Porcelain Veneers

WEBVTT 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:06.000 A veneer is a shell made of porcelain. 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:08.360 It's made to go over the front surface of your tooth. 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:12.415 We use veneers if we're looking to change the color, the shape, or 00:00:12.440 --> 00:00:13.480 the size of your teeth. 00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:18.735 If you have minor spacing or minor crowding, if you are looking to change the 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:20.480 width or change the length of your teeth. 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:23.880 Our porcelain veneers are made by our master ceramist. 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:27.775 The way that we design and create the veneers are made to 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:28.960 replicate natural teeth. 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:33.575 Similar to natural teeth, porcelain veneers are made to be 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:35.480 translucent and to reflect light. 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:40.760 They're also strong and durable, and so they're made to last about 15–20 years. 00:00:42.080 --> 00:00:43.860 Our veneer process takes three steps. 00:00:44.080 --> 00:00:48.535 The first step is the prep visit, where we shape your teeth and get them ready for 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.140 the porcelain veneers, and you leave with temporaries on. 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:52.880 Step two is our follow-up. 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:56.120 This is 2–3 days after the first visit. 00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:01.240 At this visit, we have the opportunity to be picky together with your temporaries. 00:01:01.360 --> 00:01:04.720 We look at the color, the shape, and the size of your temporaries. 00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:08.895 We choose the color that we want your final veneers to be, and that's based 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:10.440 on how you feel with the temporaries. 00:01:11.080 --> 00:01:15.735 We also evaluate the shape and the size of your temporaries and essentially get 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:20.600 everything perfect so that I can translate this to my lab technician to 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:22.240 copy it for your final veneers. 00:01:23.080 --> 00:01:27.175 Step three, we have you come back, and I remove your temporaries, and 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:57.160 we seat your final veneers.