11/10/2025
This year I've finally realized a dream that I've had for a decade. Veneers were always frustrating because I could never get the exact result that I wanted. After extensive discussions with the patient I would have a smile design in mind, but when using a lab something would always get lost in translation. Alternatively, I could go old school and wax up the design myself, but it would take hours and I could never achieve perfect symmetry.
I now have powerful dental lab software that lets me design and manufacture veneers from start to finish myself, with no input from a lab. Once the patient and I have a vision I'm able to create it.
This patient already had ten veneers on his upper teeth but he always wanted them to be bigger. His centrals were pretty good in length but he wanted other teeth a little longer his smile broader, what we call "filling the buccal corridor."
After the veneers are milled in the purple state I further refine their contours by hand, drawing in the line angles to help me visualize the shape and contours. Some stain and glaze and a 15 minute bake cycle and you get the finished product. The symmetry is perfect and at long last I have created a smile exactly how I envisioned it.
