Bad Breath: You Don't Have to Live with It

Dental veneers have decades of history behind them proven that they're the best cosmetic improvement for most patients with undersized, crooked, or badly stained teeth. Dentists often remove quite a bit of otherwise healthy tooth material when installing veneers to give them a more natural appearance and a stronger bond to the tooth. Prepless veneers are becoming the newest rage, but the very first veneers actually used the same kinds of techniques. Decide if prepped or prepless veneers are a better choice for you before seeing your dentist.

Higher Standards

Veneer preparation steps like grinding the teeth and removing surface material are often required in order to remove damaged and unstable parts of the tooth. If you're using veneers to cover a crack or chip, you'll need preparations or the veneer is likely to fail. Your teeth must match a higher standard of condition before you can go with a prepless installation.

More Intact Teeth

Leaving as much enamel and dentin intact as possible is the usual goal of a dentist, but prepped veneers always require the removal of at least some material. Prepless veneers aim to remove little to no material. Having your teeth permanently altered means you must keep the veneers replaced on a regular basis to maintain a natural looking smile and to prevent damage to the underlying teeth. When veneers are installed with no preparations, it's possible to remove the adhesive cements with limited polishing. This restores your natural teeth without compromising the enamel or requiring you to cover them up again.

Limited Changes

Prepless veneers are much more limited in how much they change the appearance of your teeth. Oversized teeth can't be magically made to look smaller without grinding, and crooked teeth will remain crooked unless they're shaped before veneers are installed. The preparations for veneers play just as big of a role as the covers themselves in how the finished product looks, so you'll have to settle for what can be done if you're in love with the idea of prepless veneers.

Reduced Discomfort

In cases when preparation can be eliminated completely, veneers are often installed without any anesthesia at all. There's no need to numb the teeth or gums just for the application of dental adhesives and pieces of porcelain. If a fear of soreness after the procedure or an allergy to anesthesia is keeping you from considering veneers, the prepless option should make you think again.

Contact a dentist,like Gregory T Grubba, for more help.