Smile Dental Blog

November 30, 2009

Christmas Whitening Offer

Christmas Whitening Offer

 

 

Smile Design Dental Practice in Wendover, Buckinghamshire are pleased to offer gift vouchers for whitening treatments.

The price of the whitening treatments has been reduced so that the vouchers can be brought as Christmas gifts for your loved ones or to give yourself a treat.

 Home whitening                                              Offer price £199            usually £250

In-surgery whitening                                     Offer price £349            usually £450

In-surgery + home whitening kit              Offer price £548             usually £700

 Vouchers can be purchased over the phone with a credit or debit card or in person at the reception desk.

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas.

November 17, 2009

LUMINEERS VS VENEERS

LUMINEERS VS VENEERS

  •      Veneers and Lumineers are both made of porcelain   
  •     Veneers and Lumineers are thin laminates that are fixed over a tooth
  •     The preparation for both of them is within enamel
  •     Both types of restorations are non reversible
  •     Veneers and Lumineers are both made at a laboratory
  •     Lumineers are marketed to dentists and the public as veneers that don’t need any removal of the enamel
  •     Veneers can also be placed without removal of enamel
  •     Removal of enamel allows more varied uses of veneers
  •     The final result of treatment is more refined with veneers

lumineers

In short, Lumineers are a brand of veneers that have been marketed heavily to the public. Cosmetic dentistry is a skill that needs to be acquired by the dentist through study and experience. Treatments need to be tailored to the individual and sometimes a combination of restorations is necessary to create a beautiful smile. For a good result with Lumineers teeth should ideally be straight or only slightly imbricated and there should be no bite problems. Lumineers are extremely thin so colour changes are limited.

Success of any case depends on the skill of the dentist to recognise the needs of the patient and execute the case in the correct way using skilled technicians to fabricate the restorations. If teeth can be improved with as little preparation to the tooth as possible, this is always preferable. Veneers and Lumineers when used in the correct situations will produce great results.

VENEERS BEFORE AND AFTER

Veneers before and after 

LUMINEERS BEFORE AND AFTER

Lumineers before and after 

Please view Dr Suri’s photo gallery on the main site to see more

before and after pictures.

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