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What Can Be Done for Tetracycline Stains?
How often are porcelain veneers recommended to rectify tetracycline stains? Will tooth shaping be necessary? What is the longevity of the tooth after veneers are put on?
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Tetracycline Stains
Tetracycline stains can be lightened overall by bleaching, but the stains are not removed. Some people are happy and satisfied with this level of improvement, others are not. Porcelain veneers will cover tetracycline stains and will probably give the best results. Some tooth reduction will be necessary to allow for enough thickness of porcelain to cover the stain. Porcelain veneers can last ten or twenty years when properly done and cared for, but it's realistic to expect that they will...
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Porcelain Veneers Great For Tetracycline Stains
Without question, porcelain veneers are the best long term solution or tetracycline stains. Unfortunately, teeth bleaching does not work well at all for these stains, because they are intrinsic (deep stains). Porcelain veneers can be done and in visits and will dramatically change your smile. The veneers are bonded to the teeth and the long term prognosis after this treatment is completed is excellent. Remember, these cases can be tricky and should be done by a dentist...
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Treating tetracycline staining
When teeth have tetracycline staining you can try whitening with a product like KoR whitening which is geared for dark stained teeth but the success will be defined by the expectations of the patient. If whitening is not an option then you would probably benefit from porcelain veneers. Because you state that you have tetracycline stains the tooth would have to be prepared a little heavier to hide the dark color from showing through the veneer.
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Can tetracycline stains be removed
You can try bleaching , whitening, there are many methods. in my profile photos, I soon will have a great before after photo. However depending on the extent of the stain, the best result are achieved with porcelain veneers.
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Tetracycline stains are best handled by porcelain veneers
There are a few methods to whiten teeth affected by tetracycline, but "success" is only defined by the satisfaction of the patient. Most cases are only successful after porcelain veneers, as most cases desire perfectly white teeth.
If the teeth are perfectly straight, then very minimal shaping of the teeth is needed for veneers if the teeth are not stained. Stained teeth need a bit more bulk to block out the stains, so the teeth need an average of an additional 0.5...
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What can be done for Tetracyline stains
Long term whitening can help. This usually involves custom fitte trays with reservoirs for the whitening material. It may take a few weeks and in some extreme cases a few months of wear. Usually an hour a day up to 8 hours sleep. The one hour in office system can be an adjunct or a quick start but cannot replace the longer duration trays. In my experience the best system to do this is the Kor whitening system that uses refrigerated bleach to maximize the potency. The other...
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