Veneers

Our ultra-thin veneers create flawless smiles.

Like false fingernails for your teeth, veneers are extremely thin layers of porcelain that are bonded to the front of your teeth. They can be used to cover up imperfections, make your teeth whiter and give them a perfect shape. Once bonded to your teeth, veneers are unbelievably strong, resulting in a beautiful and long-lasting smile.

Why use veneers?

With a totally flawless result, veneers are able to produce that ‘Hollywood smile’ and can be used in the following cases:

• To cover badly stained teeth that can’t be whitened
• To cover chipped, broken or worn teeth
• To close gaps between teeth

In some cases, veneers can be used to cover lightly crooked teeth, producing a much more instant visual result than braces would.

The benefits of using Durathin veneers

K2 Dental is one of the few practices in the UK to offer the revolutionary Durathin veneers. Traditional veneers require prepping of the tooth: an irreversible process during which healthy enamel is removed. The new Durathin veneers require no such prepping and should they ever need to be removed, your teeth would still be totally intact. Custom-made of ultra-thin porcelain, these new veneers can offer a great colour and shape match to your existing teeth for a totally natural smile.

The veneers process

Placing veneers usually only takes three visits:

Visit 1:
After discussing how you would like your smile to look, we’ll take x-rays and images of your teeth as they are and perform health checks on your teeth and gums. This helps us to determine your options. In most cases, we’ll carry out a diagnostic wax-up so you can trial your veneers prior to going ahead with the definitive treatment.

Visit 2:
During this visit, we’ll take moulds of your teeth, discuss colours and shapes and then use all this information to custom-make your veneers at our in-house lab.  

Visit 3:
During the final visit, we bond your new veneers to your teeth and you walk out with a new, natural smile!

Veneers FAQs

• Q: How long do veneers last?
  Because they are very strong, they can last 10-15 years.
• Q: Do veneers look fake?
  Thanks to advances in dental technology, our porcelain veneers look very natural. Made of an ultra-thin, almost translucent material, they can perfectly imitate real enamel. Because we custom-make veneers in our lab, we can work from ‘the real thing’ to get a perfect colour match with your existing teeth too.

Get that Hollywood smile you’ve always dreamed of and give us a call today to talk about veneers for you...