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Getting A Little Cosmetic Dentistry Help With Veneers

Hilary Duff and her glowing smile, enhanced by veneers

Last week we wrote about how our patients can achieve a celebrity smile using Invisalign braces, but that’s not the only cosmetic dentistry procedure used to achieve a perfect smile. Celebrities know another smile secret and use porcelain or composite veneers in order to show off a perfect smile.

Veneers are becoming more and more popular with celebrities. Stars such as Hilary Duff, George Clooney, Miley Cyrus and American Idol’s Elliot Yamin have all benefited from a little help from cosmetic dentistry.

Who Can Benefit From Cosmetic Dentistry With Veneers

Your dentist should be able to tell you if you are a good candidate for veneers. Veneers are extremely thin shells of porcelain or resin that are placed on top of existing teeth. Singers Miley Cyrus and Elliot Yamin both used veneers to enhance the look of their teeth easily and painlessly. Their ‘before’ pictures show a mouth full of crooked, discolored teeth that were unevenly spaced. The ‘after’ shots of their mouths show off straight, white teeth - a perfect smile.

Chicago Cosmetic Dentistry - George ClooneyGeorge Clooney – and the smile that won the hearts of millions of admirers.

Veneers are also an excellent way to protect teeth that have been chipped. Singer Hillary Duff chipped a tooth on a microphone in 2005 and her cosmetic dentist used veneers to protect her teeth from further damage. Hillary’s veneers were initially much too large, making it difficult for her to talk and close her mouth, but that problem was easily remedied with a trip to her dentist. Her teeth have looked great ever since.

How Veneers Are Applied

Veneers aren’t a major cosmetic dentistry procedure, but will require a little time in the dentist’s chair. Once your dentist has determined that veneers are a good fit for you, he or she will buff the teeth to remove a minimal amount of enamel.

Buffing will ensure a proper bond so the veneers stay in place through regular eating, drinking and brushing. After your teeth are buffed, your dentist will make an impression of your teeth in order to create your custom veneers.

Once your veneers come in, your cosmetic dentist will check the fit. At that time, your dentist will likely remove and trim the veneers down, which will avoid the ‘too big’ look that Hillary Duff’s veneers originally had. Once both you and your cosmetic dentist are happy with the look of your veneers, they’ll be permanently bonded using a special light.

The End Result

Chicago Cosmetic Dentistry - Dr. Theodore Siegel Chicago Cosmetic Dentist Dr. Theodore Siegel is a member of the prestigious Academy of Gp Orthodontics.

The end result of this cosmetic dentistry procedure is a bright, straight, celebrity worthy smile. Depending on the type of veneers used and how careful you are, they can last up to 15 years before needing to be replaced.

Teeth that have had veneers applied don’t need any special care, aside from regular brushings and dental checkups, though tooth grinding, biting fingernails or chewing on ice or other hard objects can damage them.

Getting veneers at your cosmetic dentist in Chicago or elsewhere in the country means you’ll have a bright smile you can wait to show off.