Hybrid LR™ Veneer System

This in many cases is the most important step, the preplanning that goes into finding out what our patient really wants to accomplish. Do you want to straighten teeth, close spaces, whiten or eliminate crowding?

We take pictures, cosmetically image your case to show you different looks. We will show you power point presentations of numerous cases to show you different looks that may be suitable for you.

Our entire cosmetic team by the end of your consultation will now know what you want to accomplish. We will then draw up a dental plan to make sure we deliver what you want.

We will first take impressions of your teeth with detailed instructions on what you want to accomplish. This includes length and anatomy.

Now this is where the technology of our digital laboratory shines. We laser scan your impressions and do a 100% digital design of your new smile, not a hand wax up for your blue print. There’s a dramatic difference. With digital design we are designing in millimeters so we can achieve levels of design precision that we could never do with hand wax ups.

After the digital design is finished we then print a 3D model to be used as the blueprint to make your temporaries. The hours of design work to do this 3D mock up is saved to be used when we fabricate your case.

This is a comfortable procedure that usually takes around two and ½ hours for 6-8 veneer preps. Beware of practices promising no prep or little prep veneers if you demand outstanding esthetics. If you want a highly skilled ceramist to spend hours hand layering your veneers you have to give the ceramist enough reduction to do this. These restorations have the translucency and look of natural teeth.

On no prep or ultra thin veneers they cannot be hand layered and can only be surface stained. The esthetics don’t compare to hand layered veneers. Also, on patients with darker teeth they are so thin they cannot mask the dark substructure under the veneers so opaque cements make the whole veneer opaque which does not look natural. We call it the Chiclet look.

If someone is suggesting no prep veneers ask to see six or seven actual cases they have done and then decide if this is good enough for you.

After finishing prepping your teeth this is when we use the digital mock up. We use this digital mock up to fabricate your custom temporaries. If you like your temporaries you will love your actual case because it will be milled on the actual digital data we designed the mock up with. No guess work, total precision design and milling. If you want changes to your temporary we do this chairside and send photographs to our design to reflect changes you want. No guess work.

This is the appointment where all the preplanning comes to fruition. We remake the temporaries and place your hand layered veneers. We never insert until you have seen them and approve.

We then bond restorations and check your bite, you are done! Enjoy your beautiful new smile with your new Hybrid LF™ Veneers.