These offer a life-like finish to the tooth. These are mainly used for discoloured teeth, especially for the front/anterior teeth,fractured teeth and to the teeth which are slightly crooked and to laminate the rootcanal treated front teeth.The advantage of this technique is onlya little amount of the tooth is trimmed unlike for crowns or caps.It is a two sitting treatment. In the first sitting, trimming work and measurements are taken. The models are sent to the the dental labs to fabricate the veneers. In the second siiting the veneers are plced on the trimmed teeth surfaces and cemented with appropriate cement.

Crown & Bridge

Crown is a type of restoring the tooth stucture.

Crown is advised when the tooth under goes root canal treatment to prevent the fracture of the treated tooth or when the filling of the tooth is not possible, because of loss of tooth structure or because of wide cavities where the filiings will not stay for longer time.

Bridge is nothing but fixed type of partial dentures and which is fixed by taking the support of the neighbouring sound teeth. It is made up of more than two crowns.

The crowns/bridges are fixed over the trimmed teeth.

Different types of crowns are available.

1. Metal crowns ( White or golden colour)

2. Ceramic crowns ( Porcelain )

Metal crowns are cost effective , but does’nt match with the tooth colour and is not long lasting.

Ceramic crowns are slightly expensive, but cosmetically very good and long lasting because it almost matches with the strength of the tooth.