Clinical Articles
Veneer notes written at the chairside
Questions that come up in consultations, answered with real cases. These are diagnostic notes — including the limits of the procedure — not advertising copy.
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Crooked Teeth Veneer Treatment: Making Buck or Protruding Teeth Look Natural Doing veneers for protruding teeth is fairly rare. Since a veneer bonds a ceramic plate to the front of the tooth, reduction is still needed even if the tooth is left in its current position. -
Worn & Chipped Make Your Teeth Look Younger! Veneers for Worn Teeth That Look Aged The changes that occur in teeth with age are quite varied. The one that's felt the most is probably tooth wear. In dental terminology, wearing down of the tooth surface is called abrasion. It's usually called abrasion when it's caused by another object, such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, or a toothpick, and wear caused by teeth touching each other… -
Retreatment What Makes Teeth Beautiful? A Natural, Beautiful Veneer Retreatment Many patients come in for a redo soon after getting veneers elsewhere, saying the result looks so unnatural that everyone who sees them comments on their teeth. -
vs Crowns Veneers That Bring Large, Protruding Teeth Into Harmony With the Other Teeth Veneer treatment is always a continuous series of challenges. Just like cosmetic surgery on the eyes or nose, it's a process of changing the shape of the teeth, so the expression "tooth contouring" gets used. The teeth need to be beautifully contoured, but since veneer treatment aims to reduce the teeth as minimally as possible, there are limits to how much change is possible. -
Gangnam Gangnam Veneers: A Collection of Before-and-After Photos from Various Treatment Cases Gangnam veneer treatment is treatment for beautiful teeth. The right answer in cosmetic work is always naturalness. Facial cosmetic procedures, whether on the eyes, nose, or elsewhere, have always had a natural result as the right answer. Teeth are no different. -
Black Triangles Feldspathic Laminate Veneer Case Study Veneers can be made from many materials. More than 20 years ago, feldspathic ceramic was the only option, but its difficulty limited use to exceptional cases. -
vs Braces Straightening Tilted Teeth with Veneers For teeth to look beautiful, they need a kind of "general beauty" that anyone looking at them can recognize. Saying teeth are beautiful is much like saying a smile is beautiful. For a smile to be beautiful in this way, the teeth first need to be well aligned. -
No-prep No-Prep Veneer Treatment Cases in Apgujeong The reason so many people worry about veneers is the concern over side effects. Thinking through what side effects veneers can have, there are three that stand out: 1) tooth sensitivity, 2) veneers coming loose, and 3) gum inflammation. -
No-prep All-Ceramic Crown Redo and No-Prep Veneers When re-treating an old veneer or all-ceramic crown, what matters most is that the result must come out prettier. You need to properly identify the reason for the redo, set a goal accordingly, and plan out the treatment method and process that fit that goal in advance. -
Smile Design A Clinic That Does Veneers Well: Making Large Teeth Look Smaller Comes Down to Proportions! The hardest kind of veneer treatment is one that starts with the problem, "My teeth are too big." Making small teeth look bigger is comparatively easier — making large teeth look smaller is very difficult when you consider how veneers actually work. -
Peg Laterals A Veneer Case Treating Protruding, Oversized Teeth Changing the size of a tooth is a fairly difficult process. Making a large tooth smaller, in particular, is a very challenging task. For tooth size, the ratio to the surrounding teeth matters more than the actual size of that tooth itself. -
Retreatment Naturally Retreating Artificial-Looking, Awkward Veneers Patients who come in for veneer retreatment have all kinds of reasons. Sometimes it's because an old veneer has cracked or come off, and sometimes it's because the teeth have shifted and the shape looks off. -
Side Effects Gangnam Veneers: A Treatment Case for Gapped Teeth with Gum Inflammation Gangnam veneer treatment is done for a wide variety of reasons and purposes. Most of the time, the goal is simply to make the teeth look nicer, though occasionally it serves -
No-prep A Collection of Dream Dental Clinic's Veneer Before-and-After Comparisons, Part 2 In the previous piece, I posted before-and-after comparisons of veneers and all-ceramic crowns. As mentioned in that piece, this post simply gathers together the before-and-after photos of various cases posted on my blog. -
Retreatment A Collection of Dream Dental Clinic's Veneer Before-and-After Comparisons Treatment that beautifully transforms teeth is called tooth reshaping. There are two methods of tooth reshaping: veneers and all-ceramic crowns. Reshaping the front teeth is generally referred to as veneers, but veneers specifically refer to the method of making front teeth beautiful while minimizing tooth reduction, while for severe discoloration or decay, root canal treatment, or badly chipped teeth... -
No-prep Veneer Treatment Considered Together With the Face Almost no one has a perfectly symmetrical face — this is true of the nose, lips, and jaw, and of the teeth as well. Individual teeth are mostly symmetrical in shape, but in many cases their alignment and angle are heavily influenced by the jawbone as well as the teeth themselves. -
Retreatment Cheongdam-dong Veneers: Retreating Old, Unnatural-Looking Veneers What's most beautiful is always what looks natural. Even cosmetic surgery has its trends. There was a time when surgery that was obvious to anyone at a glance was common. Trends may well come back around again, but this kind of unnatural, obviously awkward look has its moment and fades, while natural, beautiful work never goes out of style. -
Gangnam Gangnam Veneers: A Treatment Case for Protruding, Crowded Teeth When the dental alignment is already even and only the shape of the teeth needs to be made prettier, esthetic tooth reshaping — that is, veneers alone — is often all that's needed. If the alignment is good and the teeth are small, the amount of tooth reduction can be reduced considerably. -
Peg Laterals Looking at a Bunny Teeth Veneer Case In veneer treatment, the thing I always find myself thinking hardest about is adjusting tooth size. Veneers meant to make teeth larger or smaller seem to be the most difficult of all. Making teeth larger with veneers poses no technical problem whatsoever. -
Discolored Teeth Veneer Treatment for Tooth Discoloration Caused by Tetracycline There are truly many different reasons why teeth become discolored. It can range from congenital causes to taking the wrong medication in infancy, or discoloration can also occur from trauma, cavities, or root canal treatment. Among these, when the cause is congenital, or when an antibiotic called tetracycline was taken over a long period during infancy, it's not just one tooth but several… -
Retreatment Veneer Redo Treatment Case for Discolored Teeth Tooth discoloration can happen for various reasons. The most common cause is root canal treatment — teeth that have had root canal treatment often gradually darken in color. When discoloration occurs after a root canal, the tooth’s color can be restored through a method called non-vital tooth whitening. -
No-prep No-Prep and Micro-Prep Veneer Cases for Chipped Teeth When a front tooth chips from a fall or a knock, treatment is usually done with resin, veneers, or a crown. It's already unfortunate that the tooth is chipped — if a lot more reduction were needed on top of that, it would be such a waste of the tooth. -
Retreatment A Case of Anterior Laminate Veneer Retreatment Laminate veneers should provide substantial esthetic improvement while preserving chewing function and the health of both teeth and gums. -
Smile Design Apgujeong Veneers Designed With the Whole Face in Mind The ultimate purpose of Apgujeong veneer treatment is a beautiful smile. For a smile to be beautiful, the face, lips, and teeth all need to be in harmony. If treatment is planned by looking only at the teeth, the overall harmony can be overlooked, and a great deal can be missed.