Do Veneers Need to Be Replaced? Porcelain veneers will last 12 to 25 years, depending on your level of care and maintenance. This is longer than the lifespan of composite veneers. Avoiding hard food may prolong the life of your porcelain veneers and prevent structural damage. If you’re paying for a cosmetic dentistry procedure and [...]
Shortly after you gave me this new smile, I learned something so valuable; life is better when you can smile without hesitation! I always thought I was pretty nice, but now I'm a brighter, more personable version of myself. It was your dental and artistic skill that brought this new blessing in my life, so I thank [...]
More than one-third of all adults are unhappy with their smile. And many aren't sure what they can do to improve it. A recent article on Angie's List features a variety of options to make your smile the shining representation of your personality you deserve it to be. Our office was featured in the article, [...]
On the evening of January 3rd, a postcard we sent out to new patients ended up on the "Jay Leno Show" in his segment "Headlines." (We were alerted the following day by our patient, author Rosa Raskin). This marketing piece, believe it or not, was making its second appearance on his show, as it was [...]
A patient recently asked me how they could see a television segment they had missed that we had done on Golden Opportunities on WKYC on the very thin porcelain veneers (.3 - .5 mm thick), similar to Lumineers. I directed them to the YouTube channel where most of the segments are archived. The other option [...]
Dental Accident or Broken Tooth While Traveling Nearly every summer here in Cleveland/Northeastern Ohio, we will get a call from a parent or spouse that their child had an accident at camp or around the house resulting in a fractured/chipped tooth. They then ask the question "What should we do?" I want you to know [...]
Look for our Winter/Spring Smile Update newsletter in the next few days. We've highlighted our 35 years of dental practice and the changes that have occurred. Additionally, we have some wonderful comments/testimonials by our patients, one of which noted, following extensive dental treatment, dental implants, and porcelain veneers, "Life is better when you can smile without [...]
After doing a WKYC Channel 3/Golden Opportunities segment on veneers, I had a lot of questions about the strength of the new porcelain veneers we are using. Our primary material, in both veneers and crowns, is called EMax, developed by the Ivoclar company (their USA headquarters are in Buffalo, New York, which I visited last [...]
Happy New Year to all of our patients, colleagues, friends, and followers!!! We hope that you had a wonderful holiday season - but even if you never made it to the "ball drop" at New York's Time Square, make sure that you don't drop the ball on your dental treatment this coming year, 2012. We [...]
Wendy and I just returned from the Academy of Comprehensive Esthetics (ACE) meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, looking at the latest trends, materials, and innovations in general and cosmetic dentistry. In terms of materials, changes in porcelain - both in color and hardness - have revolutionized veneers and crowns. The leader is the E-max porcelain, fabricated [...]