Composite Veneers vs Porcelain 👄 Which One is Better 🤔

Welcome to The Aging Games, and in this video, I am going to discuss about composite veneers and porcelain veneers, the difference between the two and advantages and disadvantages of these two types of veneers. A beautiful smile is one of the principal components of beauty. The appearance of your teeth has a remarkable effect on your self-esteem and confidence. At the same time, it makes you look more attractive and younger. Veneer is a name for a layer of material that a dentist places over a person’s tooth. The main purpose of veneers is to improve the aesthetics of a smile. However, they are also good at protecting teeth from damage, like chipping, for example. There are two main types of material used to make a veneer – composite and dental porcelain. ▶️ Composite Veneers: Composite veneers are made from resin and are fixed, on the outer surface of the tooth. Modern composite materials can provide a life-like, beautiful appearance that is non-destructive to the tooth structure and can last for a long time. ▶️ Porcelain Veneers: Porcelain veneers are basically thin slices of porcelain that a dentist sticks to the outer surface of the patient’s tooth. Porcelain veneers create a very life-like and natural tooth appearance. The translucent properties of the porcelain allow the veneers to mimic the light handling characteristics of enamel giving it a sense of depth. Porcelain veneers are used to recreate the natural look of teeth, while also providing strength and resilience comparable to natural tooth enamel. ▶️ Composite vs Porcelain veneers: • Porcelain veneers resist everyday staining from cigarette smoking, tea, coffee, red wine and other dark or richly colored liquids or spices, unlike Composite veneers which can discolor and stain over time. Although with modern materials this is minimal. • Porcelain veneers cannot be repaired. If they break porcelain veneers must be replaced, whereas Composite veneers can be repaired by your dentist in one visit. • Porcelain veneers are durable and can last for many years, usually 10-15 years, if you take good care of them using a good oral hygiene home care routine. Composite veneers will need to be refreshed or replaced more frequently, as the resin material used is not as strong as porcelain. • Porcelain veneers are more expensive than composite veneers, they require a dental laboratory to make them and therefore cost more. • Porcelain veneers are made in a dental laboratory and therefore require at least two visits to prepare and fit the veneers. Composite resin veneers are accomplished in one visit and are made chair side by a dentist. • Porcelain Veneers require removal of some of the tooth surface, once a tooth has been prepared for a veneer that tooth structure has been damaged and the preparation to the tooth is irreversible. Composite veneers bond directly on to the tooth surface and are therefore not damaging or destructive to the tooth at all.