Are You Considering Dental Veneers?

If you’re considering ways to improve your smile, you’ve likely looked into porcelain veneers. However, they’re far from your only choice—and they aren’t always the right one. 

Prepless dental veneers can now resolve many of the same issues that traditional veneers can, but through a simpler process.

Veneers are a great treatment option for creating a bright, vibrant smile. They can address discoloration, minor chips and cracks, gaps, and misshapen teeth. Traditional porcelain veneers cover the front-facing surface of the teeth to present a flawless appearance.

However, veneers aren’t for everyone. Anyone who grinds or clenches their teeth is at risk of cracking the porcelain. The same is true for those who have an unconquerable nail-biting habit or regularly consume particularly hard foods.

You may also be hesitant about the treatment itself. Traditional veneers require your dentist to remove a thin layer of enamel. While this is perfectly safe, many patients prefer as little alteration to their natural teeth as possible.

Prepless veneers offer an alternative that helps avoid many of these potential issues. Dr. Desai is an accredited cosmetic dentist who takes a thorough approach to prepless dental veneers that provide stunning results similar to those achieved by traditional veneers.

How Prepless Dental Veneers Work

You might be wondering exactly how prepless dental veneers manage to achieve similar results to porcelain veneers without the same treatment requirements. 

They do this by relying on a simplified treatment process and a different, stronger material.

Lithium disilicate is a type of ceramic that is significantly stronger than traditional porcelain. This strength makes its use in veneers particularly effective in resisting chips and cracks over time.

To start, Dr. Desai will carefully evaluate your teeth to determine whether veneers are the right option for you. After taking into account your oral health and the look of your smile, she will recommend which treatments would provide you with the best results.

If prepless veneers are ideal for you, Dr. Desai will carefully plan your treatment based on digital scans and imaging. She’ll also evaluate the current shade of your teeth and compare them with your natural complexion and the shade of the whites of your eyes to ensure that your final tooth coloration is both natural-looking and bright.

She then sends the scans to a dental lab that creates your custom veneers. You’ll get to see a mock-up of the final outcome before moving forward.

While prepless veneers don’t require the same preliminary enamel removal as porcelain veneers, the surface must still be textured enough to ensure a strong bond. So once the veneers are ready, we lightly roughen the enamel surface and apply a special etching agent to prime the teeth.

Then we glue the veneers onto the teeth using dental cement. A UV light cures the cement, ensuring a strong, lasting bond.

Why Choose Prepless Dental Veneers?

Like traditional veneers, prepless veneers look amazing. They rejuvenate damaged or discolored teeth to create a beautiful smile in a completely noninvasive way. 

Prepless veneers are also durable and can last up to 10 years or more with great oral hygiene and routine preventive care. And the unique dental ceramic is stronger than traditional porcelain, making physical damage less likely.

Even though traditional veneers require little enamel removal, it’s generally better to leave natural teeth unchanged as much as possible. This is a huge advantage of prepless veneers as they don’t require enamel removal at all. 

Prepless veneers are among the fastest and most convenient cosmetic treatments available today. You can fix discoloration and various imperfections to achieve the bright and natural appearance you’re looking for.

Find out if prepless dental veneers are right for you.

Anyone with a misshapen, uneven, or discolored smile could be a candidate for prepless dental veneers. At Luminous Smiles, accredited cosmetic dentist Dr. Desai will carefully evaluate your teeth and develop a personalized treatment plan for your smile makeover. Prepless veneers could be just what you need, and Dr. Desai has already helped many patients realize a beautiful smile with this technique. Schedule your appointment today to see if they’re right for you.