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Porcelain Veneers
Life Changing...
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The laboratory
and technical aspects of Cosmetic Dentistry
We know that all dentists are not created equally; we
have seen the bad veneer makeovers glowing in the dark (chicklet
teeth), and the dental crown smiles with black lines showing thru the
gums. Did you know that a big part of these dental nightmares is
determined by the ceramist that your dentist chooses to work with?
Dentists can use small "boutique" style ceramists that create each
tooth like a sculpture - or they can opt for a veneer from a national
chain type laboratory that spits veneers out of a machine for sometimes
90% less cost!
In 2002 I founded Oral Design Boston, a ceramics laboratory, on Newbury
street in Boston, MA with world- renowned ceramist Yasu Kawabe from
Japan. From importing rare porcelain vacuumed furnaces from Germany and
Hawaii, to testing microscopes and elaborate porcelain combinations - I
was involved extensively in developing the technical and laboratory
portion of high end porcelain veneer fabrication. Understanding and
managing every step in the process is vital to ensure superb porcelain
aesthetics when dealing with high-level cosmetic dentistry. Some of the
most published Cosmetic Dentists do not understand the technical aspect
of veneer fabrication and proper material specifications. Critical
information is frequently skipped or omitted in the dental veneering
process, simply because dentists have been able to "get by" without
truly understanding each and every step. This is just one of the many
aspects of cosmetic dentistry that people need to investigate when
choosing their cosmetic dentist - who is their dentist's ceramist, and
how involved is your dentist going to be in the laboratory process."
Truly beautiful veneers are interpreted as beautiful teeth. These
veneers are stealth to everyone's eyes and subconscious. The optical
properties of the porcelain are the key. When I write "optical
properties" what I am saying is - the way human eyes perceive light
reflecting and passing through the veneers.
Here are facts I must elaborate and simplify before I continue:
• White is actually the absence of color
• Something that is white is reflecting light back at the person
looking at it
• Conversely, black is absorbing all light and reflecting none
• All colors in between white and black absorb, and reflect light in
different amounts, giving that object a "color"
• A ceramic toilet, a piece of Chicklet gum. a white piece of paper,
and a white sock all reflect, scatter, and absorb light completely
differently - yet they are all white
So when we are creating porcelain veneers, we want to use a porcelain
that reflects light, in the same manner and degree as human enamel
reflects light. We also want the structure of the material (the lattice
work, framing, building blocks) of the veneer to be assembled similarly
to human enamel. Otherwise, even thought a material may be white, as we
see above; it doesn't necessarily mean it will look like a tooth.
Dentists have choices when they decide which technician will make your
porcelain veneers. Dentists can choose veneers milled by a machine from
a block of engineered solid glass Lucite. Or your dentist can choose
veneers made by hand, layer after layer, by a trained artists out of
feldspathic porcelain. There are many laboratories, material and
technicians. It is very important for you to understand this process so
you can be a part of the decision making when your dentist sends your
work to be fabricated.
Our process
We use hand stacked, feldspathic porcelain by Vincent
Devaud from Swizerland, and Gerald Ubassy from France. The type of
porcelain that we use for each patient is customized to match skin
tone, personality, and bone structure. |
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