After Removal of Gold Crowns Are Porcelain Veneers an Option or Only Porcelain Crowns?

A porcelain veneer has only minimal tooth preparation, always drilling away some of the enamel on the front side of the tooth, and sometimes a little off the top or sides.  Crowns require drilling on all five sides (top, back, front, left and right).  Thus, once a crown has been places a patient could only have another crown.  However if a porcelain veneer was placed first, if if that needed replacement for some reason (decay, tooth breakage), then either another porcelain veneer or a porcelain crown could be made to replace it.

You dentist was correct and in this era where appearance is so important, would recommend all porcelain  crowns rather than gold or porcelain fused to metal crowns.  Following your dentists advice, I'm sure you will be much more pleased with your husbands "new smile".

Once a tooth has had a crown, a veneer is no longer an option.  A veneers preparation of the tooth reduces a minimal amount of tooth structure on the front & biting surface, a crown on the other hand is reduced all around.  A full porcelain crown is a great way to achive a natural aesthetically pleasing smile since they look just as great as veneers do.

If your teeth have previously been restored with a crown, the tooth will always need a crown.  So in this case veneers are not an option.  However, with todays technology a porcelain crown will function and look just like a real tooth.