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Beauty Freak
Standing out from the crowd
The High Price of Obtaining the Perfect Smile with Veneers
The perfect white smiles of Hollywood entertainers are often done at a great price literately and physically with the Cosmetic Dentistry application of porcelain veneers and caps. The initial expense and time does not stop at the first application of this new smile, but often continues to require further money and time to upkeep. I found Cosmetic Dentist play this fact down as they concentrate more on seducing you with exciting before and after pictures of their patients and telling you about the latest non-pain procedurs and dental supplies.
Here are a few things I’ve found one needs to be fully mindful of upon jumping into the decision with veneer application. The cost per porcelain veneer will be $750 - $1,200 a tooth. A dentist will often suggest veneering the front upper teeth usually to the eyetooth on both sides, which is 6 teeth and this will run $4500 - $12,600. The quality of the porcelain and the craftsmanship in making the veneers is very important and the work should be scrutinized and viewed before hand. The better quality the porcelain materials and the making of it will result in more realistic looking veneers; this will coincide in a higher price. The dentist will grind down your front upper teeth into unsightly stubs and then apply the veneers like false fingernails; there will be no looking back at this point, as your real teeth will be destroyed. You will need to ‘baby’ these veneers and not bite into anything hard like an apple, instead you’ll need to cut harder foods into small pieces, if you don’t the veneers are prone to fall out exposing the unsightly teeth beneath.
Ask your dentist if you can speak to past patients who’ve had their veneers for 5 – 10 years. During my first two years almost all my veneers fell out and needed to be re-glued. I had moved out of the city in which the procedure was first performed so another Cosmetic Dentist charged a reinsertion fee of $100 a tooth. By the third year all of my veneers had either cracked and fell out or simply fell out again. The cracked veneers had to be thrown out and new ones remade at the high expense mentioned, other cracked ones were glued back together, but the cracks remained, weakening the veneers and within a year one by one again they fell out. Also if you grind your teeth like I do, it is highly recommended that you wear a night-guard that can be worn while sleeping to protect the veneers, but be aware that many find this uncomfortable to wear. At the time of obtaining my new veneers I also replaced my molars that contained silver fillings with porcelain caps. The financial investment to cosmetically enhance my teeth and smile thus far could have bought me a car or perhaps even a down payment on a small home.