Cosmetic Dentistry
Lumineers
Lumineers are the trade name for DenMat’s revolutionary new no tooth preparation veneers. Lumineers allow smile makeovers to be done with no anesthetic needles (no shots!), no painful tooth reduction (no drilling!), and therefore no pain. Lumineers are the most significant breakthrough in cosmetic dentistry since technology has allowed teeth to be restored through bonding procedures. Lumineers allow patients who were once to phobic (just to darn scared!) to seek the care they need and want to have their entire smile redone in the image they desire in complete comfort and relaxation. So Lumineers eliminate the fear barrier to treatment that millions of patients can’t otherwise overcome.
Lumineers are actually a restorative system that utilizes many-advanced bonding, shading and manufacturing technologies to give patients the ultimate in aesthetics (great looks!), strength, and comfort in porcelain restorations. At the heart of the system lie the Lumineers porcelain veneers that are made of Cerinate, a trademarked porcelain that is so hard that it can be beveled to a featheredge and not break. It is this characteristic hardness of the porcelain that allows the Lumineers to be placed and finished without having to painfully remove tooth structure through drilling and still allows the restorations to achieve a quality finishing margin, the transition from the end of the porcelain restoration and the beginning of the tooth’s surface. No other porcelain is hard enough to allow for the beveled featheredge-finishing margin without breaking, chipping or cracking except the revolutionary Cerinate porcelain.
Lumineers are bonded with a bonding system that allows the Lumineers to bonded to enamel, dentin, porcelain and metal or any combination of these surfaces. This means that not only teeth but old chipped, cracked, broken or discolored all porcelain or porcelain to metal restorations, such as crowns, bridges, or old veneers can be refaced without being removed as long as their marginal integrity is still intact and there is no other recurrent caries or dental tooth decay. Again this can mean that patients can have their smiles redone with out having to get shots and having their old restorations cut off and replaced while eliminating the need for provisional or temporary restorations when waiting for the dental laboratory to fabricate the final restorations.
The Lumineers process reduces the time the patient has to be in the dental chair receiving treatment by more than 50%. Lumineers eliminate the need for provisional restorations needed for conventional veneers and that tend not to stay on well and come off at the most inopportune times possible. With Lumineers the first treatment visit consists of taking very accurate impressions of the patient’s mouth, making a bite registration of how the patient’s upper and lower teeth relate to each other and choosing a shade for the Lumineers that the patient wants their teeth to look like once they are restored. At the second visit the Lumineers are bonded into place after the final color, translucency and contour are established. The excess bonding agent is removed, the beveled featheredge-margin is finished and the Lumineers are polished to ensure an extremely smooth surface that will not allow bacteria to easily adhere to. At this point the Lumineers will still be attached to each other where adjacent teeth meet and naturally touch each other. The Lumineers can be separated at this appointment or at a later appointment depending on how the dentist wants to proceed.
Once the Lumineers are separated the patient’s treatment is complete and their smile is now the smile of their dreams. Their self-confidence, self-esteem and poise are all increased immensely because they feel so much better about themselves. This can be a life transforming experience for many people, so don’t delay any longer call today at 908-654-7100 and see how a Lumineer qualified restorative center can change your life forever.
