Can Veneers Help to Push Lips out?

While veneers CAN help, the effect is usually minor.  If your teeth are retroclined or tilted, any change that would significantly affect the lips would require tremendously thick veneers.  Orthodontics are likely the only option in this situation.

Veneers that are inclined lingually (toward your tongue) don't offer lip support

By building out the facial dimension (front) of your teeth with veneers you can get a fullness to your lips.  

I have several patients that have reported this benefit AFTER getting veneer

You're probably going to need 8 veneers to build out the facial and buccal corridor of your smile though

There is a possibility that porcelain veneers can build your lip profile out.  It is hard to answer this without seeing you or with photos, however, you did say your teeth are inclined inwards.

This being said veneers on the upper arch may be able to improve the lip profile.  If both the upper and lower teeth are inclined inwards then the lowers will most likely not have an effect on the lip unless your bite is overclosed. 

One way to see if veneers will help your situation is to find an excellent esthetic dentist who is willing to take diagnostic models of your teeth and do what we call a wax up.  From this wax up he should be able to make some 5 minute temporary veneers to show you what can be done in the mouth.  You should be able to view this and see if it gives you the improvement you would like.  Additionally, modifications can be made with this mock up as well.

Hope this helps.

 

Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF