My porcelain veneers keep coming off

I have had my porcelain veneers for approx. 1.5 years and everyone has come off at some point. Actually one twice now. I just am so frustrated and my dentist tells me it could have been the original bonding he used or that there is not enough enamel or something to adhere to and that if it continues to happen we might have to crown them. Do you suggest I get another opinion as well? I cannot afford to replace them with crowns and hope after he puts this one that came off this morning back on Monday, it will not happen.
- Tammy in Florida

Tammy,
It isn’t that hard to get porcelain veneers to stay on your teeth. Even if you have no enamel on your teeth, you can still get porcelain veneers to stay on. It sounds to me that there is something missing in your dentist’s technique.

Don’t go to crowns. That would risk damaging your teeth, after what they’ve been through already. They have to be ground down quite a bit in order to do crowns. If you needed crowns, that would be okay, but you don’t. You just need porcelain veneers that are bonded on correctly. I would recommend you go to a dentist who knows how to do porcelain veneers and get these bonded on correctly.The porcelain veneer bonding procedure is a complex series of steps, and every one has to be done correctly in order for them to stay on. Most dentists don’t know enough about the bonding procedure to be able to do this right. I would find a dentist close to where you live who has been trained at the Las Vegas Institute, or who has and extensive portfolio of smile makeovers, so that you can have confidence that they understand this process well.

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