Porcelain Veneers: Post Op Instructions
Serving Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah and surrounding areas
The following information will help you to go through these few weeks easily:
- Your temporary veneers will not look or feel exactly like your final restorations, which will be smoother and have a more natural appearance.
- Temporary veneers are attached only slightly to the underlying teeth so they can be removed easily. Be careful to eat only on teeth without temporary veneers on them, if possible.
- If a temporary veneer comes off, call us and we will replace it. If you are not able to get in to see us right a way, you can place the veneer back in place with FIXODENT (denture adhesive) or Vaseline, temporarily. The tooth can be very sensitive when the temporary veneer first comes off, but it usually becomes less so over time. Occasionally, especially on bicuspid teeth, we will not be able to keep a temporary veneer on a tooth.
- Prepared teeth may be sensitive to hot, cold, and sweets. Don't worry, the final ones will not have these sensations. Take 600 mg of Ibuprofen immediately after your treatment in our office. Then take another dose 4-6 hours later and one more before you go to bed. This should help keep you comfortable for the first day and help reduce any inflammation that might be present in the teeth.
- Your gums will be slightly irritated for a few days. Avoid heavy brushing of the temporary veneers. Do not try to floss between them. Use the ClosysII every day before bedtime if we have so indicated.
- Your final porcelain veneers will be as close to the natural beauty and function of teeth as possible.
We are here to give you a great result with your porcelain veneers and other cosmetic dentistry procedures. If you have any questions, please feel free to give us a call or send us an email.
