If you are looking for a way to improve how your teeth look in terms of color and shape, veneers are a wonderful solution that can work for you. However, you may be hesitant to get veneers due to misinformation that you have heard about them over the years. Here is the truth behind three of those myths so that you can better understand what the procedure offers.

Myth 1: Veneers Cause Teeth To Become Vulnerable

Many people wrongfully assume that veneers make your teeth vulnerable to bacteria and acidic foods. This is due to how veneers are placed, and that a thin layer of enamel is removed from the teeth in order to attach the veneers to them. The truth is that the enamel that is removed is minuscule. There will still be enamel on the teeth since so little of it is actually removed.

Once the veneers are placed, it actually gives the tooth a layer or protection that it didn't have before. If anything, your teeth will have better protection from bacteria because one of the surfaces is covered.

Myth 2: Veneers Can Be Painful To Have Placed

The process of removing enamel from the front surface of the teeth may sound painful, but it actually isn't. Many people have this procedure done without using Novocaine since so little enamel is removed. If you do feel discomfort, a dentist can use Novocaine to make the area numb, which guarantees that you won't feel a thing.

The dental veneer placement procedure is very simple and straightforward, which should even minimize the amount of time that you are in the dental chair.

Myth 3: Veneers Can Look Odd 

A common concern with dental veneers is if they will look natural on your teeth once they are placed. The veneers may be fixing issues with the color of your teeth, and the thought process behind the myth is that your teeth will look unnaturally white in comparison.

Know that a dentist is not going to use veneers that are an unnatural shade of white for your teeth. A lot of thought goes into high white the veneers will be, even going as far as mocking up what they will look like with a photo. The end result will be teeth that look natural, even though you'll need to adjust to how they look since you are so accustomed to how your teeth used to look.

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