Veneers

Overview

Somosot Dental provides composite veneer treatments for improving the shape, proportion, color, and overall appearance of selected teeth. Depending on the case, veneers may be created directly on the teeth or digitally designed and fabricated using 3D-printing technology. When clinically suitable, we prefer digitally fabricated veneers made from dental composite resin or zirconia-filled resin, because digital design can provide better control over the proposed tooth shape, proportions, and fit.

Who may benefit

• Closing small gaps between front teeth
• Evening out chipped, worn, or unevenly shaped teeth
• Improving the shape, proportion, and color of selected front teeth

When it may not be suitable

• There is decay, gum disease or a failing restoration to deal with first. A veneer bonded over an untreated problem does not fix it.
• Your bite would break them. Tooth position, clenching and grinding all bear on whether a veneer survives, and on which material is sensible.
• There is too little enamel to bond to. How much preparation a case needs — from almost none to controlled reduction — comes out of the examination.
• 3D-printed resin is not right for the case. The clinic prefers it where it is suitable; suitable is not the same as always.

Examination and records normally required

• An examination of the teeth, the bite and any existing restorations
• A digital scan where the veneers are to be digitally designed
• A conversation about what you want the result to look like, before anything is prepared

How Somosot Dental approaches this

• Digitally designed veneers are drawn in exocad from an intraoral scan and printed in the clinic's own laboratory, which is what makes the ₱6,000 printed option possible at that price.
• Material is chosen for a balance of appearance, strength, repairability and keeping as much tooth as possible — not by defaulting to the most expensive option.
• Veneers are priced and done per tooth, so a single tooth can be treated as readily as a full smile line.

Technology at the Bohol branch

• In-house dental laboratory, with exocad design and an 8K resin printer
• Digital intraoral scanners for the scan the design is built from

Laboratory work is produced at the Bohol branch. Cases seen in Cebu are handled by the same clinic to the same specifications; ask the Cebu branch what that means for the number of visits your case needs.

Treatment stages

Important limitations and risks

• Composite and resin-based veneers can stain, chip, wear, and need polishing or repair over time. They are not permanent.
• Zirconia-filled resin is a resin material. It is not a solid zirconia ceramic veneer, and the page prices those separately for that reason.
• Preparation may remove enamel, and enamel does not grow back. How much depends on the case.
• A veneer changes how a tooth looks, not how healthy it is.

What affects how long it takes

• For veneers made in our lab, day one is the tooth preparation and day two is when your temporaries go on.
• The final veneers go on about a week after that.
• Then one to two weeks of adjustments. That part is not padding — it is where the fit and the bite get right.
• Direct composite veneers are different: those are built up on the tooth during the appointment.
• If you are travelling here for this, plan on two weeks, and three is better — it gives us room to adjust. Start on your first or second day, not at the end of the trip.
• You can eat on your back teeth while you are in temporaries.

What affects the price

• The material — composite ₱4,500, 3D-printed ceramic-filled ₱6,000, Emax or zirconia ₱15,000, each per tooth.
• How many teeth are being treated.
• Any treatment the teeth need before veneers can be bonded.

Aftercare

• Avoid biting fingernails, ice, pens, bones, shells, and other hard objects
• Brush and floss normally using the technique recommended by the dentist
• Limit habits and foods that may cause staining
• Veneers may require polishing, repair, maintenance, or replacement over time
• Return to the clinic if a veneer chips, becomes rough, changes color, loosens, or affects the bite

When to contact the clinic without waiting

• A veneer that has chipped, loosened or come off
• A veneer that has made the bite feel wrong
• A surface that has become rough enough to catch the tongue or the floss

Frequently asked questions