As a young mother, I was reasonably ignorant when raising my firstborn. My biggest regret is that I didn't help her take better care of her teeth. Like many people, I didn't realise the importance of baby teeth, resulting in long-term dental problems. Recently, my daughter got married and some of my tears were for the beautiful, glistening smile she presented to the cameras. Ever since I realised the dental damage I had caused, I had been saving for my daughter to have cosmetic dentistry. The results are remarkable. During the course of this journey, I have learnt a lot about caring for children's teeth and corrective procedures that can be undertaken when issues arise. I am sure many of you would be interested in the latest knowledge and techniques that are available to prevent and repair dental complications. I'm Margret Devlin - thanks for visiting.
Many people shy away from getting dental veneers because they may be apprehensive about the process of drilling or filing parts of their teeth in order to create space for the restorations. Such people do not know that they may qualify for prep-less installation of veneers. Prep-less dental veneer placement refers to the placement of veneers (dental covers) without removing part of the natural tooth. Teeth are normally drilled or scraped in order to maintain an even appearance once the restorations have been installed. This article discusses some circumstances under which you may benefit from prep-less veneer placement. Use this information to decide whether this approach can be used on your teeth.
If You Had Some Teeth Extracted
Your dentist may scrape off part of your teeth in order to create space for the veneers over the existing teeth. This scrapping may be unnecessary in case your teeth were crowded together and some had to be removed to solve that problem. Consequently, the dentist will have no trouble placing the veneers onto your remaining teeth.
If Your Teeth Are Naturally Small
One of the risks of having dental veneers is that your teeth may look abnormally large. Dentists remove this risk by prepping your teeth so that the addition of veneers does not make your teeth look wider or thicker than is normal. It may therefore not be necessary to remove part of your teeth if you are one of those individuals that have naturally small teeth. The veneers will have a negligible impact upon the length or width of those small teeth.
If Your Teeth are Short Due to Wear
Your teeth may have become shorter because they were worn by grinding food. In such a case, it may not be necessary for any surface preparation to be done on those teeth before veneers are placed on them in order to restore their natural length.
If You Have a Narrow Smile
Some people naturally show very few teeth when they smile. That situation is described as a narrow smile. Such people do not require any surface preparation in case veneers need to be placed on the teeth that never become visible when they smile. The veneers can help to improve how well you can chew since food particles may be dropping from the spaces between those side teeth.
Examine your teeth in a mirror and see if any of the situations above applies to you. If any does, consult your dentist and seek for an appointment to have prep-less veneers placed on your teeth. For more information, consider a site like http://www.ormonddental.com.au.
Share21 December 2015
