Unhealthy eating habits, lack of attention to oral hygiene and genetic factors are among the factors affecting dental health. Especially in the absence of regular cleaning habits, many problems such as tooth decay, yellowing and crookedness may occur.
All of these situations, which cause aesthetically very unpleasant images, can be eliminated with porcelain dental applications, which is an effective treatment method. Personalized dental veneers provide great success in terms of protecting dental health and improving aesthetic appearance.
What is Porcelain Dental Veneers?
Dental veneers are applications that are placed on the front part of the teeth and provide the removal of yellowing, damage and deterioration in tooth color. These applications are usually performed with different materials called porcelain and composite, and can be placed on single or multiple teeth according to preference.
What Does Porcelain Dental Veneers Do?
Porcelain veneers are a type of veneer in which porcelain material is used in the production and are both more durable and more natural looking than composite veneers. Porcelain veneers, which are especially preferred due to the high comfort they offer in terms of aesthetics, are materials that imitate natural teeth in the best way.
Thanks to its bio-compatible feature, intraoral harmony is also very high. Porcelain veneers, which do not contain toxic substances since they do not contain metal, are very successful in equalizing tooth shape, size and color.
The situations where this application is preferred are as follows:
- Mild or moderate dental crowding
- Intraoral tooth deficiencies
- Tooth decays that cannot be treated with normal filling applications
- Significant tooth fractures
- Broken, deformed, yellowed tooth deformations
Individuals who experience the above problems may decide to have porcelain veneers with the recommendation of a dentist. However, porcelain veneers are not recommended for people who have inflammation or need root canal treatment.
How is Porcelain Tooth Veneer Made?
The construction stages of porcelain coating are as follows:
- First, the teeth to be coated are cleaned with a special tool.
- Afterwards, thinning is applied to ensure that the veneer fits properly on the tooth. During this process, the existing teeth are filed in accordance with the veneer.
- A mold of the teeth is taken and a full model of the inside of the mouth is created using 3D imaging techniques.
- A personalized veneer model is determined by using a combination of mold taking and imaging techniques. These veneers are made in a laboratory environment and take an average of 2 weeks.
- People whose teeth have been cleaned and thinned will receive a temporary veneer to be used until the actual veneers are prepared.
- Once the porcelain veneers are completed, a second session is organized and the temporary veneers are replaced with the actual veneers.
- As a final process, the coatings are smoothed and polished.
Dental Care After Porcelain Veneers
Since the veneer procedure is performed under anesthesia, it does not cause any problems for the patient. After the completed veneer application, stiffness may be felt at certain points in the mouth, but this feeling passes within a few days. Soon after the procedure, the patient can return to normal eating habits, but during this period, it is necessary not to consume hard foods, chew foods hard, clench or grind teeth, and make difficult movements that damage the teeth. Avoiding such movements helps the newly placed porcelain veneers to achieve a high level of intraoral comfort in a short time and ensures that they are not damaged, especially in the first stage when they are sensitive. After the veneer strength is achieved, normal feeding and chewing activities can be practiced in the same way.
