Gum disease is a bacterial infection and one of the symptoms is halitosis. It is not likely that the Lumineers caused this. As far as them breaking, it comes down to a few things, the material and the skill of the dentist. If a bite is not evaluated, the thin and weak Lumineer material will... more







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16 Jul 2009
Sorry,but problems No.1 and No.3 have nothing to do with Lumineers. These seem to be a periodontal (bone loss and gum problems), which should be taken care of by periodontal treatments prior to Lumineers placement. Problem No.2 is mostly a very unfortunate consequences of the fact that Lumineers are not strong -- theen porcelain. You can, probably get the same esthetic results with regular veneers.