In most cases, veneers are placed on the upper teeth, as they are the most visible when you smile. If there is a dental trauma to a single tooth, then a single veneer may be all that is needed. On the other hand, if you're looking for a complete smile makeover, 4 to 8 porcelain veneers are common. The most common application of veneers is on the upper front eight teeth.
This smile makeover creates a full smile that is wide, even and symmetrical. Veneers hide your original teeth and form the bulk of your smile, covering the areas that reveal themselves when you smile or talk. The trial smile can be created during your initial consultation. Hagood makes temporary composite veneers and places them on teeth to show the effect of veneer treatment.
Depending on what the smile looks like with temporary veneers, Dr. Hagood and the patient decide together how many veneers will provide the look the patient wants. All of this is done before the patient decides to invest in an actual veneer treatment. When you smile broadly, you want all your teeth to match and look good.
For many people, this will mean having eight veneers on their upper teeth. For other people, ten or twelve may be needed. And for others, only one to four veneers will fulfill their goal of masking imperfect teeth. If you keep the colored teeth you already have, you have more freedom to choose how many teeth will receive veneers. If porcelain veneers will be part of your treatment plan, you will decide how many veneers you want, based on the aesthetic and health condition of your teeth and how many teeth are shown when you smile.
Patients often anticipate that they will need veneers on their upper and lower teeth to have a compatible set, but this is usually not necessary. Johnson Hagood is one of the few national providers of Trial Smile and one of the nation's most accredited dentists for veneer treatment. Learn more about the Trial Smile temporary procedure here and call us to schedule a veneer consultation. Your dentist will also need to check the condition of your lower teeth before this solution is applied; some teeth cannot be whitened, so you may need to combine the lower and upper veneers to get a full smile. If you have an irregular bite, your occlusion will improve in the process of receiving your porcelain veneers, ensuring that they last predictably.
The best option is to add veneers to as many teeth as possible, so that your smile is beautiful everywhere. What you don't want are bright white veneers that contrast with the discolored molars in the corners of your smile. If dental veneers are an excellent treatment option to improve your smile, they will be made of realistic and durable porcelain, and will never stain. However, every smile change is different, and some patients may need more or less porcelain veneers to get the perfect smile they are looking for. However, what often happens is that patients love their upper veneers so much that they choose to have their lower teeth completed soon to get a full new smile. In the case of many veneer smile changes, patients will have veneers applied to their upper teeth and get professional teeth whitening on their lower teeth.
Porcelain veneers can be used to mask discolored teeth, restore fractured or chipped teeth, close gaps between teeth, and increase the length and size of teeth that have worn out over time.
