Veneers – Austin, TX
Address Dental Flaws and Enhance Your Smile
You’re not alone if you feel self-conscious about imperfections in your grin, but if you’re overly anxious about being judged for your appearance, you might try to remain tight-lipped or avoid spending time with others.
Fortunately, Dr. Pevzner can provide customized veneers to address dental flaws and enhance your smile, which can improve your daily quality of life. Continue reading to learn more about this popular cosmetic service and who might benefit from it!
Why Choose Highland West Dental Care for Veneers?
- Digital Impressions for Enhanced Accuracy
- Resilient, Customizable Materials
- Flexible Financing Available
What Are Dental Veneers?
Dental veneers are thin shells, usually made from resilient ceramic, that are made to match or improve the natural size, shape, and tone of your teeth. Then, they’re cemented to the fronts of your enamel to mask one or more aesthetic concerns, including:
- Chips
- Cracks
- Stubborn stains or blemishes
- Slight gaps between teeth
- Mild overcrowding
Once they’re placed, these restorations typically aren’t intended to be removed, and they can last 15+ years with proper care.
The Process of Getting Veneers
You must schedule a consultation with Dr. Pevzner so that our team can discuss your concerns and goals and examine your dental condition to ensure you’re a good candidate. Once we determine that your teeth and gums are healthy enough, we will proceed with preparing your teeth for veneers.
This involves numbing your mouth and/or providing sedation to help you feel comfortable, then removing a small amount of enamel from the underlying teeth so the restorations fit correctly without causing misalignments. Then, we’ll make digital impressions of your smile that will be sent to a special laboratory that uses them to design your customized veneers.
It can take a couple of weeks for them to arrive, so our team may recommend placing a temporary set to prevent potential damage while you wait. Once your veneers are delivered, we’ll schedule a final fitting to determine that they fit and function correctly before cementing them in place and sending you home with a beautifully restored smile.
The Benefits of Veneers
This cosmetic service continues to gain popularity as more patients learn about its many advantages, such as:
- Boosts your confidence. These restorations are carefully customized just for you, helping you look and feel like the most attractive and self-assured version of yourself.
- Protects your oral health. Caring for veneers requires twice-daily brushing and flossing, avoiding sticky or hard foods, and visiting our team for a checkup and cleaning every 6 months, all of which help improve your dental condition and prevent potential problems.
- Versatile treatment option. Pevzner can place the covers to mask one or multiple aesthetic concerns to enhance your appearance.
- Made with resilient materials. These shells resist chips and cracks, and are coated with a glaze strong enough to help shield the underlying teeth from potential damage.
- Delivers long-lasting results. Veneers can last decades when cared for correctly, making them an excellent long-term investment.
Understanding the Cost of Veneers
Most dental insurance policies don’t cover the cost of cosmetic treatments intended to improve your looks more than your dental health, such as veneers. As a result, some patients worry that they may not be able to afford the desired upgrades to their grin.
But our team believes everyone deserves to feel confident about their smile, regardless of their current financial situation. If you’re uninsured or your policy doesn’t include this service, you can apply for flexible payments through CareCreidt. If your paperwork is approved, you can select a low- to no-interest plan that allows you to divide the total cost of your treatment into more manageable installments over a designated period.
Veneers FAQs
Are Veneers Permanent?
Veneers are a long-lasting way to address mild to severe chips, cracks, stains, gaps, and misshapenness, but they cannot be called truly permanent since they will eventually have to be replaced. However, the process of placing these devices is irreversible since it involves removing enamel that will not grow back from the teeth being treated. Veneers that receive excellent care often last for fifteen years or more, and you can keep yours in great shape by practicing excellent oral hygiene, being mindful when chewing, taking care to protect your smile from injury, and visiting our office in Austin every six months for routine exams and cleanings. Teeth that receive veneers are not more likely to develop infections since the cosmetic devices will protect them from harmful germs.
Do Veneers Give You a Lisp?
Receiving veneers will alter the dimensions of your teeth and the way vibrating air moves around them during speech, so it’s not unusual for a patient to develop a slight and temporary lisp after receiving them. This lisp will go away on its own after you get some practice speaking with your veneers, and you can accelerate your adjustment process in ways like singing a favorite song or reading an interesting book out loud while pausing to repeat any words that give you difficulty until you get the hang of them. You should soon be able to speak easily and naturally while wearing veneers, but the team at our Austin office may be able to reduce a lisp more quickly by adjusting the shape of your veneers if necessary.
Can You Whiten Veneers?
Teeth whitening products are designed to treat porous natural enamel, but they cannot affect the nonporous ceramic materials used to construct veneers. If you wish to receive both teeth whitening and veneers, it may be best to whiten your teeth first so your veneers can be shaded to match the bright new color of your smile. Veneers are incredibly stain-resistant, but you can reduce the likelihood of them becoming discolored by drinking plenty of water, practicing excellent oral hygiene, using straws when enjoying dark or colorful beverages, and visiting our office in Austin every six months for routine exams and cleanings.
Can Veneers Fix Crooked Teeth?
Veneers can sometimes be used to address mild dental misalignments by reshaping the teeth so they stand at better angles, but they cannot actually shift the teeth into new positions. Veneers may be a great way to address gaps, mild crookedness, or a slight open bite, but moderate to severe misalignments will probably require orthodontic treatment. The team at Highland West Dental Care will be happy to help you understand the best way to achieve a straight, healthy, and beautiful smile during your consultation at our Austin office.