I was searching on You Tube the other day and came across a video that said “what your orthodontist doesn’t want you to know”. Intrigued I sallied forth to watch said video. The video featured a very pretty young lady with, from what I could see, moderate crookedness of her teeth, especially the lower ones. She opted for veneers to cover her front teeth and is delighted with the result – so much so she is going to do the lowers next. Now whilst I believe there is a place for veneers (especially for worn or discoloured teeth), her teeth looked healthy and a good colour so I couldn’t fathom why she would go for at least 8 to 10 veneers on the top (they looked exactly the same colour as before) and would no doubt have at least 6 on the bottom. I hope her dentist has explained the burden of care she has opened herself up to.<\/p>\n
Many people are told that a tooth veneer is like a false nail – this implies it fits over the surface of the tooth, but do they realise that; 1\/2th-1 mm of the tooth needs to be drilled away to fit the veneer onto it; that porcelain can cause accelerated wear of teeth in the opposite jaw; that they will most likely need replacing at least once in their lifetime because they can become chipped or broken; and the cost of what she has done would no doubt have been much greater than straightening her teeth with braces.<\/p>\n
Treatment with braces would have preserved her healthy teeth, ok it takes longer but the only additional burden is having to wear a retainer for 1-2 nights per week indefinitely and these are much cheaper to replace than a mouth full of veneers. So should the question have been “what your cosmetic dentist doesn’t want you to know!?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was searching on You Tube the other day and came across a video that said “what your orthodontist doesn’t want you to know”. Intrigued I sallied forth to watch said video. The video featured a very pretty young lady with, from what I could see, moderate crookedness of her teeth, especially the lower ones. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n