Why I Try the Veneers On Before I Bond Anything

There's a step in my process I won't skip, and it happens right before the permanent bond. I put the finished porcelain veneers on your teeth and we look at them together, before they're bonded.

Trying On the Dress

It's the same idea as seeing a dress in the window. It looks great, but you don't really know until you put it on. So we fit you with it and let you look.

On the day the porcelain is ready, I remove your temporaries first, then do a detailed cleaning. I take each individual veneer and place it on its tooth, one at a time, to inspect that the fit is accurate. After I've verified every veneer individually, I place the entire set on your teeth at the same time, still not bonded, so I can make sure they all fit together as a team and we can look at the shape, size, and color together. That's the first moment I hand you a mirror.

Best Case and the Other Case

Best case scenario, you put it on, you love it, I love it, two thumbs up, and we bond it. So let me play devil's advocate. Say we put them on and one of us looks and thinks it needs to be refined, brighter, or a little smaller. Simple: they're not bonded on. We can send them back to the dental laboratory for a refinement.

That's the whole reason for the try-in. By the time we actually bond, you've seen exactly what you're getting and so have I. There's no guessing and no being assured after the fact, because you already know.

Then We Bond

Once we're both happy, the veneers go through sterilization and we do an additional disinfection on your teeth. Then comes the detailed bonding process, surface preparation on the tooth and the inside of the veneer, with the two connecting together. Afterward we clean up between the teeth to make sure there's no residual bonding material anywhere, and you're ready to smile.