Porcelain Veneers in Henderson

Porcelain Veneers

Definition

• Each veneer is a thin porcelain facing bonded to visible teeth to enhance the beauty of your smile. After bonding, they are very strong.
  

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Benefits

• Veneers are gorgeous, natural looking, comfortable, and for many years.
• Veneers can cover unsightly fillings and dark teeth, close gaps, lengthen, and even straighten crooked teeth.
• There is no dark line at the gum area, nor will there be if the gum recedes.

Procedure

1. Proper planning with input from you is essential! We’ll give you a book called “Billion Dollar Smile” from which you can make decisions about style, length and color.
2. We make impressions of your teeth and take photos so that Dr. Featherstone can create your new smile on Photoshop and on plaster casts.
3. At the consultation, you will see your new smile transformed on the computer screen and on the plaster casts. Then, at the treatment chair, we add temporary tooth colored plastic to your teeth so you can actually see your your future smile in the mirror! See Eric’s Story at the bottom of the Before and After page.
4. At your treatment visit, we adjust the shape of the teeth to receive veneers. You will leave with prototype veneers that look as close to the final product as possible, so you can smile with confidence and evaluate your smile for a few days. On your treatment visits we numb your mouth using our comfortable lip-shaking technique. If you are panicked about numbing, we offer nitrous oxide for relaxation. You’ll find out why it used to be called laughing gas! Or you can come in an hour early and take a couple of blue pills, feel wonderfully sleepy and dreamy, and not even remember what happened the next day!
5. The key to getting the smile you want is our 0ne hour visit to evaluate and make changes several days after the prototypes were placed. You are in control here. If you want changes, we’ll do it in the prototypes, then communicate this with the laboratory technician who is making your veneers.
6. Three or four hours are needed to install six or more veneers. Dr. Featherstone will already have evaluated them in advance, and returned them for corrections, if necessary. Smile with confidence!

Eric’s Story

Eric wasn’t happy when Dr. Featherstone moved to Nevada from Salt Lake City, where he had been a patient for several years. He knew about our expertise in smile makeovers, and so decided to come to Henderson for treatment. He was aware of his worn front teeth, and was embarrassed to smile. Besides, he was making plans to make a move forward on an international romance. He complained about yellowing teeth, the extreme angles of the eye teeth, and shortness of the front teeth. After completing our planning process, he agreed to removing some excess gums on some teeth (gum-lift). Veneers were prescribed to lengthen and brighten his smile. He was amazed at how comfortable he felt after treating the gums. Healing was complete after 6 weeks, and he returned for the shaping of the teeth to receive veneers. We made prototype veneers to look very close to the final result… white and polished. Because of the travel distance to return for an evaluation, we did the best we could on that visit to get the right shapes. Dr. Featherstone took photographs and emailed them to him so that he and Eric could talk about any changes needed. After minor changes were agreed upon, the laboratory completed the veneers. Eric had no problems with the prototype temporary veneers, and returned for the bonding appointment several weeks later. These “Empress” veneers blend very well with the gums, and look very natural. The conclusion was storybook matrimony.

Time

To do your smile makeover requires 3 appointments: 1. Three to four hours for shaping and impressions 2. Sixty minutes for evaluation, and 3. Three to four hours to install. From start to finish is 4-5 weeks.

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Cost of Veneers

The fee for porcelain veneers is $899. There may be other costs associated with the procedure, such as lab fees, upgrades in materials, or case management. See more on porcelain veneers from mynewsmile.com.

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