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What are Porcelain Veneers?

Porcelain veneers, often alternatively termed porcelain laminates, are wafer-thin shells of porcelain which are bonded onto the front side of teeth so to make a cosmetic improvement in their appearance. Porcelain veneers are used to restore the ideal appearance to teeth that are discolored, worn, chipped, or misaligned. Different dental materials can be used for this purpose, but porcelain has distinct advantages.

Costs

Single Veneer €650: Two or more €550 each

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Single porcelain veneers are notoriously difficult to colour match with the natural teeth. Consequently the more veneers that are done - the easier the matching.

What are the advantages of porcelain veneers over other types of cosmetic dental bonding?

Translucency

Porcelain veneers, because they are glass-like, have a great advantage over other types of cosmetic dental bonding by the fact that they are translucent. When they are bonded onto a tooth's surface they mimic the light handling characteristics of enamel.

Light striking a porcelain veneer will penetrate its thickness, and then subsequently be reflected back out once it has reached the opaque cement and tooth structure lying underneath the veneer. This translucency effect provides a sense of depth, and thus a very life-like appearance.

Porcelain veneers resist staining

Cosmetic dental bonding materials utilised in the past had the shortcoming of being susceptible to staining and discoloring. This was especially a problem for those people whose teeth had excessive exposure to tea, coffee, red wine, or cigarette smoking.

A significant advantage of porcelain veneers over other types of cosmetic dental bonding is related to the fact that a porcelain veneer's surface is just that, porcelain. Since porcelain is a ceramic, and therefore glass-like, its surface is extremely smooth and impervious. This means that the surface of a porcelain veneer will not pick up permanent stains.