Comments on: What are Veneers?

By: dailymail1

dailymail1 — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:07:36 +0000

Glad you had a better experience at Bayan than I did (see my Twitter for their receptionist’s rudeness!)- I have since gone back to the clinic I went to for years in Kuwait and am delighted with the temporary facing they did on the tooth BROKEN by Bayan- hoping to have a white white smile very soon- damn the expense!! Keep smiling!

By: fns

fns — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:07:50 +0000

Congratulations mark :) I guess we will be able to spot you day N night :)

By: fns

fns — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:04:00 +0000

@ Bobader Alsarkastiki – LOL Dude you killed me big time :)

By: Happy Shiny Teeth - 2:48AM

Happy Shiny Teeth - 2:48AM — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:14:14 +0000

[...] finally got my veneers installed a couple of days ago at Bayan Dental and my teeth look great. I also just realized that I [...]

By: Ian Butterworth

Ian Butterworth — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:10:16 +0000

I would also question the long term effect of veneers on the gums. That is the gums naturally recede as you age and may form bigger gap. Plus the veneer material may cause more than normal recession. I don’t have veneers but I’ve had a crown for a long time due to a busted tooth playing ice hockey as a child. And I’ve had three gum surgeries including grafting to fill in the recession. So don’t take gum recession lightly.

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:45:43 +0000

Mark,

If that’s a picture of your teeth why are you getting veneers done? They look fine to me.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:43:30 +0000

Dudes this big hype of veneers in Kuwait recently is something I don’t understand!!! It’s been in the US forever and so many people have done it and my understanding is that it is cemented or glued with some type of dental adhesive or a bonding agent made of filled and unfilled resin. Now this resin is resorpable in the oral cavity after few years which means the interface or the margin between the drilled tooth and the veneer actually resorps (wears down) and leaks all kinds of micro-organisms from your mouth. Don’t be surprised if after let’s say 5 years you will have a really bad front tooth ache and you visit the dentist and they suggest a root canal and a crown which will be more costly than just the veneers. Been there, done that! Plus don’t get annoyed when you’re on your vacation and you are enjoying a beautiful day eating healthy food (apple) and “click!” ,, one of those veneers comes out and you spend the rest of your vacation trying to glue it again and you will be lucky to find someone who would do it.
Sorry guys to disappoint you but if you check on guarantees of these veneers , no dentist will give you more than 6 months!! then you have to redo it, why? because they are not durable nor efficient, and remember “been there, done that!”
best of luck!

By: nahin123

nahin123 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:14:35 +0000

I want strong teeth so i can withstand some hard punches..what should i do???…and BTW many people have told me that you have to go to the dentist so he designs a special mouthpiece according to ur teeth’s strenght..is hat true???and how much will it cost???

By: bayan dental

bayan dental — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:49:41 +0000

Again, kindly note that the prices of veneers in all dental clinics in kuwait are fairly similar. Now for the lumineers please keep in mind that bayan dental was the first to adopt and bring this service\product in kuwait; and that they are shipped to the US:)and to clarify a point they are not intended for protection they are purely a cosmetic procedure:)thankyou

By: Bobader Alsarkastiki

Bobader Alsarkastiki — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:24:09 +0000

“Q1. How much do they cost?
The cost of veneers at Bayan is 200KD/tooth”

Thats really nice! the tooth count that I have so far that needs them is 16, leave the rest, as they are hidden during my smile, thank god my teeth does show. However there is something I wanted to tell you.

If a teeth costs two hundred, then the entire set, costs 3200 KD, which is around 11 thousand american dollars, roughly the amount Ive needed to pay for my entire masters degree abroad in one of the top 150 universities globally. Or perhaps one and a half year worth of an apartment rented within kuwait. I am guessing extra costs might raise it to 4000 kd, which is the price of 8 years of vacationing, given that I will have 2 major holidays a year. Or maybe the Mahar bonus ontop of the government allowance to bring a smile on my fiance’s face. It is a huge price to pay, but if you can fart out coins, then you can be my guest and get the first layer removed and replaced by a fake coating for cosmetic or even protective purposes like they claim.

By: Environmental

Environmental — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:57:10 +0000

if you can go to the KU dental school clinic, they will do veneers for FREE if you need them :p imagine saving 200KD per tooth heh

by the way I had some treatments in there, including a root canal, which a dentist in a private clinic had seen and told me that it is a real professional treatment that I got from one of the students in there. So my point is dont say they are students ..etc I mean I dunno it is up to u :p

By: Dr. Haneen

Dr. Haneen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:17:24 +0000

Bill,

Veneers are not recommended if you are a grinder. Remember, veneers are thin porcelain shells and won’t withstand the load you put on them when you grind, and will chip away just like a natural tooth would chip away when you grind.

If you have mild attrition, then crowning the upper and lower front teeth is a solution.

But if you have severe attrition, your dentist will recommend to open your bite first. Because if you are a severe grinder, you might have lost some vertical dimension, meaning your grinding habits have lead your upper jaw to come close to your lower jaw. To open your bite, your dentist will need to place crown on your back teeth to raise your bite, then he/she would crown the front teeth.

Haneen Bokhadhoor, DDS. CAGS. MSD
Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology