Cathy | Eric | Andrew | Coleen | Patient Comments

Cathy came to us shortly before her wedding. She wanted to look her best for the big day.

The plan called for overall whitening along with porcelain veneers for shape and size improvements. But before prepping the teeth for veneers, we had to consider the color of Cathy's existing teeth. While porcelain veneers can improve coloration, the material is somewhat translucent, just like natural teeth. In Cathy's case, nerve damage had caused significant discoloration to her front, upper teeth which would be likely to affect the final appearance — even when covered by the new veneers.

We used an internal bleaching technique to minimize the discoloration in the existing teeth. This was followed with an overall (external) whitening treatment with the Zoom system. Four new front veneers were created matched to the coloring of the newly-whitened bottoms. With the discoloration of the existing uppers neutralized, Cathy's veneers matched perfectly.

Congratulations Cathy!