Dental Veneers in Singapore

Some important steps in our process that help you achieve ideal colour, alignment and shape are:

• Creating a plan using a 3D representation of your teeth.
• Use of temporary veneers to trial out your preferences in colour and overall appearance (position of veneer and shape of veneers) 
• Using colour-stable cement to ensure colour uniformity over time
• Ensuring proper placement and alignment before fixing the veneer in place

Initial Consultation and Digital Scanning

Your journey to a new smile begins with an initial consultation, where we create a 3D representation of your teeth, which is essential for designing your custom veneers that fit your dental structure.

Choosing A Natural-Looking Veneer Colour

Next, a key step in our process is the placement of temporary veneers if necessary. This allows us to find the most suitable colour for your veneers. 

If you judged your preferences in our clinic, it’ll give you a limited view of how your veneer would look in other environments. Most clinics use soft white lighting, which biases your perception towards a more soft white look. 

You will perceive your veneer’s colour differently when you’re in the sun, in the shade, in an office building with fluorescent lighting or at home with your lighting setup.

Since colour perception varies from person to person, and location to location, we like to start with a lighter shade and see what you think. If it doesn’t work for you, we move one level up in tint.

Through this trial process, you can gather information about your preferences and this helps you narrow down your preferred colour.

We Use A Colour-Stable Cement

When you return for the second meeting, that’s when we implement the permanent veneer with the colour that you have chosen.

The next variable involves the cement used. There are fundamentally two types: one that cures when we shine a light on it (light-cure) and another that sets from the moment we mix it together (dual-cure).

We almost always use light-cure cement in veneers because they are more colour stable over time. This means it does not go grey or yellow as easily as dual-cure cement. Therefore, over the veneers’ lifespan, you will see much better colour consistency between the cement and the veneer.

Creating Harmony In Alignment And Shape

So far, we’ve talked a lot about colour, but remember there are two other elements to creating a natural-looking set of veneers: alignment and shape.

We’ve determined the ideal shape of your veneers in our first meeting, when we did the scan of your teeth. 

The biggest change we can do at the second meeting involves alignment, and light-cure cement also allows us to position your veneer without the pressure of time because this cement requires light to cure it. 

At this juncture, we are paying attention to how your veneers sit with other parts of your teeth. 
– Do they match up with your natural teeth? 
– Is there harmony and consistency in the lines?

Light-cure cement allows us to check for alignment consistency. Once we’ve confirmed that it’s OK, we will shine a light that sets the cement.

So, this shows our methodology to create natural-looking veneers for the next 10 – 15 years of your veneer’s lifespan. It all goes back to the fundamental principle of creating harmony in colour, shape and alignment.

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