Patients often contact The Dental Day Spa of Hawaii for a beautiful smile. However, most of the time the patient is not aware of what it will take to give them the beautiful smile they are looking for. The patient could have a variety of esthetic problems, decay old fillings, and misaligned teeth. The patient is unsure what it will take to solve these problems, is it bleaching composite veneers, porcelain veneers, crowns (caps), braces, or clear aligners. The variety today is vast. Porcelain veneers can solve many dental issues as well as give you a beautiful smile.

“A porcelain veneer is a very thin piece of porcelain which is bonded to the front sides, and edge of your natural tooth. The back of the tooth is not touched, leaving you with your own natural tooth structure. In comparison to a crown, where far more tooth is removed. When a tooth is prepared for a crown, it requires the tooth to be prepared all the way around the tooth in order to make room for the new crown to be cemented onto the tooth.

In contrast, Porcelain veneers are bonded to your natural tooth's enamel which is the strongest bond we have in dentistry today, and when done properly, veneers can last 20 years and more. Many of our patients have had their veneers more than 30 years and are still healthy and functioning just like natural teeth. There is no special way you need to care for your veneers they will function exactly like a natural tooth.