Lumineers (Processed Composite)
The newest form of esthetic dentistry involves bonding ultra-thin porcelain veneers, generally without anesthetic, to unprepared or lightly prepared teeth. This has been made possible because of a new innovation in dental materials.
LUMINEERS BY CERINATE is a cosmetic solution for permanently stained, chipped, discolored and misaligned teeth. It may even be used to revitalize old crowns and bridgework.
LUMINEERS are a porcelain veneer that can be made as thin as a contact lens and are placed over existing teeth, most of the time without requiring the removal of sensitive tooth structure.
The above teeth show severe
tetracycline stain. Note that the veneers not only mask the original color of the teeth, but are used to make the teeth appear longer as well. In this case, eight upper teeth were veneered as well as eight lower teeth. It is often necessary to place veneers on more than just the front six teeth because otherwise, the "smile" would not be wide enough. The veneers may be ordered in varying degrees of opacity. In this case, relatively opaque veneers were chosen to mask out the unattractive color of the underlying tooth structure.
