Non invasive dental veneers

[fellatthefirst]

Im considering getting veneers. I don’t like the idea of having my teeth ground down to stumps though! Has anyone any experience of non invasive veneers and what the procedure/results were like?

[StevieBee]

My daughter has them.

For some reason, her teeth never really grew to their full size, looking more like baby teeth. Less of an issue as she's quite small but still noticeable. Had it done when she was 19. She's not far off 23 now and only issue so far has been a chipped veneer - self inflicted at Uni proving she could open a beer bottle with her teeth!!

Cost £800. Dentist said that she'd need them replaced when she's around 30.

Before:



And after:

[fellatthefirst]

They look good! So did they literally just stick them over the top of her current teeth? Did you go to London for this?

[Yipper]

Overlay veneers are much less invasive than stump veneers. And you get to keep your real teeth. Never lose your real teeth, as a million years of human evolution has made them pretty good.

The downsides are that overlays sometimes don't cement very well and can fall off, the teeth underneath can go bad (harder to clean), they need replacing every ~10 years, the lifetime cost, and the veneers often are too big and crowd out the mouth to give "horse teeth" or a lispy voice.

In other words, proceed with caution and ask questions at every step.

Edited by Yipper on Wednesday 13th December 13:23

[StevieBee]

fellatthefirst said:

They look good! So did they literally just stick them over the top of her current teeth? Did you go to London for this?

Was done at her normal Dentist (10 Hall Lane, Upminster, 'technically' London).

She had an initial measurement consultation, had a mould taken, etc. Then back for the fitting and one check up a few weeks later to make sure all was good and that was it. I think they are cemented into place over the original teeth.

The only issue was a rather amusing lisp for about two or three days but that disappeared.

[StevieBee]

Yipper said:

The downsides are that overlays sometimes don't cement very well and can fall off

Two sets are produced - the dentist keeping the spare set so should one fall off and go missing, you're not hanging around waiting for a replacement.

[GordonL]

Hello, dentist here.
It’s possible to do veneers without prepping the teeth first, depends a lot on the initial shape of the tooth and any underlying discolouration, thinner porcelain doesn’t cover the discolouration so well.
Doesn’t make much difference to the retention of the veneer whether the tooth has been prepared first or not.

Ask your dentist...

[fellatthefirst]

Thanks for all the comments. I assume you can choose the shade of white you require?

[Rollin]

People who have had this treatment carried out already are not in a position to state what will be suitable for you, so it's pointless asking.
Go and have a consultation where you will be given all approriate options for yourself.

Oh, and don't listen to Yipper as he talks bks.

[GordonL]

Yes you can choose what shade you want. There’s a huge range of shades on offer.

[cringle]

As a dentist, I would say ignore Yipper as he quite clearly doesn’t know what (s)he’s talking about. Go and see a decent dentist. Ask to see previous cases. Look at reviews. Personal recommendation even better.