Dental Bonding and Porcelain Veneers - Atherton, Redwood City, San Mateo

Porcelain veneers and dental bonding allow nearly everyone to have a beautiful, youthful, healthy smile in only a few appointments. Cosmetic dentist David Love offers porcelain dental veneers to patients in Atherton and surrounding areas such as San Mateo and Redwood City to restore damaged teeth to their natural health and luster.

Porcelain Dental Veneers

Porcelain veneers, also called dental veneers, are thin ceramic shells that are used to resurface misaligned, discolored, or otherwise damaged teeth. These specialized dental veneers are custom crafted to mimic the color and surface texture of your teeth’s natural enamel. Porcelain veneers are bonded to the surface of teeth with modern adhesive material. Dental veneers can be used to rebuild fractured or broken down teeth and to enhance the appearance of your smile. Patients treated with dental veneers at our Atherton practice can have straighter, whiter teeth that are more perfectly proportioned to one another.

The preparation of teeth for dental veneers is more conservative than for crowns, since less tooth structure needs to be removed. During your first visit to our Atherton practice, the teeth are prepared and an impression is taken. Normally, only about 1/2 millimeter (about half the thickness of a dime) of enamel is reduced from the front and the edges of the teeth. An impression is taken and sent to the lab where the porcelain veneers are custom made to our specifications. Temporary dental veneers are placed over the teeth to help protect your teeth and to allow you to preview your smile. At the final appointment, the temporary dental veneers are removed and the final porcelain veneers are bonded over the prepared teeth.

We can help you achieve the perfect smile you have always wanted with porcelain veneers. If you live in the Redwood City, San Mateo, and Atherton areas, contact Dr. David Love today to schedule a consultation for dental veneers.

Dental Bonding

Dental bonding with state-of-the-art dental polymers can be done to repair damaged teeth, close gaps, and whiten teeth. With this technique, resin composite is added directly to the teeth in layers to give a natural appearance. The procedure can often be done in one appointment, depending on the number of teeth that are treated.

Dental bonding and porcelain veneers are fast and effective treatments for damaged or misaligned teeth. If you would like more information about dental bonding or porcelain veneers in the San Mateo, Redwood City, or Atherton area, contact David Love, DDS, today to schedule a consultation.