Toronto Dentist Dr. Stephen Phelan

A Porcelain Veneer Treatment Photographic Journal

Porcelain Veneers

Oakville Ontario Cosmetic Dentist Porcelain Veneers are one of the most beautiful and conservative treatment options we have to offer patients. This photographic journal will walk you thru the treatment process for a porcelain veneer case treated by Dr. Stephen Phelan and illustrate some additional cases treated in our office.

Diagnostic Records

Full Mouth Rehabilitation Oakville Ontario The first step to create an excellent esthetic result is to have a complete exam along with the necessary diagnostic records. These records may include models and bite records of your teeth as well as a detailed series of digital photographs. It is also very important to have a discussion with Dr. Phelan and explain the goals and desires you have for your new smile.

Diagnostic Wax-Up

Toronto Cosmetic Dentist The master dental ceramist will take all the records and information from Dr. Phelan and create the smile you desire in wax on your models. This diagnostic wax-up is then used as a guide to prepare your teeth for the porcelain veneers as conservatively as possible and to create the prototype or temporary restorations.

Tooth Preparations

Full Mouth Rehabilitation Oakville The tooth preparations are completed with the aid of a putty matrix guide created from the diagnostic wax-up. The teeth are usually prepared so that only a very small amount of enamel is removed to create room for your veneers and prevent your veneers from becoming too bulky looking. In most cases we only remove 0.5 mm of enamel.

Prototype Restorations

Oakville Cosmetic Dentist The prototype or temporary restorations are created to test out your new smile before it is crafted in porcelain. The prototypes are created using the diagnostic wax-up and Dr. Phelan likes you to try them out for a few days before we send the final approval to the master dental ceramist to use these as a guide for the final porcelain veneers.

Master Lab Work

Full Mouth Rehabilitation Oakville The master dental ceramist will custom craft your porcelain veneers on the models of your tooth preparations. These porcelain veneers are created using the prototype restorations as a guide and will improve the esthetics created by them. Notice all the detail that has been created in porcelain including the small amount of translucency on the edge of the veneers to make them look more natural.

Final Porcelain Veneers

The custom crafted porcelain veneers are precisely bonded to your teeth by Dr. Phelan using a dental microscope. It is very important to have the veneers and any bonded cement carefully cleaned and finished using the microscope so that gum tissue will respond favorably and have excellent tissue health.

Dr. Stephen Phelan

Oakville Ontario cosmetic dentistry Dr. Stephen Phelan is an accredited member of the american academy of cosmetic dentistry and is the author of a number of articles that teach techniques in esthetic dentistry. He is a highly sought after educator on the subjects of cosmetic and implant dentistry and has developed a training DVD series to teach dentists the art of creating excellent porcelain veneers.

Toronto Dentist Dr. Stephen Phelan A Porcelain Veneer Treatment Photographic Journal