Veneers

I think they look amazing. We are our own worst critics. I nitpicked every last detail about my veneers, and even now I think they could be better, but when I'm feeling bad, I just look at a before picture of my smile and see how much better I look now. My only REAL regret is that I let the Dr office convince me not to go whiter. I'm older and they told me that the shade I was getting was already whiter than naturally white, I just wasn't able to see it because my natural color was bleeding through the temps. They told me if I went any "whiter" it would look completely unnatural on someone in their 50's and scream veneers/fake teeth... I thought they would know best, and with their experience and concern, I was already pushing the "white" line so I trusted their judgment. I'm disappointed. While I didn't want the neon white teeth you see on some celebrities, I did want a bright white healthy-looking smile, the kind of white that stands out without looking fake, that has that "fresh from the dentist" shine, glossy... I thought they were okay, but not really as white as I wanted, but it really stood out how "not bright white" they were when I had my picture taken with my 21 year old granddaughter that hadn't been to the dentist in 2 years, her teeth are probably at least 4 shades or more whiter than mine NATURALLY. I get that she is young, but next to her my teeth almost had a dull beige look. After spending over 10k, that was not what I expected. I have a 65 year old friend with a bright white smile, and I don't look at her pictures and think it screams "fake teeth" I think it screams "She looks beautiful, youthful" To me, she just looks like she gets her teeth whitened, like so many people do these days. I kinda feel duped about being told that my color was already out of the range of natural colors, as I already know my granddaughter has not had any whitening done and her teeth and much whiter than mine. By the way, for those who asked, the original poster, just as an example, mine were lab made veneers, and they averaged about 1500 per tooth. Not Cheap.

My dentist gave me time to adjust my temporaries until I liked them. From then, it took time for the lab to craft the porcelain veneers (3 weeks). While long and excruciating, I was very happy that I was able to take my time to make sure I got EXACTLY what I wanted.

I would be very concerned about that. I tell our patients to expect 3-4 months for the entire process from the time we take initial records until the time we place the final restorations. But that's also probably why we have near 100% patient satisfaction. We take a lot of steps to ensure a perfect result. I would ask how the lab knows what the final results will look like. I would say 95% of the time the answer is they don't have any idea. It is left entirely to the lab technicians discretion.

Thanks!

Two days total downtime. One day for the prep and another a few weeks later for the "install".