Services offered - Veneers | Hampton Park Dental Center, Ottawa, Canada


Services Offered - Veneers

	Veneers are thin porcelain shells, like false fingernails, that are permanently adhered to the outsides of your teeth. They are carefully shaped, both to fit your real teeth perfectly, and to give you a perfect smile. Veneers can make your teeth longer and more even. They will make your smile whiter. Veneers are relatively expensive, but they are the highest quality material used in cosmetic dentistry.



	During your first appointment the dentist removes a very thin layer of enamel, the hard outer layer of the tooth. Only one millimeter of tooth structure is removed so the teeth will not look thick when the veneers are bonded to the teeth. Then the dentist takes an impression of your teeth. This impression is sent to a lab (one specializing in making veneers) which makes your "new teeth" fit your existing teeth perfectly. After the lab finishes the veneers you come in for your second appointment. The lab will have made a separate thin porcelain shell for each of your teeth that is being reshaped. They are glued onto your teeth by bonding a thin layer of plastic between each tooth and the veneer.