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Choosing a prosthodontist like Dr. Xiao Chun Li for your veneer treatment is a direct investment in your results. She's incredibly detail-oriented and will work carefully to ensure your veneers look as lifelike as possible. Our patients also appreciate that our prosthodontists are with them every step of the way, from planning to placement to repairs.
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Veneers is one type
of ceramic restoration,
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one of the method that's employed
to improve the aesthetics,
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improve the smile of someone.
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They are made very thin,
they're very conservative.
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When we use veneer
as a method of treatment,
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they allow us to preserve large amount
of natural tooth structure,
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so patient can gain a beautiful smile
without having to compromise
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the health of their teeth.
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Some of them can be made chair-side.
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A lot of people call them bondings.
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They're actually still composite veneers
that are made directly.
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While I am present, they're custom-made,
they're manually crafted by the dentist.
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As a prosthodontist,
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I'm very detail-oriented,
so those are all going to be custom-fitted
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to each individual patient
with the nuance and details
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of their natural teeth.
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A good candidate for a veneer
could be someone
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who just has some dissatisfaction
with their smile.
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It could be someone
who doesn't like the rotation
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of their teeth,
somebody who has been considering
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orthodontics but was not able
to go through the process.
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They want to use veneer
to hide some of the imperfection,
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some of the minor discrepancies
among the teeth,
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who wants to gain more symmetry,
who wants to have wider teeth,
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brighter smile.
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These are all patients
who can be candidates
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for this type of treatment.
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I wouldn't say veneers
are a permanent solution.
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They are like any
of those manmade material.
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One day, they will fail, unfortunately.
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I wish I can say that they never fail,
but that's not the reality.
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When they're properly made,
they can last you a long time.
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When you need some replacement,
usually it's not all of them.
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It can be just one unit, small change,
small replacement of one of them,
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or it can be repaired sometimes,
it can be polished sometimes.
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There will be maintenance work needed,
but I am here to help you.
