Dental veneers are thin shells that are bonded to the front of teeth to improve their appearance. There are two main types: porcelain veneers, which are wafer thin porcelain shells made by a technician to match the patient's teeth, and composite resin veneers, which are made and applied directly by the dentist. Veneers can transform stained, cracked, or misshapen teeth into a bright new smile and last for many years when properly cared for. The cost depends on location, dentist experience, and laboratory quality.

1. Dental Veneers and Different Types
Having missing teeth or gaps between the teeth can be embarrassing. People with stained or
gapped teeth often feel unwilling to talk or smile in public due to inferiority complex
attached to imperfect teeth.
Dental veneers are a brilliant cosmetic dental option that can bring beauty and strength to
your deteriorated teeth more quickly and easily.
What is a Veneer?
A veneer, also referred to as a laminate, is a custom-designed fine shell of ceramic porcelain
or composite resin that fits over the front surface of a tooth to restore its shape, size or
colour. Dental veneers, usually made out of tooth-like ceramic substance, are used to
correct such imperfections in teeth as stain, crack, or chip. Veneers are an effective option
for aging patients with unsightly or worn dentition.

2. Veneers are tailored to exactly match the size and shape of your tooth. They are also given a
colour that matches exactly the rest of your existing teeth. The shade, shape, and size of the
veneer are normally prepared by a lab technician and delivered to the cosmetic dentist for
placing over the patient's tooth.
Unlike other cosmetic and restorative dental works like dental implants, veneers do not
require removal of the damaged tooth or insertion of metal posts into the jaw bone for
anchorage. A dental veneer works with the existing tooth, and is simply bonded to the front
side of your teeth. It's a completely tooth-borne procedure, so no drilling and no adhesives
are required.
Types
There are a variety of different veneer types available in the market today. But the two most
common types are porcelain and composite.
Porcelain veneers are small, wafer-thin pieces of porcelain that lay over the surface of your
teeth, transforming the misshapen, chipped, crooked, stained or badly worn dentition into a
brand new, straight, radiant smile.
Porcelain veneer process is not very technical. After a complete evaluation of your dentition,
your cosmetic dentist will take an impression of your teeth and then sends it to a technician
in a lab to have the veneer fabricated.
The most obvious advantage of applying porcelain dental veneer is that it provides patients
with bright, straight, and ordinary looking smiles easily and painlessly by placing glass like
ceramic porcelain on the tooth surface.
Composite resin is another material that is used for making cosmetic dental veneer.
Composite resin comes in the same colour as your natural teeth. This type of dental veneers
does not involve taking a patient's teeth impressions, and are not made by a lab technician.
The dentist will shave the tooth enamel and then apply the resin material to the surface
himself. These veneers can be repaired easily.
Composite veneers are thicker compared to the porcelain ones and generally less expensive
than its porcelain counterpart.
Veneers are actually fragile until they are bonded or cemented to the teeth. Once cemented
effectively, they will become as strong as or even stronger than your real, healthy teeth. The
wafer slim veneers are extremely stronger and never or in a rare case become broken or
chipped. With the firmly installed veneers, you can enjoy your all new smile and self-
confidence. If taken proper care of them, veneers can last for many years to come.
Besides the type of material that veneers are made from, the overall cost of veneers also
depends on the country where you live, the location of the clinic you choose to have the
procedure, the qualification of your dentist, and the quality of the laboratory and the skill

3. level of the technician who will fabricate the veneers using your impressions of your
dentition.