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Archives for February 2012

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I received Lumineers on six of my upper teeth. I didn’t do anything to my lower teeth and now I want to whiten them. Will that damage my Lumineers?

Thanks in advance.

Gena B.- Staten Island

Gena,

If you just want to do teeth whitening on your lower teeth, then there is no problem at all. What you bleach on your lower arch won’t affect the upper arch. Hopefully your dentist had you get your Lumineers to the level of whiteness you want all your teeth to be, because there is no way to change the color once they are bonded on. That will be your permanent color.

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I had a Lumineer put on a tooth that embarrassed me. It has falled off three times. The last two times my gums started bleeding. Can you help me know what is going wrong?

Jennie- Alvadore, Oregon

Jennie,

Lumineers, or any type of porcelain veneers, are bonded on with a special technique for bonding porcelain. Unfortunately, this type of training isn’t always taught in dental school, and has to be learned with post graduate continuing education for cosmetic dentists. Though I can’t be certain, because I am not present when your dentist is bonding your veneer, it sounds to me like he or she is unfamiliar with the proper technique for doing this. Once a veneer is bonded on, it should stay put for many years.

My suggestion to you is to look for another dentist who is qualified to place this properly. One of the ways to do this, is to look on the mynewsmile.com website. They check the educational qualifications and work quality of cosmetic dentists and recommend ones they feel are up to snuff. Dr. Hurley is a recommended dentist for New Jersey on their site. She has to verify her training and submit pictures of work she’d performed. Any dentist listed on that site would be more than capable of permanently placing your Lumineer.

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