No Prep Veneers are a brand of porcelain veneers by the Den-Mat corporation. They are contact lens-thin and are placed over existing teeth without having to remove painful tooth structure (unlike traditional veneers.) No Prep Veneers are a painless, cosmetic solution for stained, chipped, discolored or misaligned teeth.
We can apply these contact lens-thin “smile shapers” to teeth without any grinding or shaving of sensitive tooth structure.
No Prep Veneers are made from patented Cerinate porcelain only available from accredited No Prep Veneers dentists.
No Prep Veneers are appropriate for some people only. Whether they would be good for you or not can be told to you after an examination
Cosmetic dentistry isn't as simple as just pasting some veneers over the top of someone's teeth and letting the laboratory do the rest. The lab cannot make up for what the dentist doesn't know in a situation like this.
We strongly advise, for a major procedure as life-altering as porcelain veneers or no prep veneers can be, you seek the services of an expert cosmetic dentist.
No Prep Veneers are only 1/3 of a millimeter thick. Other porcelain veneers are typically 1/2 of a millimeter thick, so the difference isn't as dramatic as would make you think, however normal veneers require the drilling of your teeth and lumineers don't.
However when a no-drill technique is used for any type of veneers, sometimes you can end up with a slight ridge where the veneer meets your tooth. This ridge could attract stains on the edges of your porcelain veneers. It could also make your tooth more susceptible to tooth decay because it attracts plaque. Or, it could irritate the gums.
No Prep Veneers do simplify the placement of porcelain veneers. There is a tray system that allows placement of all veneers at a go unlike traditional veneers that have to be placed one at a time.
Like all other cosmetic procedure complexities of cosmetic dentistry are all still present and all just as complex. Properly placing them requires the hand of an artist, to properly design them for the shape of your face and your personality.
When there is no drilling on the teeth beforehand, certain parts of the smile design process actually become more complicated, because the cosmetic dentist is confined to working with the shapes of the teeth the way they are.
Colour control, which is actually the area where general dentists have the most trouble when they attempt to do cosmetic dentistry, becomes more difficult when the porcelain veneer is thinner (doesn’t matter if it is a no prep veneer or a traditional prep veneer). Hue, chroma, translucency, color depth, brightness, and highlights, all need to be handled correctly for you to have a beautiful smile.
However, a couple of warnings are in order. If the teeth are not prepared before placing any type of porcelain veneers, the cosmetic dentist has much less latitude in creating a beautiful smile design.
The amount of grinding that takes place when preparing a tooth for traditional veneers is minimal, just so you know. It's in the range of tenths of a millimeter, one- to two-one-hundredths of an inch, about the thickness of a fingernail. However, sometimes more preparation may be required to get the right shape, size and colour of your smile.
If you would like more information on Cosmetic Dentistry, Smile Rejuvenation, Porcelain Veneers, Dental Crowns, Dental Bridge, Dental Implants, Teeth Whitening, Dentist, please contact Smile Concepts directly by clicking here or ringing 02 9267 7777