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7 Easy Steps To Fix Yellow-Crooked Teeth Instantly With Porcelain Veneers!

1.Trimming The Tooth

The first part of any veneer procedure is to trim the enamel on the front side of the tooth in order to ensure that the veneer has an area where it can be placed.

Anywhere from .5 to .7 millimetres of enamel will be trimmed away.

A dentist may choose to trim more, as much as 1.5 millimetres, to either place a thicker veneer or to rid a tooth of decay/malposition.

2. Deciding Upon The Shade of Veneer

A dentist will now use a shade guide to determine the shade of porcelain that most closely matches the teeth that lie to each side of the tooth that is being veneered.

3.Taking The Impression/Record

To make an impression, a dentist will either apply putty (a dental material) over your teeth or may use a dental machine coupled with a camera to take an optical copy of your teeth arrangement.

This impression will be the copy from which a veneer is made.

4.Placing The Temporary Veneer

Typically a patient may have to wait as long as 2 weeks for their veneers to be manufactured at a dental laboratory.

Some dentists will recommend placing a temporary veneer in the interim depending upon the state of a patient’s teeth after they have been trimmed.

5.Completing A Pre-cementation Evaluation

A dentist will begin by checking the fit as the veneers sit on your teeth.

Notes will be made if any edges need to be shortened or rounded.

The colour will also be evaluated to ensure that it is a match with your associated teeth

6.Time To Bond The Veneer!

After it has been established that the veneer is the right shape and colour, it will then be bonded into place.

This is accomplished by first washing your teeth with an etching gel and then applying a clear bonding agent over your tooth’s trimmed enamel surface.

Once a patient’s porcelain veneers have been positioned properly, a dentist will then use cured light to activate a catalyst in the bonding agent and ultimately allow the veneers to set permanently.

7.Clean-up

The last step is to scrape and floss away any of the debris that may be left over from the bonding process.

The dentist evaluates your bite to ensure that it has not been altered in the veneer application process.