Same Day Dental Veneers Vs. Lab Made Veneers

Same day veneers CAN look ok, but often look fake. Many steps are involved to make veneers look natural (fine tuning with provisionals, layering porcelains, etc). If the goal is simply to be done quickly, then same day would work. If you want the best, more time is needed.

Lab Made Veneers are customized to your mouth. They look better and are made of porcelain that has been sculpted by a dental technician. 

The other advantage to lab made veneers is that there is a temporary or provisional phase where you can "test drive" your new smile. Any changes that you want can be made before the final veneers are fabricated.

Same Day Veneers (if made from porcelain) are made on a CAD/CAM machine that makes porcelain in the dentist's office. These are usually made from a block of porcelain that is one color. The problem is that teeth, especially front teeth, have multiple shades and colors. To make same day veneers not look like a one color block, the dentist needs to stain the veneers in the office.

At the end of the day Lab Made Veneers almost always look better. The only advantage of Same Day Veneers if the single appointment. 

The options available today are remarkable.  While proper planning is important, i have personally done hundreds of same day CEREC veneers with remarkable outcomes. Today, the blocks have built in color, and can be further customized with cutback of the porcelain or staining.  There need not be  an esthetic compromise with a same day approach.  It does make for a long day.

Some patients need a provisional phase.  i recommend this for very large changes.  For smaller cases, CEREC same day dentistry is a very predictable and beautiful option. 

If you want to consider same day veneers, look for a dentist with a lot of CEREC experience, who will customize the outcome to meet your needs.

Depth of color, shine, iridescence, and natural appearance are always better with lab veneers. But of course it a dentist can only advise you, a patient will always be given the choice and displayed their options.

All dental veneers are custom fabricated to fit individual teeth regardless if they are made same day or are made over a longer period of time. All dental veneers are fabricated in a laboratory to fit molds of each individual patient’s teeth.
Without proper information the laboratory cannot fabricate veneers that are functional and esthetically pleasing. Each mouth is different and every smile has to be individualized as such.
In order to get the best results from a smile makeover, the temporary phase is extremely important. We call this period the “Dress rehearsal”. The temporary veneers can be adjusted and custom shaped while they are in the patients mouth to ensure they are beautiful for the individual patient.
Once our patients are happy with the esthetics, the temporaries are made into a mold that is used as a template for the fabrication of the permanent veneers. Along with photographs the models of the temporaries are crucial to the success of the final restorations.