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| Patient Education / Dental Veneers 
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"Veneers are thin layers of tooth-colored material that cover the facial surface. They are used to cover badly stained teeth and to reshape the anatomy of of teeth. Veneers improve appearance with very little removal of tooth structure. Direct resin veneers, indirect resin veneers, and porcelain veneers are three types..." Source : Delmar's Handbook of Essential Skills and Procedures for Chairside Dental Assisting |
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"A veneer is a porcelain laminate shell used to make a new front surface for a tooth that is misshapen, darkened, or spaced too far ..." Source : American Medical Association Complete Guide to Men's Health |
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"Porcelain veneers resist abrasion and discoloration and are more durable and long-lasting than veneers made of composite material..." Source : American Medical Association Complete Guide to Women's Health |
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"Porcelain resembles natural teeth, and technicians can match the shade of porcelain to your natural teeth. These crowns are made by baking a porcelain veneer to either a metal or a ceramic framework..." Source : A Patient's Guide to Dental Implants |
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"These false fronts, resembling artificial fingernails, are laminated to the front surface of teeth after a small amount of enamel is removed. Veneers cost more than bonding and require several visits, but they are stronger, last longer, and can cover darker stains..." Source : Menopause and Midlife Health |
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"Most crowns have a substructure of gold or nonprecious metal with porcelain baked onto the surface of the metal; this is known as the porcelain-fused-to-metal crown or PFM..." Source : Understanding Dental Health |
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"At the beginning of the nineteenth century Dubois Dechémants started to fabricate porcelain teeth in order to replace porous and therefore rapidly decaying materials which had been used until that time, and in 1844 factory-made porcelain teeth were introduced by S. S. White..." Source : Gold: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Technology |
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