Composite veneers, are an alternative to porcelain finish with a slight translucent due to their high ceramic content and meticulously sculpted and hardened by your dentist, typically in a single appointment. If you have worn, chipped, or damaged teeth, composite can be directly sculpted onto the teeth for exponential results. This is a separate procedure from a dental crown, dental bridge, or dental fillings. While they use the same materials, composite veneers are more functional than aesthetic treatments.

They’re used to correct discolored, gapped, crooked, or misshapen teeth. The veneer is placed over the imperfect teeth and given the appearance of straight, white, radiant teeth.

Often referred to as “chair-side veneers,” composite veneers are designed by the dentist directly on your tooth, requiring a dentist’s technique combined with an artist’s eye. Typically, composite veneers can be placed in just one visit, but laboratory veneers usually require multiple visits before being placed.

During your appointment, with your input, your dentist will select and sculpt a shade directly onto your teeth to build a veneer that best fits your smile. Then, a high-intensity light will be used to harden the composite. Finally, the composite resin will be shined and polished until it blends in with the natural, healthy appearance of the rest of your smile.

This depends on several factors, including the patient’s home care routine and how often they attend checkups (we recommend twice a year, at least). If you maintain a strict and comprehensive routine, your composite veneers can last at least 5 years and as long as 10!

Their care requires the same care that you’re natural teeth required. Over time, they will be affected by darker liquids and hard objects like ice and hard candy. Regular visits to the dentist every six months will break the longevity of your veneers with a deep cleaning and maintenance since the bacterial plaque that is the saliva that dries in the mouth, due to not having a correct brushing before bed and flossing , can form a film of plaque that takes on color depending on eating habits, and the use of a protector to sleep for patients with prostheses in the arch opposite the veneer or patients with bruxism problems, since this causes edge wear top of the tooth when you sleep and it’s going to hammer on the veneer at night and it’s going to chip just like it did on the natural tooth.

Composite veneers are a great alternative to laboratory veneers and can right many of your smile’s wrongs. Customers also like them because they are not time-consuming or pricey, they are minimally invasive, and because they give your teeth that lifelike sheen they once had!

Dental composite is a special material that is applied and sculpted to the tooth.  Once the optimal tooth shape has been achieved, it is cured with a special light and subsequently polished. Composite materials are extremely advanced and are continuously being developed to produce better results for patients. Composite veneers are a relatively new dental procedure, favored by recent dental generations interested in conserving the underlying tooth structure.

Consider composite veneers over laboratory veneers if you:

• Are looking for affordable laboratory veneer alternatives
• Want an improved smile for a wedding or other special event
• Want the convenience of a same-day placement
• Desire a less-invasive procedure to retain more tooth structure
• Would like veneers that can be repaired quickly and easily if damaged

• A straighter, more attractive smile
• Brighter, natural-looking teeth
• A continuous, uninterrupted smile  
• A stronger tooth structure to prevent further damage

Composite white fillings offer the ability to effectively deal with cavities while maintaining the cosmetic appeal of a bright, white smile. Benefits of Composite White Fillings

• Created to match your tooth to ensure a natural look and feel
• Because composite fillings can be created for smaller restorations, less of your tooth structure is lost and less drilling is needed
• The material is made from acrylic and glass particles, containing no mercury or other metals
• Provides support to remaining tooth structure and insulates against temperature changes

• First, the targeted tooth is prepared by removing decay.
• Next, a bonding agent is applied to the prepared tooth.
• The composite material is placed and molded to your tooth structure.
• The material is hardened by focusing intense light rays on it for about a minute (the time required may vary according to each patient’s needs and specific dental condition). The filling is now complete and you have a bright, natural-looking new tooth! Your filling brightness can be maintained by simply practicing good oral hygiene and avoiding staining food and drinks such as coffee, soda, tea, etc.

For cosmetic contouring, a dental instrument is used to eliminate imperfections by reducing parts of the tooth’s surface. It is a generally painless procedure for correcting several types of dental irregularities, including:

• Long teeth
• Minor chips in the teeth
• Irregularly shaped teeth
• Slightly overlapping teeth If you have uneven teeth and are unhappy with the way your smile looks, cosmetic dental contouring might be a good option for you.