Porcelain veneers are also called dental veneers or porcelain laminates. The use of porcelain veneers has increased significantly in recent years. Porcelain veneers address problems such as diastemas, discolorations, tetracycline stains, fractured teeth and incisal wear.
Porcelain veneers offer numerous advantages over direct resin bondings, inluding chromatic stability and wear resistance. Acrylic veneers tend to discolor and develop surface stains over time. As opposed to porcelain veneers, composte veneers undergo surface abrasion and softening caused by solvents that are present in some mouth rinses, tooth pastes, and alcoholic beverages.
Porcelain veneers can also serve as valid alternatives to all-ceramic crowns and thus can avoid significant tooth reduction. The use of porcelain veneers is without a doubt strictly linked to the development of adhesive luting systems.
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Porcelain Veneers


Porcelain veneers are bonded to tooth structure. They are the most important tool for cosmetic dentists. Studies have shown that etched and silanated porcelain, in combination with resin cement, has excellent bond strength and resistance to fracture. Etched porcelains bonded with a composite resin adhesive have the strength necessary to hold veneers permanently in place.

The development of new adhesion techniques and porcelains have enabled the cosmetic dentist to successfully adhere dissimilar materials to each other. The bonding between a porcelain veneer and the tooth is often so strong that a trauma fractures the tooth and not the interface at the porcelain.
For more information please go to our clinical porcelain veneer page.

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