Questions About Dental Veneers

Houston, The Woodlands, Kingwood, Spring, and Conroe, Texas

What are dental veneers?

Dental veneers are extremely thin pieces of porcelain that are shaped, tinted, and applied to prepared teeth. They may be applied to an individual tooth or to several teeth to create a whole new smile. When created and applied correctly, they look like perfect, natural teeth.

What do dental veneers correct?

While porcelain veneers cannot correct every type of dental malady, they are effective in correcting the appearance of:

  • Crooked teeth
  • Too-small teeth
  • Teeth with gaps
  • Damaged teeth
  • Chemically discolored teeth that do not respond to teeth whitening

Dental veneers cannot treat cavities, replace missing teeth, or repair broken teeth. However, porcelain fillings, inlays and onlays, and porcelain crowns are available to treat these and other problems such as chipped teeth and gaps between teeth.

What types of dental veneers are available?

While there are many types of dental veneers available, custom porcelain veneers are the most natural-looking and therefore the most sought after. Most LVI dentists recommend custom porcelain veneers created at a lab or in-office over brand-name dental veneers, which are often applied over unprepared teeth and may not offer the color variations and brilliance afforded by completely custom dental veneers. You can learn more about the types of porcelain veneers on our Porcelain Veneer Options page.

Where and how are dental veneers made?

Woodlands Premier Dentistry works with Williams Dental Lab in California to create our guests dental veneers. Our master lab technician was the first in the country to be awarded a Mastership from LVI. His artistic eye and attention to detail are unparalleled as is the cosmetic dentistry he creates for Dr. Young daily.. The quality and care of dental veneers from Williams Dental Lab helps our guests achieve brilliant, natural-looking smiles and provides almost limitless options for dental veneer shapes, sizes, color and brilliancy variation.

Is special training required for a dentist to create dental veneers?

While any dentist may apply dental veneers, creating a new smile that looks and feels completely natural requires an artistic eye, specialized training, and a passion for beautiful smiles. Houston cosmetic dentist Dr. Scott Young is the only Woodlands area dentist to graduate from the Las Vegas Institute (LVI), which is renowned for producing the top cosmetic dentists in the country. His training at LVI required extensive classes on creating beautiful, natural-looking dental veneers, and he received hands-on training from the best practicing instructors in the country.

Please contact our Houston cosmetic dentistry office today to make an appointment at Woodlands Premier Dentistry, creating beautiful smiles for The Woodlands, Houston, Spring, and the surrounding areas of Texas.

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