A rendering on a screen is a picture of a smile. When I design porcelain veneers in Beverly Hills, I design yours with my hands, on your face. The screen doesn’t know your face. I’m looking at it.
Why I design porcelain veneers in Beverly Hills by hand
A face is three-dimensional and alive. It has a fuller side and a softer side, a lip that may rise higher on one side, and a particular way you smile when you mean it.
Designing in the mouth means every choice is made against the real thing: real light, your lips moving the way only your lips move, seen from the angles the world will see it.
Prep day: your smile, shaped by hand
On prep day you are numb and comfortable. There is a smart TV, noise-canceling headphones, a blanket, and CBD confections if you want them.
While you relax, I design your teeth by hand, take custom molds and place your temporary smile. The temporaries are not a placeholder. They are a real preview of the final result.
You see it, then you sign off
The next day, once you are no longer numb, we review the new smile together. Color. Shape. Proportion. How it sits on your face when you talk, laugh and eat. I adjust on the spot until you sign off.
Only then do the records go to our in-house lab. So what is crafted in porcelain is the smile you already approved. You live in your temporaries for two to three weeks before insert day.
To understand who crafts the porcelain, read who actually makes your veneers. For the full picture, see my guide to porcelain veneers in Beverly Hills. I’m based in Los Angeles and take one trip a month to our New York office.
Continue reading: Who actually makes your veneers · Why I don't do same-day veneers
Common questions
How are porcelain veneers designed?
I design your teeth by hand on prep day and place them as your temporary smile, so the design is judged on your face.
Will I see my smile before the final porcelain?
Yes. Your temporaries are a real preview of the final result, and you live in them for two to three weeks.
Can I change the design before the porcelain is made?
We review color, shape and proportion together and I adjust until you sign off. Only then do the records go to our in-house lab.
Where do you see patients for porcelain veneers?
I’m based in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and take one trip a month to our New York office.
This article is general information only and not a substitute for a personal exam and treatment plan from your own dentist.
Cosmetic dentist at Apa Aesthetic in Beverly Hills and New York since 2015. NYU College of Dentistry. Founder and Chief Education Officer of Stribe, where she has trained more than 1,000 dentists.
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