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Before and After Examples

Patient #1

Before	After

Hard to believe this is the same mouth isn’t it? This patient has had some minor gum surgery to allow a fuller tooth shape and placement of 6 porcelain veneers on their upper anterior teeth.

Porcelain veneering requires two appointments. At the first appointment the teeth in question are ‘shaved’ a little to allow space for the porcelain veneer to be fitted once it has been made. After the teeth have been prepared a very accurate impression is taken of the teeth, from which the veneers are created. A further impression is taken of the opposing teeth so that the bite will be correct when the veneers are inserted. The impressions are sent to our laboratory where the veneers are fashioned. Generally veneers will take approximately 2 weeks to create. The patient returns to the clinic, where the dentist first polishes the prepared teeth & then ‘try’s in’ the veneers to ensure they are fit perfect and colour perfect. Once this has been done the veneers are cemented into place using a high quality dental material and a bright light to set the material. The teeth are checked again to make sure they are correct in the bite. Once this is all complete and both the patient and the dentist are happy with the result, the patient is free to leave.

Extra information:

Teeth that are to be veneered do not usually have ‘temporaries’ placed while we are waiting for the permanents to be made. The reason for this is that the teeth normally do not require them as very little of the tooth structure is actually removed, and also because removing the temporary veneers creates the possibility that the prepared area may be slightly damaged. Since we want the permanent veneers to fit as accurately as possible, we do avoid placing temporaries unless absolutely necessary.

Porcelain veneers may require some possible modifications in patient habits. The teeth that have been veneered should not be used for actions that could ‘shear’ off the veneer. Examples off this are: chewing on pens, biting cotton or fishing line, chewing fingernails. Biting into foods such as apples or carrots should also be avoided; instead the food should be cut into bite size pieces and eaten that way. These changes of habits are easily integrated and become new habits very quickly.

Veneering is certainly a fantastic option for many patients who want to improve their smile. If you’re wondering if it’s for you, please feel free to ask a member of your dental team if you would be a good candidate. The staff can also answer any enquiries you may have regarding costs involved and item numbers for claiming from your health fund.

Patient #2

Before	After

The work on this patient was completed using Composite Resin (Filling material) veneers.

This treatment was completed in a single one-hour appointment and involved 7 composite resin veneers.

When the patient left the surgery the work was complete and their new smile was ‘ready to go’.

Composite resin veneers can be a more cost effective way to veneer your teeth in the short term. The cost of each veneer is less than half the cost of porcelain veneers. The problem is that unlike porcelain veneers, that will never stain, composite resin veneers do discolour over time and will need to be replaced.

When requiring a number of veneers it can also be possible to have a combination of porcelain and composite veneers and replace the composite ones with porcelain over time. This can be extremely beneficial if claiming from your health fund, since most funds will not pay a benefit on numerous porcelain veneers in one year.

If this procedure is of interest to you, please feel free to ask one of your dental team about it to find out if you would be a suitable candidate for it.

Patient #3

Before	After

Once again composite resin veneers have been used here with obvious effect. This patient also wanted to change the shape of their two front teeth and you can see that this has also been achieved.

Patient #4 - Gum coloured filling material

This product is used to help prevent patients from looking ‘long in the tooth’ and also for filling gaps where gum should be. It can be especially beneficial to patients who have receding gums. This can be caused by gum disease or in some cases overly vigorous brushing. The filling material is pink or ‘gum’ coloured so that it can be placed on the tooth as a filling but actually looks like gum. A combination of the pink material and the regular tooth coloured material can create some pretty amazing results as you can see in the picture here. At this practice having this kind of work done is no more expensive than if you we were using regular filling material. Costs are related to the size of the restoration not the use of this product.

If this is something you think might interest you please feel free to contact us with any queries.