Porcelain Veneers | Naperville Cosmetic Dentistry

Choosing Porcelain Veneers

Which brand of porcelain veneers are the best? I’m going to remake my smile and I want to get the best one possible. Brandon M.- Ft. Worth, TX Brandon, Your asking the wrong question. It isn’t the brand of porcelain veneers you want to investigate, as much as the dentist. You want a skilled, expert cosmetic dentist. Your average dentist, who places porcelain veneers, but doesn’t have a lot of […]

What to do about a cracked veneer

I have what appears to be a tiny crack on my porcelain veneer. It is on the front tooth. I’ve had the veneers for about eleven years now. My dentist thinks they will last for a long time still and says there is nothing that needs to be done at this time. Do you agree with that or is he just saying it because it is hard to replace them? […]

Cosmetic Emergency

Is a veneer falling off considered a dental emergency? I feel it is, but my dental office said that it is only a cosmetic issue and they can’t fit me in for five days. Even then, they may not have a permanent veneer ready, but can make a temporary one. Janice U. – Indiana Janice, A dentist who does a lot of cosmetic work, would understand the nature of a […]

Can I use my Sonicare on my porcelain veneers?

I’m getting porcelain veneers and was wondering about aftercare. I have read that I’m not supposed to let the hygenist use any kind of ultrasonic equipment on them. So I’m wondering going forward for my checkups and cleaning what I should have them do? I want to make sure they don’t do anything that could harm the veneers. I questioned my dentist also about using my Sonicare going forward. He […]

I hate my new porcelain veneers. They’re discolored, smell bad, sensitive.

Ten years ago I had four porcelain veneers put on teeth 7,8,9,10. They were fantastic! This year one of them unfortunately cracked and I went in to have it repaired. Because I relocated I could not return to the same dentist. At the consult I was told that I had to redo all four teeth in order to fix the crack. The reasons were: the bottom of the original veneers […]

Can you put porcelain veneers over composite fillings?

My dentist says that you cannot put veneers over a tooth that is mostly made up of composite, is this a true statement? This would be on my front two teeth. I wanted to do veneers but he recommends crowns. – Judy from Washington Judy, What your dentist is telling you may or may not be right, depending on what the actual situation is with your front teeth. It’s not […]

How to prevent staining at the margins of the porcelain veneers

Porcelain veneers are more resistant to stains than tooth enamel, but is there a product that can be safely used with veneers to bleach the margins of the tooth where stains may build up? Is it okay to use the commercially available bleach products or do those damage the veneers? Although I don’t drink much coffee, I do drink some so I expect there may be a slow buildup over time. – […]

How can I whiten my porcelain veneer? It has started to darken.

I have had one veneer done on my front tooth about 7 years ago, My dentist did such a fabulous job, you can’t even tell one of my front teeth was fake. This past year however, there is darkening up at the gumline. When a picture is taken of me the one front tooth looks smaller than the other. What can I do rewhiten the top of the veneer by my […]

One Opaque Tooth

I have translucent teeth expcept for one of my top front teeth, which is opaque. When I look at pictures of my youth, both top front teeth were white. I did not fall or have any trauma to the tooth. I am not having success with whitening my translucent teeth to bring them up to the opaque tooth. Having this one opaque tooth ruins my smile. Would an in office […]

Can my upper teeth be whiter than my bottom teeth?

I have a simple but VERY important question: my bottom front teeth, after teeth whitening, have settled somewhere between color A1 and A2 on the Vita Shade Guide. My bottom posterior teeth are all A2 (I have Empress porcelain crowns on teeth #18, #19, #20, #29, #30 and #31 and they are all color A2). Here’s my question: how white do you think I could go on my top front ten […]