Dental veneers or laminates are wafer-thin, custom-made shells of tooth-colored materials designed to cover the front surface of teeth to improve your appearance.
These shells are bonded to the front of the teeth for changing their color, shape, size, or length. Dental veneers can be made from porcelain or from resin composite materials. There are other materials also available like thineers,lumineers and componeers.
This requires minimal tooth preparation. This can be used in areas which require minimum retention and abutment is healthy.
They are used in case of discolourations due to fluorosis, tetracycline stains etc., corrections of enamel hypoplasia, hypocalcifications, diastema closures, improve the alignment, aesthetics of anterior teeth.These are one of the widely used method in Aesthetic Dentistry.