Are porcelain veneers painful to get attached?

After over 25 years of experience doing Cosmetic Dentistry I can say with certainty, there will be no pain while the Veneers are prepared or placed!  There can be however some minor sensitivity during the temporary phase and even after the final restorations are placed.  If you experience some... more

If the process hurt or was painful, then perhaps something was amis.  We are talking surgery, so there CAN be some minor discomfort, but most of the time patients remark about how uneventful the process was. The key, as shared earlier, is experience.  An experienced cosmetic dentist will have... more

I have seen some of this media coverage you are talking about. I have been successfully performing smile makeovers using porcelain veneers for a decade and have yet to have a patient who felt the process was painful (during or after treatment). If you're going to have porcelain veneers placed, make... more

The placement of veneers should not be painful. During the procedure, typically the patient is anesthetized and in some cases our patients request nitrous oxide. While the teeth are being prepared for veneers there should be no pain or discomfort at all. Shortly after the procedure our patients are given a... more