Porcelain Veneers

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

Often a tooth or teeth can be so damaged, discolored, or misshapen that a simple tooth whitening procedure cannot return it to an aesthetically pleasing state. In these cases, our Houston cosmetic dentists will often prepare your teeth and fit them with porcelain veneers.

Porcelain veneers are thin pieces of porcelain sculpted into the desired tooth shapes and tinted with careful precision to match the teeth around them. When correctly created and applied, porcelain veneers are virtually indistinguishable from natural teeth, and they can be even more resilient than the natural enamel of your teeth.

What Porcelain Veneers Correct

Porcelain veneers are often a major component in a smile makeover, but they can also repair teeth more subtly. Often mismatched teeth can be faced with porcelain veneers to look more symmetrical. Teeth which project too far forward can be reshaped and veneers can be applied to create a smoother arc to your teeth. If your teeth are angled back into your mouth, porcelain veneers can be applied to offer the appearance of being more forward. Porcelain veneers can also be applied to short teeth in order to make them appear longer.

Creating Porcelain Veneers

Houston cosmetic dentist Dr. Scott Young has studied the application of porcelain veneers through the Las Vegas Institute of Advanced Dental Studies (LVI), the foremost cosmetic dentistry institute in the country. His studies at LVI enable him to create custom porcelain veneers for each patient to achieve their desired style and brilliance. Other veneers can look “flat” or false, but porcelain veneers created by LVI graduates are renowned as being some of the most natural-looking, beautiful porcelain veneers available.

Creating a smile with porcelain veneers requires skill and precision, but also an artistic talent and ability to communicate well with you, the patient. Teeth come in many shapes and sizes, and creating the right combination is a skill Dr. Young continues to study and perfect.

At Woodlands Premier Dentistry, we work with Williams Dental Lab in California for all of our porcelain veneers procedures in order to ensure the highest quality results.

Porcelain Veneers vs. Dental Crowns

Porcelain veneers are considered by some dentists to be purely cosmetic in their application because, unlike dental crowns, they do not completely encompass the entire tooth. However, porcelain veneers have the ability to treat cracks, chips, and broken teeth, as well as teeth which are chemically stained and therefore do not respond to whitening treatments.

The additional benefit of porcelain veneers is that they are comprised of a highly resilient porcelain, which not only responds as natural teeth do to whitening and other colorants, but can be tinted to exactly match the teeth surrounding them. While composite and resin fillings and tooth crowns will continue to look flat and resist staining or whitening, porcelain veneers will respond like the enamel in your natural teeth, retaining a uniform look to your smile over many years.

If you are interested in porcelain veneers to improve your smile, please contact our Houston cosmetic dentistry office today to schedule your initial consultation with Dr. Young. Woodlands Premier Dentistry serves The Woodlands, Kingwood, Houston, and Spring, Texas areas.

Top Porcelain veneers Doctor 2011
Top Porcelain veneers Doctor 2011

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