Tania Hadjipanagiotidou for the resin facets

Mrs. Hadjipanagiotidou talks about the resin facets. Tooth veneers or resin veneers is a technique of cosmetic dentistry that interests many people.

Mrs. Hadjipanagiotidou what are resin facets and what material are they made of?

- The resin face is a resin peel. Resin is a material like the white filling that we use on teeth only of a different consistency more aesthetically polished and better polished and used on front teeth. So a resin veneer is a peel of this material that is put on the front surface of our teeth to change their shape, color, fill in gaps some imperfections, discoloration, chips, generally change the shape and color of our teeth.

What can I expect the dentist to do to my mouth during my resin veneers treatment?

- In any case we first take impressions and a study is done, a study is done in the office and on the computer to predict what each individual needs to get the perfect result, then the perfect result is their smile and after this study is done the patient comes to the office and the resin veneers are placed in one session usually on the upper jaw and another on the lower jaw. In any places where minimal grinding is needed because maybe the teeth fly forward there is a little bit invasive method that is the method may need minimal removal of dental substance but it is one of the most conservative methods that is removal of dental substance is the least that can be done to create a smile as we want it compared to other techniques.

In which cases is it recommended to place resin facings?

- As I said before, the placement of resin veneers is recommended in cases where we have gaps between our teeth, our teeth are crooked, they are crooked outwards. It is advisable to choose resin veneers in cases where we have some discolourations that I cannot change in any other way, for example by bleaching. Many times we combine it with gum plasty meaning that our gums are not uniform, they are not where they should be so a gum plasty is done and combined with resin veneers. Generally a reshaping of the smile towards perfection is done. And we choose the color of the teeth, because I can choose the color from the beginning of the teeth with resin veneers. I choose the specific material I want to use as white as I want to use depending on the requirements of each person and depending on the shape of the face, the shape of the lips, how high the smile reaches. We take all these into consideration to design the perfect smile with the help of this technique with the resin facets.

What are the advantages of installing resin facades?

- Compared to porcelain. Because the same things can be done in the mouth with both porcelain and resins. Well, the advantages of the resin veneers method is that the restoration is immediate, i.e. the patient comes and within one day I can restore the upper jaw and in another day the lower jaw, usually 10 teeth in the upper jaw and 10 teeth in the lower jaw or even less depending on the number of teeth in about two to two and a half hours for each jaw. This is an important advantage compared to the case of porcelain veneers where the dental technician is also involved, so I have to take impressions and make some preparations, so the time is longer. Also the cost differs is significantly lower since the dental technician does not intervene, so the cost of restoration is much lower compared to porcelain veneers. I would also say that it is a more conservative method and I said earlier that if it is grinded, if in case it is grinded because in most cases the teeth are not grinded but in case a tooth is too long, it is too long and we want to remove a little dental substance with the case of resin veneers, little dental substance is removed while in porcelain veneers usually requires a little more to be able to bring a natural result.

Is there a disadvantage of resin facings?

- The disadvantages of resin veneers compared to porcelain are that they do not have as much strength as porcelain veneers have, i.e. when I restore my front teeth and especially when I have to lengthen some teeth so in this case I do not have any support of the dentition. substance there I have to avoid the movements of biting a turn with my front teeth that is the food I cut it and put it in the mouth with a cutlery or with the hand let's say a bun of Thessaloniki I will cut it with my hand and put it as a bite in the mouth. It doesn't restrict me, it's a habit. But there are occasions when I don't need to lengthen teeth so there is the dental substance underneath and the resin look is very much fixed. The porcelain face is even more durable. The other disadvantage of resin veneers is that I take up pigments from our food and usually an average I would say close to 5 years I need to change the outer resin peel not the whole thing from a situation I have done ie I have given the first appointment the shape I would like, I have gum whatever and after 5 years the front resin peel that has possibly taken up pigments is changed and a new one is put in. The porcelain face does not take up pigments ie whatever I put on stays for life.

What should I pay attention to after the resin facings have been applied?

- What I have to watch out for as I said is very hard foods to try to avoid biting some very hard food with my front teeth, some nuts, nuts etc. If I want I can eat them with my back teeth and the other thing is definitely very good brushing which we learn here at the clinic i.e. I recommend some toothbrushes that are special and we do a special course to brush our teeth effectively so that the uptake of pigments from the surfaces of my teeth is even slower. That is to say, the change of the outer skin of the resin veneers will go even further back. That's it, there's nothing else anyone needs to notice.

- Can I have teeth whitening after resin veneers are placed?

- Teeth whitening on the resins is not possible. It's the colour that I've chosen originally, we've chosen it here with the patient and what I put on it stays on. Teeth whitening can be done on the remaining teeth if I haven't used resin. A lot of times for example we put resin veneers only on the upper jaw. And on the lower teeth are fine they don't have an issue or if they do it doesn't bother us. So a lot of times I combine the resin veneers technique with teeth whitening. I can put resin veneers on the upper jaw and do teeth whitening on the lower jaw to get a nice result. In this case the lower teeth whiten again i.e. after a period of time usually one year the colour of the teeth whitening drops half a ton. There I do a repeat whitening on these teeth. Not on the resin veneers. The resin face is the color that I have chosen, the material that I have put on, it doesn't change color with techniques teeth whitening.

Visit to the dentist

- Well, let's go to a question that many people ask when visiting the dentist.

When visiting the dentist, is the placement of resin veneers a painful procedure?

- First of all, nothing at the dentist is painful. That is, whatever is going to hurt there I use anesthesia. There is no chance that any procedure in the dental office will hurt a patient. Now in resin veneers too many times we don't use anesthesia. If I need to cut tooth substance and that tooth substance is enough, meaning a tooth that's protruding enough is alive and protruding enough out and I necessarily need to cut some tooth substance to bring it in line with the rest of the teeth, that's where I may use local anesthetic. But otherwise the method is painless. As with any work that is done from a dentist.

How many visits are required for the installation of resin facings?

- Resin veneers if I have to put 10 resin veneers on the upper jaw is 1-2 and a half hours and another 1-2 and a half hours on the lower jaw.

Can I remove the resin faces easily?

- I get asked this by a lot of patients because there is an insecurity when I do something new to myself if I can go back. You can remove the resin veneers if now the tooth substance has been cut from a tooth that clearly doesn't come back, but if I've only added material to change the smile there it can be removed. But believe me no one has ever asked for resins to be removed from their mouth, ever! I have never had that happen to me. It makes sense that when we put something nice on we don't want to take it off.

Is there a possibility of color change of the resin faces?

- Yes the resin appearance change color over time depends on one's habits i.e. do I drink a lot of coffee? Do I smoke a lot of cigarettes? It plays a role. But how I take care of the resin facets plays a bigger role, i.e. even those who drink a lot of coffee, and those who smoke, if they brush their teeth effectively and even many times those who drink a lot of coffee happen to have taken a brush to work and after coffee they brush their teeth a little without toothpaste, I see that the uptake of pigments takes too long, too long that is to say there are cases where I have had resin veneers put on for 10-12 years and have not needed to change with the same material I have always used the same material from the same company for 12 years. Well and it hasn't needed changing which means that how I ultimately take care of the resin facings and of course my habits play a huge role. If I drink a lot of coffee it's good to try to drink the coffee a little relatively soon. Not to keep it on my desk for long hours like many people do. Because that way the coffee stays in the mouth and the pigments constantly soak into the resin. So I want to drink a coffee, I'll drink it within fifteen minutes and then I'll drink some water to rinse my teeth a little bit. Or even better if I have the brush to minimally brush my teeth up front. This goes even further back in time the need to change resin veneers.

Is it possible to break the resin faces?

- The resin veneer is a material that can break of course the restoration is very easy that is within ten minutes a quarter of the piece that is gone is restored unlike the porcelain veneers that unfortunately if they break, very difficult to break, but if they break you need a whole change of porcelain veneers, it can break but if I get used to a specific way of food intake, i.e. I don't bite much with my front teeth. Also in case there is a roar which is too common in recent years. That is to clench my teeth in sleep in this case I put a chewing gum at night in our sleep and we protect them so if the case of roar has been rejected or if there is I have covered it with a chewing gum I watch how I eat that is not eating too hard things with my front teeth then it is extremely rare to break a resin but even if it breaks it is restored very easily.

If someone has crooked teeth and wants to have a tooth lift to get a "beautiful smile" can it be done with resin veneers?

- This is what we do, i.e. we change crooked teeth to straight teeth with resin veneers, which is a case where it is recommended to use this technique. The best technique is of course the orthodontic technique always on crooked teeth but in the case of an adult who has rejected the technique there are many people who are 30-40 years old and do not accept to put braces to straighten their teeth more conservatively in this case yes we use resin veneers or porcelain veneers respectively to make a straight tooth. and a nice smile.

If we have broken teeth is it fixed with resin veneers?

- Yes, the missing pieces are corrected and restored with resin very easily, very aesthetically and at a very low cost.

Are resin veneers a high-cost treatment aimed only at artists and TV people?

- No, resin veneers is a technique that has a low cost I think in relation to the result that one has that dramatically changes the smile in color, in shape, the gums, that is, it comes to a restoration of a perfect smile I think the cost is very small and certainly it is definitely a period of crisis and I can not talk about the financial capacity of everyone but I definitely think with a planning everyone can use this technique is not a bargain for anyone.

- Thank you very much K.Hadjipanagiotidou.

Mrs Chatzipanagiotidou is a dentist in Glyfada. As a dentist, she has focused on cosmetic dentistry and in particular on tooth lifting, tooth bonding, tooth whitening, dental implants, tooth building, tooth aesthetics and improvement of those with crooked teeth. If you want to have straight teeth without braces, white fillings, nice smile and beautiful teeth then you have come to the right website. Ability to get teeth fixed in a day. Here you can get information about resin veneers, porcelain veneers, tooth veneers, scarred smile, tooth veneers, teeth straightening without braces, tooth implantation and tooth bridges. If you want white teeth, if you want to get your teeth fixed or if you have gaps in your teeth then make an appointment with Mrs. Hadjipanagiotidou.