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Dental Veneer
Dental veneer (so-called porcelain veneers or
dental porcelain laminates) is thin porcelain of tooth-colored materials designed to
replace the
front surface of teeth to improve patient appearance. These
porcelain are bonded to the front of the teeth in order
to change patient color, shape, size or alignment.
The
Advantages of Dental Veneer
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1. Patients can select
color and white shade of porcelain veneers and their
new smile. |
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2. Dental veneers provide natural teeth appearance. |
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3. Porcelain veneers are
stain resistant from any patient behaviors like
smoking, coffee, drug. |
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4. Bio-compatible and gum tissue
can tolerate porcelain. No
allergic sensitivity to
base metals
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5. Veneer offers
conservative approach to change color, shape and
alignment of patient teeth. |
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Dentist @ Beach typically use
porcelains and materials to make a veneer from IPS Empress
Esthetic system. The system has been used in market over decades
and are standardized in dentistry in Europe or USA. Empress
veneer costs 7500 Thai
Baht per veneer (tooth).
For smile makeover case, patients need 6-8 veneers to improve
new smile like below case. Our dentist make
four veneers on upper teeth and two veneers on lower teeth.
Total costs are 6 x 7500 = 45,000 Thai Baht. You can view more
sample veneer cases by this case
gallery link. |
Before making
veneers, patient have uneven and misalignment
teeth |
After perform
veneers, patient have improvement of smile and
teeth alignment.In some case, veneers will also
fix color problems. |
| Dental Veneer
Procedure in Pattaya |
Dental veneer procedure generally requires at least 3
visits over a week in Pattaya as follows:-
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| 1st visit:
Consultation and Oral
Examination |
Diagnosis and treatment plan are the first step
involving discussion between patients and
dentists. Dentists will explain the expected results of
the final works. During this appointment your dentist
will examine your teeth to make sure dental veneers are
appropriate for you and discuss about working procedures,
time-frame, limitation and costs. Dentist will
take xray and take your teeth impression for study the
case.
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| 2nd visit:
Teeth preparation and
Temporary Veneers
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To prepare a tooth for veneers, dentists will remove about
1-2 mm of enamel surface, which is an amount nearly equal to
the thickness of the veneer to be added to the tooth
surface. Before trimming off the enamel, you and your
dentist will decide the need for a local anesthetic to
numb the area. Then, dentist will make a model or
impression of your tooth. This model is sent out to a
dental laboratory, which in turn constructs your veneer.
It usually takes around 4-6 days for your dentist to
receive the veneers back from the laboratory. In this
visit, temporary dental veneers will be made. So, you
will have no problems for smiling and eating
while waiting for permanent veneers from laboratory
in a week later. In this time, patient can leave
Pattaya and come back again once the veneers in
done.
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| 3rd visit:
Veneer placement and Follow-up |
Before place veneers to patient teeth to receive the veneer,
dentist will perform cleaning and polishing and
etching – which roughens
the tooth to allow for a strong bonding process. A
special cement is applied to the veneer and the veneer
is then placed on your tooth. Once properly position on
the tooth, your dentist will apply a special light beam
to the dental veneer, which activates chemicals in the
cement causing it to harden or cure very quickly.
Then, dentist will removing any excess cement,
evaluating patient bite and make adjustments in
the veneer if necessary. In some case, dentist will ask
a follow-up visit in for post
check up such as gum responding to the presence of
new veneer or examine the veneer
placement before leave Pattaya. |
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