When you get veneers in Beverly Hills with me, the final porcelain is not where your smile gets designed. It is where your smile gets reproduced. The design happens earlier, in your temporaries.
Your temporaries are a real preview
On prep day, while you are numb and comfortable, I design your teeth by hand, take custom molds and place your temporary smile.
The temporaries aren’t a placeholder. They are a real preview of the final result, and you live in them for two to three weeks. You talk in them, laugh in them, eat in them and see them in your own light.
Veneers in Beverly Hills, approved before the porcelain
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. If something isn’t right, we fix it then, not after the porcelain is fired.
That is the idea behind the blueprint: the porcelain is crafted from a smile you have already approved.
Insert day, two to three weeks later
I remove the temporaries, place your final hand-layered porcelain, check your bite and photograph the new smile.
I explain why I take this time in why I don’t do same-day veneers. For the full picture of how I plan a smile, read my guide to porcelain veneers in Beverly Hills.
A good question to bring
Wherever you consult, it is worth asking: will I see and approve my new smile in temporaries before the porcelain is made? It is the step that lets you feel sure. I’m based in Los Angeles and take one trip a month to our New York office.
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Common questions
What are temporary veneers?
A real preview of your final smile, designed by hand on prep day. You live in them for two to three weeks.
Do temporary veneers look good?
They are designed as a preview of the final result, so you can see your new smile on your face.
Can I change my smile in the temporary phase?
We review color, shape and proportion together, and I adjust on the spot until you sign off.
How long until my final veneers?
Insert day is two to three weeks after prep day.
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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