To veneer or not to veneer...

We have a patient who wanted to straightened her slightly crooked two front teeth without having to go through braces. Dr Lim suggested that she had a veneer done about 5 months ago but the patient kept putting off the appointment.

This patient comes back on Friday with only one front tooth veneered, which had to be thickened considerably in order to align with the other front tooth. Composite material was used as opposed to Dr Lim's preferred ceramic veneers.

Ceramic veneers are a superior choice for the following reasons:

• the colour palate is wider, making shade matching more accurate. This would give a more natural look to the veneered teeth.
• the colour is more stable when compared with composite, increasing it's lifespan.

Apparently, the patient did it at one quarter of Dr Lim's fees and as can be seen, yhou get what you pay for.

Well, patient is not happy with the look and feel of the result and that is why she returned to see Dr Lim to have the veneer redone on one front teeth and to add another veneer to the adjacent front tooth as originally suggested.

If you would like to see what veneers can do for you, make an appointment to see Dr Lim today.