Dental Veneers in Cincinnati, OH

One of the aspects that patients I think at least know the name, the technique a little bit is, veneer. So it's definitely a big part of what we do cosmetically for patients. And essence, it's a porcelain custom crafted facing, if you will, that can change gaps in teeth. Change the intrinsic color of teeth. Sometimes people have badly worn their teeth and they really look like teeth anymore. Sometimes it's just kind of an uncomfortable discontent with the color of their teeth.

So the technique, it's an awesome technique. I mean, we're able to revitalize and restore people to a really nice looking smile that they always wanted to have. Technique wise, there are different types of veneers. We customize very carefully which technique we use on a given patient, or sometimes I use two or three different techniques on the same patient to optimize the result that we can deliver to the patient.

And also, we take a lot of time to make sure that what we deliver to them is exactly what they wanted from a cosmetic appearance standpoint. And to that end, we've identified a few very specialized labs that take great care of me and take great care of our patients in this arena. Foe example, one's in Utah ,so we're not necessarily geographically bound now with technology to have to use someone in the neighborhood, if you will, if they're not up to our standards.

When I got my braces off when I was 13 years old, I basically was told that my teeth were just very small. I naturally have a smaller mouth, but they just were way too small in terms of the amount of space they're taking up. So, I was always recommended to get veneers in the future. I feel like I was always comparing my teeth to other people's and people that have a naturally square smile, a nice pretty white smile. It's something I think people take for granted, so when you don't have that, you definitely are always wishing for it. I was trying to find one that would also be able to provide a great quality of work on veneers as well because I wanted them to be interconnected in a way that I was seeing the same dentist as the one that would be working on my veneers, so if anything went wrong, it would be the same person that'd been working on it consistently.

I came in and had one of my first veneer checkups where they size your teeth and they just get a feel for the color and the shape. They broke down all my bonding, took a little bit of the tooth enamel off, and then I would get temporaries. I had temporaries for about four weeks.

It's been great ever since. I always have a lot of questions and concerns, and so they're always super helpful understanding that changing your smile is a drastic difference. It can be a little intimidating or scary, so I definitely think that they were super helpful and helped me understand how the process works, the next steps along the way, and kind of predict what it would look like ahead of time so I could find the smile that was right for me.

I definitely think my confidence has grown a lot. It's always something that I was self-conscious about before. I was waiting in anticipation for so many years for this procedure to be done, and now it's everything that I dreamed it would be.

Very young at age I had yellow teeth. So my teeth were yellow, it wasn't me saying, 'I want beautiful white teeth.' It was the fact that they were yellow to the point where it was very noticeable, and that's really what Dr. Dave has corrected over time, and all the other dentists in not such quality work. I've had probably four sets of veneers. When I was 9 years old, had them done. Dentists really didn't know how to do them then. They were installed incorrectly. They had to grind them off and redo them. Fast-forward probably 10, 12 years, they were worn out.

My mother, again, graciously had my veneers redone with a dentist that was less money. It turned out that they would fall off. That's not really good for me because I travel, I present, and when I'm constantly presenting to engineers and owners in what I do, it's important to come with a presence.I'm not a big ego guy. I'm not a big ego guy, but I think it's important to come across as put together and that you take care of yourself. Dr. Dave then took it on and said, 'We're going to do it right.' Dr. Dave and his team have just been phenomenal and have done the right job. I don't have to worry about standing in front of my customers, the engineers and people that I call on with past dental work where actually veneers and crowns would fall off. They don't fall off. I get compliments daily. It's been a wonderful experience. It really has. I've been through hell with veneers. I come to Dr. Dave Bell and Bell Dental Group because I know it's going to be done right. I don't have to worry. Their service, their follow-up is second to none. You might be able to get it cheaper somewhere else, but you know what? It's not going to be the same quality. It's been life changing.

Well, people come to us with a variety of cosmetic concerns. In some cases, just bleaching the teeth – they're in good shape, they have visually good contours, and that's all you need. In a lot of cases, that isn't the case, though. Veneers is a great way to transform the appearance of someone's teeth. Back in the old days, if you will, a veneer meant you had to shave the tooth down. Now, with the advancements in porcelain, there are a lot of cases we can do, we really don't have to touch the teeth at all, and we can just use an additive process. The veneers are very thin now. We can totally transform a smile in terms of color and length and contour.

But when we combine that with other things, a lot of times the smile design, there are a lot of things going on that the patient doesn't really realize, but once we point them out to them, it becomes pretty obvious. So we need to create an entire package, and the veneer is sometimes a major part of the package, but it's not the only part of the package.

If you're unhappy with your smile, we are very experienced and very good at coming up with cosmetic solutions that will address your need. And we have a lot of very happy patients with the results.