Dental Veneers

Dental Veneers

Dreaming of celebrities and influencers like Smile? Your dream can become a reality at Dulwich Dental Office with dental veneers. The secret to their stunning smiles lies in dental veneers, a non-invasive and effective solution for achieving a complete smile transformation to rock the world with your smile.
Dental veneers are shells of a tooth-coloured material bonded to your front teeth to camouflage any unpleasant defects, such as discoloration, chipped teeth, gaps between teeth, and teeth with size defects.
Although the results are stunning (check our super happy client’s testimonials here), the dental veneers process is super easy.
Dulwich Dental Office is a world-class dental facility in London, embracing current trends and technologies and using them in the favor of our patients. We have helped 3000+ patients achieve their dream smile using dental veneers.

Dental Veneers Are Ideal For

• Chipped/ fractured teeth
• Diastema closure (when there is a gap between the two upper central teeth)
• Worn teeth

• Correction of teeth size discrepancies, such as smaller-than-usual-sized teeth
• Abnormally shaped teeth, such as peg-shaped lateral

• Discoloured teeth that cannot be handled using teeth whitening solutions
• Teeth with minor malpositioning (when patients do not favor orthodontic treatment)

Benefits of Dental Veneers

Dental veneers offer several advantages, including:

1. Improve self-esteem and confidence during communication with others
2. Naturally-looking smile
3. Conservative treatment solution that requires little or no teeth preparation
4. Available in many shades to allow you to choose the shade you desire
5. Simple and easy process
6. Can be fabricated from different types of materials, giving flexibility in costs to suit your financial requirements.
7. Durable and stain-resistant, especially when fabricated from porcelain.

Different Types of Dental Veneers

Several types of dental veneers exist. They may differ in the material of tooth-coloured restoration used, the amount of tooth preparation, and whether they are bonded or removable.

• Material of fabrication

Composite veneers

• Composite resin is a tooth-coloured restorative material that has several dental applications, including the restoration of decayed teeth and dental veneers.
• Composite veneers are directly built over the tooth surface following tooth preparation using a free-hand technique.
• The composite veneer is cured following build-up, which allows you to leave our clinic with a complete smile makeover in the same visit. This process is also called cosmetic bonding.
• It is less resistant to discoloration, less durable, and less costly

Porcelain veneers

• Porcelain is a highly aesthetic material that provides a naturally looking restoration. It can be used for the fabrication of various dental prostheses, such as veneers, crowns, and bridges.
• Porcelain veneers are fabricated indirectly. An impression is made and sent to the lab to fabricate a cast replicating the dental arch to build the porcelain veneers.
• The process for fabricating porcelain veneers requires two visits: one for the impression and the second for bonding.
• They provide excellent aesthetics, are highly durable, and resistant to staining, but are expensive.

• Amount of tooth preparation

  Conventional dental veneers require minimal tooth preparation through the enamel and superficial dentin layer to create a space for the dental veneers’ seating.
  More recently, no-preparation veneers, or Lumineers, have emerged that require no preparation or superficial removal of the enamel layer. This approach is meant to conserve more tooth structure. Lumineers are much thinner than conventional veneers.

• Bonded or removable

  Dental veneers are bonded to the tooth surface after surface treatment. Another type of dental veneer can be removed anytime, also known as snap-on or pop-on veneers. Snap-on veneers may cause some limitations during eating and speaking.

Fabrication of Porcelain Dental Veneers at Dulwich Dental Office

Dulwich Dental Office is the premier destination for aesthetic dentistry solutions in London. Under the expert guidance of Dr. Yazan Douedari, a leading cosmetic and smile makeover dentist, we have completed over 3,000 dental veneer cases, helping our patients achieve breathtaking smiles. The journey to obtaining dental veneers is straightforward. Here is what you can expect:

1. Preliminary Consultation Visit
During your consultation visit, our experts will attentively listen to your concerns regarding your smile and expectations.
Before deciding to construct dental veneers, our experts will assess the condition of your teeth and gums to determine if you are a suitable candidate for the procedure.
Only two prerequisites exist for dental veneers fabrication: healthy gums and teeth. If you have tooth decay or inflamed gums, these issues must be resolved before proceeding with veneer placement.

2. Tooth Preparation
Once you are deemed a suitable candidate for porcelain veneers, a universal shade guide is utilised to select the most appropriate shade that complements your skin tone, ensuring a natural-looking smile.
The preparation for dental veneers is not painful; however, if you are an anxious patient, our cosmetic experts can administer local anesthesia. The tooth preparation is minimal, utilising a specialised rotary instrument to prevent the removal of unnecessary tooth structure.
Once the preparation is complete, an impression is recorded digitally or with conventional impression material and sent to the laboratory for fabrication.

3. Bonding
Once your veneers are ready, you will be invited for a fitting appointment. If everything is satisfactory, we can proceed with the bonding process.
Bonding refers to the chemical attachment between the veneer and the tooth surface. This process involves the surface treatment of the tooth through:

• Creating surface irregularities can enhance bond strength. This can be achieved through air abrasion or acid etching.
• The application of a bonding agent that flows into the irregularities on both the tooth and veneer surfaces to securely attach the dental veneers to the tooth.

As a final step, a specialised blue light is applied to cure the bonding agent, and any excess cement is removed to avoid gum inflammation. Now you are ready to showcase your new, confident smile. Our only advice is to keep your teeth and veneers clean and always keep smiling.

Downside of Dental Veneers

As with any prosthetic dental solution, dental veneers may have minor drawbacks. These include:

1. Irreversible procedure as it involves the removal of tooth structure.
2. If improperly constructed and fitted, you may experience teeth sensitivity.
3. If not kept clean through brushing and flossing, the margins of dental veneers have a high risk for plaque accumulation and decay initiation.
4. Relatively high cost, especially for porcelain veneers.
5. It is important to avoid applying excessive forces on your veneers, as they cannot be repaired if fractured.

These drawbacks can be easily overcome when you choose an experienced dental centre to have your dental veneers and by caring for them well. Dulwich Dental Office has a strong team of cosmetic and smile makeover experts who have never disappointed our patients.

Alternatives to Dental Veneers

Dental veneers hold the advantages of treating multiple cosmetic problems using one solution. However, if you do not prefer dental veneers, you can try one or more of these solutions to solve aesthetic issues.

Orthodontic treatment

Orthodontics is the dental science concerned with tooth movement using a specific force amount and direction to securely move your teeth into more favorable positions. It can help correct crooked teeth and spacing between teeth. Orthodontic treatment may require longer treatment time than receiving dental veneers, however, they do not require the removal of tooth structure. Several cosmetic orthodontic treatment solutions exist to move your teeth discreetly, such as Invisalign and the 6 Months Smile system.

Dental crowns

Dental crowns are prosthetic shells that completely cover the tooth crown. They are used to reinforce weakened teeth to avoid fracture. Dental crowns are more invasive than dental veneers as they require the removal of more tooth structure to provide sufficient space for crown seating.

Teeth whitening

Teeth whitening is an effective solution for teeth staining. It involves fabricating customised trays that can be used to deliver the whitening solutions for a long enough time to dissolve teeth stains. Although being less invasive than dental veneers, teeth whitening is only effective against external surface stains, while deeper stains require teeth coverage to mask teeth discoloration.

Dental Veneers Before and After at Dulwich Dental Office