Porcelain Veneers over Crowns
Do you know if there is any
“veneer” or anything else that can be applied to front teeth crowns to
make them whiter? Seems that someone should have created a process
to fuse a veneer to porcelain by now.
- Stan
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| Stan, Yes,
we can put porcelain veneers over
crowns and make them whiter. There is bonding technology to bond porcelain
to porcelain, and also to bond porcelain to metal, so we could take the
porcelain off a porcelain fused to metal crown and make it whiter and
newer. The reason we don't do it is because it's about the same amount of
work as doing a new crown, so we would have to charge the same. Since a
new all-porcelain crown
looks so much better, it makes it impractical.
Other questions:
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Trey has one
crooked front tooth that sticks
out and wants to know if he's a good candidate for porcelain veneers. |
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What is your
opinion of the new Lumineers?
I've been to two dentists, and one wants to do Lumineers, and the
other says I should have crowns. |
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How long do
white fillings last on back
teeth? I was told that they don't last as long as amalgam ones. |
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My dentist said I
have leaky fillings. How
can I know if he is right, and what does that mean? |
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Why would a dentist recommend an
all porcelain crown for my
front tooth but a porcelain fused to metal crown for my molar? |
- From your Naperville, Illinois
cosmetic dentist. |
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