Basically, a veneer is a (usually thin) layer of something attractive and/or expensive used to cover the surface of something less attractive but cheaper; such as a mahogany veneer on the outside of a cabinet made from fiberboard. In its practical sense, the outer (veneer) covering can be almost anything covering up almost anything else.
Veneer is also used figuratively to describe something that cloaks the true identity of what is the reality beneath. When we say that someone has “a veneer of sophistication”, we are not quiet insulting them but we are implying that they may appear to be sophisticated but are probably not.
You Can Have Your Teeth Covered by a Veneer
Just as you would hide a dull, stained or damaged table top under a layer of veneer, it is now possible to do the same with your teeth.
Despite regular dental checkups and good dental hygiene, it is quiet common for us to feel that there is something wrong with the appearance of our teeth. Maybe it’s their color or maybe some of them have become a little chipped? Whatever the reason, we wish that we could hide the blemishes from view; in which case, we are, actually, thinking along the same lines as someone about to hide wood blemishes with veneer and, today, we can do exactly that to our teeth.
Getting Your Teeth Veneered
Our teeth are nothing but hard bony structures created by our body and coated with a type of enamel for protection. This enamel can be duplicated by turning mineral clay into a type of ceramic material known as porcelain. If this porcelain is made thin and in the right shape and color, it can be used as a veneer to fix in place over the visible front of an unsightly tooth or teeth.
The fabrication, coloring and fixing of these tooth veneers is, obviously, a highly specialized craft and cosmetic dentists such as Veneers Charleston WV will include this “art” amongst the methods available to their patients who desire to improve the appearance of their teeth.
Having Veneers Charleston WV apply such a treatment to your teeth will not give you a lifetime of perfect teeth but it does provide a relatively long term solution. Once bonded in position, your new tooth veneer will have all the strength and appearance of a healthy white tooth and, barring accident or decay of the actual tooth, it could stay that way for well over a decade.
The fully qualified dental practitioners at Shalhoup & Feola Family & Cosmetic Dentistry can not only cure the proverbial toothache but they are also well versed in all aspects of modern cosmetic dentistry and can recommend what will be best for your, individual, circumstances.
