Composite veneers give a luxurious smile

Beautiful, smooth and white teeth - what canbe more attractive? No wonder actors, politicians and people of public professions often use the services of a dentist to create an ideal smile. But I do not want to spoil my teeth, either by installing crowns. Therefore, a new method of correction of the dentition series was developed and introduced, using veneers. For most people this is a new kind of prosthetics. What are the veneers and what is their special feature? This is a modern method of correction of the dentition in order to improve the shape, color and type of teeth. The veneer itself is a thin, almost transparent plate.

There are several types of veneers.The difference between them depends on the materials from which they are made: ceramic, composite and porcelain. Each of them has its advantages and disadvantages. The most easy to make composite veneers. Like others, they are able to correct and eliminate aesthetic defects in the front teeth, but the time spent visiting the clinic is limited to one day.

Composite veneers fromfilling material directly in the patient's mouth. The doctor treats the tooth surface with a special acid-containing gel, and then the composite material itself layer by layer. Each application is fixed with a photopolymer lamp. At the end of the procedure, the tooth is polished. To create ceramic and porcelain plates requires a dental laboratory and a longer time for their manufacture. In addition, the processing of the tooth surface for composite veneers is minimized. Only the part that requires correction is grinded.

Indications for the installation of veneers are:

- gaps between teeth;

- chipped;

- the presence of darkened or significantly changed their color of old fillings;

- discoloration of the tooth itself, possibly due to fluorosis;

- tetracycline teeth, etc.

Aesthetic and mechanical properties of compositeVeneers are directly dependent on the composition, and more precisely, on the particle size of the material itself. More durable plates, composed of particles of a composite of more than 30 microns, are difficult to polish and quickly fade. Pads with a microparticle size of 0.04 microns have excellent aesthetic properties, are highly polished, but rather fragile, more often used for dental fillings. As usual, preference is given to the golden mean, namely materials with a filler up to 0.15 microns. Such veneers are strong enough, they are easy to sand and look like a natural tooth.

And yet not everyone can supply veneers. Contraindications are untreated periodontitis, abnormal bite, thinning or a small amount of enamel, the habit of grinding teeth (bruxism).

However, composite veneers are usedvery popular with patients. Of their advantages over ceramic and porcelain, it is necessary to single out a fairly affordable price (more than two times cheaper than analogs) and installation speed (the work is carried out during one visit to the dentist). A wide range of colors can satisfy any esthete. With proper care, veneers will serve faithfully for many years.