Dr. Avinash Singh

Dental veneers are also known as porcelain veneers are very thin, artificially made shell like things found in shades of the colour of your teeth. This material is designed to cover up the tooth surface in order to improve its appearance. These materials are changed according to your teeth colour, size and shape.
Dental veneers can solve many problems and especially better the look of your teeth. The removal or insertion of veneers can make your teeth look attractive.

Some problems that dental veneers solve:

1. If your teeth are discoloured then veneers can fix it. Teeth stains can be the result of many things like smoking, alcohol, drugs, medicines etc. Veneers replace stained teeth and solve all your problems.
2. If your teeth are frayed down then veneers can be the solution.
3. If your teeth are broken or chipped then it can solve the problem.
4. Sometimes your teeth grow uneven, misaligned, badly shaped; dental veneers solve that problem too.
5. Dental veneers specifically work to fill the gaps between your teeth.

Dental veneers have proven to be a beneficial process in solving many of your dental problems. But like every medical method that comes with some advantage and disadvantage, dental veneers too have a few negative points.

The advantages of dental veneers are:

1. It provides a presentable tooth appearance.
2. The tissues in your gum tolerate porcelain very well.
3. The porcelain dental veneer is stain resistant.
4. You can select the colour of the veneer to make your teeth whiter.
5. You can also change the shape of your teeth.

As dental veneers are a little complicated, there is a set of procedures to have dental veneers and those may include:

• Diagnosis: First, you need to detect the problem area before you have dental veneers.
• Treatment: You need to have an X-ray of your teeth and mouth before getting dental veneers.
• Preparation: Between your diagnosis and treatment while your tooth enamel is a subject of examination you should take proper care of your teeth. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult a dentist.

Tooth decay is treated removing the damaged portion of your tooth and substituting it with ‘fillings’. Fillings can be made up of different materials such as silver amalgam, porcelain, gold or even plastic. Hence these plastic, tooth-colored, glass mixtures that are used to restore decayed teeth are known as composite fillings. Composites are also used for changing the color of or reshaping disfigured teeth. 

How are they placed? 
The dentist sets the composite in layers employing a specialized UV Laser light to harden each of the layers. After this, the dentist moulds the composite to fit in your tooth. The composite is then polished to prevent premature staining or wearing out of the composite. Good shaping and polishing of the tooth to produces a virtually invisible restoration.

When are composite fillings used? 
White fillings can be used for cosmetic options as well. 

Esthetic dentistry

1. Short or spaced out teeth: Composites are able to reshape any deformed teeth or add length to a tooth. 
2. Cracked or chipped teeth: It can fill in any chips or worn down teeth to appear healthy yet again. 
3. Smile Makeover: It does not require for healthy tooth structure to be removed unlike a veneer

Preventive dentistry: The molars in the back have deep groves on the sides that food particles can get trapped in causing infection. The composite can be filled in those areas as a preventative.

Advantages of Composites:

1. The shade of the composite filling is well suited to match the color of your existing teeth.
2. They can chemically bond to your tooth structure, rendering additional support.
3. Composite fillings are also used to mend broken or cracked teeth.
4. With composite filling, not much of your tooth structure needs to be taken off as compared to amalgam fillings.

Precautions with Tooth coloured fillings 

1. Composite fillings wear faster as compared to silver fillings should be replaced within 3-7 years.
2. Need regular follow up care or maintenance as they are subject to microleakage. 

   If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult a dentist.

Our heart is very much related to gums health because bacterias forming plaque gets entry into bloodstream through unhealthy gums and can form clot in circulation of blood. So keep your gums healthy and regularly visit your dentist.