I have porcelain veneers (4) top and a few crowns - can I an electric toothbrush? The rotary type. Last dentist said try it and see what happens. This new dentist said - if you want to - it is up to you. But no one can answer my question which is Can I? Will it loosen the venners or crowns by the rotating and vibration?? My husband says they may come out. Help? I don't want them to come off? I take such good care I never bite into anything.
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Sometimes it's just semantics - a veneer is usually just the front part of a tooth, but often needs to have the tooth preparation over the biting edge of the tooth and possibly even slightly between the teeth. A crown is really just extending the same preparation around the inside of the...
Preparing veneers are minimally invasive but still traumatic to teeth and soft tissue. If your swelling is very noticeable and painful, the procedure may have woken up a sleepy monster! Any one of your teeth could have had dormant issues. Call your dentist and ask him/her to see you ASAP.
It seems to me that the looks of the temporaries has discouraged you to a point of regret;. You have already committed yourself in doing veneers. Veneers give you amazing results if done by a good cosmetic dentist .Veneers do not require a lot reduction, and if you had decay, it sounds to me...
