Porcelain veneers can mask gaps between anterior incisors, but they must be designed by a professional dentist and custom-made. Otherwise, the procedure would be turn out to be a failure due to the unnatural color and poor adhesion of the veneers.

Compared with resin veneers, porcelain veneers are more glossy and aesthetic. If the incisor gap is large, and you do not want to receive orthodontics, porcelain veneers are your good option to close the gap.

How long does it take to close anterior teeth gap with porcelain veneers?

In general, it may take about 2 visits. The first one is for the check-up of the dental condition, and the dentist will evaluate if porcelain veneers are applicable for your case. If available, the dentist will make necessary preparations, like impression-taking, photographing, tooth preparation (filing down the surface of the tooth a little bit).

The dentist will then send the relevant data and impression to the manufacturing factory. It usually takes about 7 days to make the veneers and send them back to the hospital.

The second visit is about one week following the first one. When you go to the hospital, the dentist will have you try on the veneers. If they are fitted, the dentist will stick them to the tooth surface with an adhesive agent, and finetune the bite. With that, the procedure is finished.

Thus, as a whole, the procedure takes about one week, and there’s pretty big difference in before and after.

Of course, the above is for normal cases. In some special cases where the patient has poor oral hygiene, the dentist may suggest the patient to do dental cleaning in the first visit to keep mouth clean and fresh, and then get porcelain veneers. Or if there are diseased teeth in the mouth which need timely treatment, then the teeth must be treated first before dental veneers.

This way, the visit times may increase accordingly. However, you don’t need to worry too much if you have chosen an experienced dentist for the procedure, as a good outcome is always guaranteed.

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