tone.

Convenience

Dental implants can eliminate the numerous embarrassing inconveniences of removable partial and full dentures. You will eliminate the use of gooey denture adhesives that must be re-applied throughout the day. You will no longer need to cover your mouth when you laugh or smile, for fear that your teeth will pop out or fall down.

Improved Self Esteem

Considering all other benefits, chances are that dental implants will improve your overall self- esteem and you will feel better about yourself. At least that is what many of those people who have already been treated with dental implants have told us. You can regain nearly all the capabilities you had with your natural teeth, giving you renewed confidence, and allowing you to enjoy life, do all the things everyone else is doing and not think twice about it.

Improved Comfort

Dental implants eliminate the pain and discomfort of removable full or partial dentures. Since dentures sit on top of the jawbone and gums, continuous shrinkage of the jaw bone alters the fit of the denture resulting in slipping or rocking of the dentures. Exposed nerves and irritation of the gum tissue may add to the discomfort.
Implant supported replacement teeth are like natural teeth because they are anchored securely to your jawbone. Gum irritation and the pain of exposed nerves associated with conventional full or partial dentures are eliminated.

Eat Better

The average denture patient with an excellent fitting denture eats at 15-20% efficiency when compared to a person with natural teeth. As the jawbone shrinks, your chewing efficiency is reduced even more, making it difficult to eat certain foods. Dental implants, on the other hand, can restore chewing efficiency comparable to that of natural teeth. This allows you to eat your favorite foods with confidence and without pain. You can enjoy what everyone is eating and you don't have to think twice about it.
A full upper denture covers the palate of the mouth and reduces the ability to taste foods. With dental implants, you can have the palate removed from your upper denture so you can taste and enjoy your food.

Great value

Although dental implant treatment may initially be more expensive than other treatment methods it often turns out to be the best investment from a long term perspective since us. You can regain nearly all the capabilities you had with your natural teeth, giving you renewed confidence, and allowing you to enjoy life, do all the things everyone else is doing and not think twice about it.