Process of Porcelain Veneers

A detailed planning is the key to success in every case. The process of a smile design starts with a consultation and a complete dental evaluation, exclusively booked for you. An extensive aesthetic analysis of your smile is done during this appointment along with understanding your expectations from a smilemakeover. During the smile makeover consultation process, Beverly Hills cosmetic dentist, Dr. Chirag Patel will review your personal cosmetic goals and recommend appropriate treatment options for porcelain veneers. A custom dental treatment plan is made especially to suit your facial aesthetics, smile and most importantly your personality. Same day all the dental records are taken to plan your smile design. This includes impressions or moldings of your teeth, smile pictures, radiographs of your teeth. Dr. Patel and team are always there to answer any questions.

During this appointment Dr. Chirag Patel uses his cosmetic dental expertise to prepare your teeth to receive porcelain dental veneers. All the teeth being worked on are cleaned of any debris and cavities. Once the teeth are buffed and prepared, a dental impression is taken of your teeth. This molding of your teeth allows us to custom fabricate your porcelain dental veneers based on your aesthetic goals. This technique gives us the best custom fit for your new porcelain dental veneers. Dr. Patel then uses his designing skills to give you temporary veneers to act as a mockup of your new smile. Depending upon whether you are a traveling patient or a local patient and cosmetic dentist Dr. Patel’s recommendations, you wear temporary veneers for 1-7 days before finalizing the final design of your porcelain veneers. Temporary veneers template will help us finalize final details for your porcelain veneers like length, shape, design and color. ​​​​​​​

Dr. Patel uses his years of experience to give you the best aesthetics along with a sound oral health and balanced function.

Temporary veneers designed and made by Dr. Patel based on your goals and consultation acts as a real life template for you to see how your final porcelain veneers can look like. After wearing them for about 1-7 days you meet with our team to discuss the final details of your porcelain veneers. Every detail including the color of veneers, length and shape of veneers are finalized after a thorough discussion with your cosmetic dentist Dr. Patel and team. Any changes if desired aesthetically or because of function can be mimicked on your temporary veneers

Your porcelain dental veneers are fabricated by our highly skilled master dental ceramist with finest details. Your temporary veneers that are made of acrylic or composite are removed from your teeth. Your teeth are then cleaned and your porcelain dental veneers are placed on your teeth to show you before they are permanently bonded to your teeth. After approval of aesthetics, porcelain veneers are meticulously prepared to be permanently bonded to your tooth with the highest quality dental materials in dentistry.

After the final placement of porcelain dental veneers with dental cement, we do a final follow up to make sure that you are comfortable with your new smile. We re-evaluate all functional aspects of your porcelain dental veneers so your final restorations can last you a lifetime . All the dental cement is removed completely and detailed post op instructions. We delivered a night guard or a retainer when required after dental veneers based on each case. This appointment is for the final touches to your new smile with porcelain veneers