A smile will make everyone... more frightening: why Tom Cruise and Demi Moore didn’t like to laugh before

1. Lumineers - pros and cons
2. Instead of a resume

All kinds of aesthetic defects on the front teeth are a problem common to many patients in dental clinics.
Since it became possible to glue thin porcelain onlays to teeth, this service has been very popular. The essence of the method is to mask an unsightly defect with a ceramic plate with the ideal color and shape. The plates are divided according to thickness into veneers and lumineers. The first have a thickness of 0.5-1.5 mm and require light preparation of the tooth surface before installation. Otherwise, the restored tooth will appear too large. Lumineers, or Hollywood veneers, are thinner plates (0.3-0.5 mm), and it is believed that the tooth does not need to be prepared to install them. Is this true, and is it worth choosing Hollywood veneers as a gentle way to correct aesthetics?

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise as a child Tom Cruise had a complex for a long time not only because of his short stature, but also because of his terrible teeth. At the beginning of his career, directors and agents repeatedly hinted to the actor that as long as he did not spend money on a dentist and orthodontist, he could not dream of big roles. By the age of 16, the future star had a bunch of fillings, and one of his front teeth darkened after the nerve was removed. Tom was unable to cope with his growth, but after several years of torment he got rid of the second complex.

Tom Cruise He did everything: whitened, wore braces of different designs for years, put in veneers... According to rumors, just whitening and correcting the bite to a relatively decent look cost him more than 30 thousand dollars. Only at the age of 40 did Cruise achieve what he wanted - he finally removed the hated braces and, as they gossip in Hollywood, put an implant in the place of the ill-fated dark tooth, and super-expensive crowns on the aligned rest.

KATE BECKINSALE - SUDDEN TERROR

Why sudden?
Because few people know about the price the beauty Beckinsale paid for her beautiful, snow-white and even smile. From birth, Kate's teeth looked rather pitiful: uneven and overly large front teeth, plus a natural yellow color, worsened by smoking.

Of course, the look is not as hellish as Gallagher’s, but for a girl with delicate and delicate features, ocher-colored horse teeth are not the most pleasant detail of her appearance.

Kate, of course, started with whitening. This was followed by a light bite correction to completely straighten the dentition, and then gum surgery to improve the appearance of the smile.

Depending on the complexity and severity of the case, the price for such an operation can reach up to 60 thousand rubles. Whitening would regularly cost $500-650, so in the end Kate installed veneers (as already mentioned, $950-2500 or 25-50 thousand rubles). A simple bite correction with braces in Russia would cost Kate 35-60 thousand.

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Due to the fact that the star was often sick as a child and took a lot of antibiotics, her baby teeth were destroyed. And, according to The Sun newspaper, before the permanent ones grew in, the actress walked without her front teeth and learned to smile with just her lips. Now Theron has no problems with her teeth. But she still sees the dentist and hygienist as scheduled several times a year.

Instead of a resume

It is believed that Hollywood Lumineers are the prerogative of stars and public people. In fact, this is true, because the star can not only afford to spend a significant amount on correcting his teeth, but also go to an American clinic for the restoration or correction of lumineers while on tour overseas. If you dream of getting a Hollywood smile, you just need to find experienced specialists who install veneers on your teeth and get a result similar to the “star” one with less loss of time and money.

Author:

Mayorov Andrey Mikhailovich

Specialization:

orthopedic dentistry, dental prosthetics, implant installation

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus The sexiest girl on the planet, according to Maxim magazine, Miley CyrusIf she had not corrected her bite and corrected the shape of her upper incisors and fangs, she would have been good at playing vampire roles. However, it must be said that the star, who has no complexes about her appearance, was not shy about appearing in public with fashionable braces. And once she delighted her fans by posting a photo on Instagram with false teeth.

How are lumineers installed?

The oral cavity and dentition must be prepared for the orthodontic procedure. The dentist will carry out sanitation, cleaning and major restoration of the teeth. To prepare lumineers and to install them, the patient must visit the dentist 3 times.

At the first stage, the orthodontist will take an image, which will be processed by a computer program. The dentist and the patient will discuss which teeth require updating and select the required shade of lumineers. The patient will immediately see the final result.

After this, an impression of the dental jaw is made. He is sent to the laboratory. If the company that produces dental veneers does not have a local representative office, then they will be made by a laboratory in America, Germany, or Japan. It all depends on which company’s lumineers are chosen by the patient.

After 2 months, the plates on the teeth will be ready, and the patient will come for the first fitting. If the product does not need to be adjusted, then the installation is carried out immediately. Otherwise, the defects in the product will need to be corrected.

The tooth enamel is treated with a primer. They make it rough. This is necessary so that the glue adheres well to the surface of the tooth. The cement base of the glue will strengthen the enamel and securely fix the lumineers to the teeth.

Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Cole A few years ago there was no star Cheryl Cole , but a simple girl Cheryl Tweedy from Newcastle, who was teased by her classmates because of her crooked and mismatched teeth. Especially let down, like Miley Cyrus, were the upper canines and incisors, which looked in different directions. Cheryl wore braces for several years, but her teeth were not perfect. According to rumors, one of the conditions that producers set for the young singer to join Girls Aloud was to clean up their act. I had to sharpen the protruding ones and build up the missing ones.

Hollywood smile

The very concept of a “Hollywood smile” appeared thanks to Marilyn Monroe. The famous film actress shone with her perfect teeth, attracting everyone's attention and setting beauty standards. Monroe's secret was the veneers that Charles Pincus installed on her teeth. This American dentist pioneered the use of this technology since 1937.

Attention! Nowadays, a flawless smile has become available not only to movie stars, thanks to the so-called Hollywood veneers. This is the name of lumineers, which are an ultra-thin type of dental microprostheses. Lumineers have a number of features compared to conventional veneers. The patent for their manufacture belongs to the American manufacturer Cerinate. Only this company produces original products from high-quality ceramic material. Many famous people wear Lumineers. For example, American singer and film actress Hillary Duff did not always have a perfect smile. Her teeth were yellowish and crowded. Hollywood veneers allowed the actress to smile confidently and truly shine on stage and in films.

Marilyn Monroe is a Hollywood actress, the founder of the Lumineers fashion.

Lumineers are distinguished by their ultra-low thickness. At the same time, they have reliability that is not inferior to thicker veneers. Proper care of teeth with plates installed on them allows you to maintain an ideal appearance for many decades. Hollywood veneers are common not only among foreign film stars. Domestic celebrities also actively use this technology. It so happens that fame requires compliance with beauty standards, which is difficult to imagine if you have teeth with defects.

Important! It happens that patients whose teeth initially looked perfect resort to technology. Unfortunately, over time, the color of the enamel changes, chips and cracks often appear on the incisors, and fillings tend to darken. In this case, lumineers are also ideal for restoring the aesthetic properties of teeth.

Matthew Lewis

Matthew Lewis Matthew Lewis began acting in the Harry Potter saga with crooked yellow teeth of different sizes, they did not bother him - until the moment, as in the case of Tom Cruise, until it became clear that he would not be offered any other roles. In Hollywood, where the cult of snow-white ideal smiles reigns, such a “legacy” is difficult. We had to whiten it, put veneers, etc. - all this cost several tens of thousands of dollars, but as a result we have another white-toothed darling.

What are veneers?

If the technology for installing veneers is followed, maximum fastening strength is achieved.
Veneers are the thinnest micro prostheses that are fixed to the front of the teeth using cement mortar like onlays.

The inside remains untouched. They can be used on all units, but most often the smile area is restored.

The materials used have a good ability to transmit light, which makes the appearance of the products as similar as possible to natural tooth enamel.

If the technology for installing veneers is followed, maximum fastening strength is achieved. During operation there is no need to be afraid of the micro prosthesis falling out. However, there are rules, the implementation of which guarantees a long service life.

What do they look like?

A quick way to correct tooth surface defects is obtained through the use of a liquid composition

Dental reconstruction is performed in just a few visits to the doctor; 1-2 fittings will be required.

When using composite material, the result can be assessed in one clinic visit.

A quick way to correct tooth surface defects is obtained through the use of a liquid composition (composite), which is applied to the front part of the incisors in several layers.

The thickness of such a veneer does not exceed 0.3 mm.

The abrasion resistance of composite linings is low, which explains the short wearing life of the products (on average 3-4 years).

In micro prostheses made of ceramics and zirconium dioxide, the thickness is in the range of 1.3-1.5 mm, the service life exceeds 7-10 years.

George Clooney

Clooney
's famous snow-white smile appeared not so long ago - for a long time the star's teeth were much yellower and not so even. The directors, of course, did not refuse him roles, but laser whitening, snow-white veneers and the same snow-white, even ceramic crowns on the most problematic teeth clearly rejuvenated the actor.

What are veneers and lumineers made of?

At first, veneers were made from feldspathic porcelain. They were quite thick, but not very strong, and now this material has practically disappeared from the scene because more advanced developments have replaced it.

More than 40 years ago, the American company DenMat created a material called Cerinate. The plates made from it became thinner, since they were stronger than feldspathic ones, and when installing them, significant grinding of the tooth was no longer required. This is how Lumineers were born. However, their strength was still not as high as we would like. In addition, this material did not allow creating transparency and the natural appearance of the tooth: denser and yellowish at the neck, more transparent and lighter at the edge. They tried to achieve this by painting, but it didn’t turn out natural enough.

The next step in the evolution of veneers was a material based on nickel disilicate - E-Max from the German company Ivoclar Vivadent. This is porcelain reinforced with nickel, which makes it possible to produce very thin plates that do not require turning. At the same time, it is twice as strong as Cerinate, it allows you to completely recreate the structure of the tooth, its microrelief, transparent cutting edges, the transition of one shade to another, and so on.

Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham in childhood In Victoria's childhood photographs, both a decent gap between her upper teeth and the different sizes of the teeth themselves are clearly visible. Unlike Vanessa Paradis , who made the gap her “trick,” Beckham, who strives for absolute perfection, has been visiting the dentist once a month since she was a teenager and practically never removed her braces.

Victoria Beckham She got rid of her gap during the period when the Spice Girls appeared. And by the time she turned into Mrs. Beckham, the “peppercorn” had changed the color and shape of her teeth. According to rumors, whitening and veneers were not enough: crowns were used, and the whole pleasure cost approximately 40 thousand British pounds.

Features of dental restoration with veneers

The installation process for porcelain and composite veneers is the same and includes the following steps:

1. The initial stage involves preparing the tooth. If there is a seal, replace it with a new one. This will improve the quality of fastening.
2. The dentist, together with the patient, selects the required color shade. It should match the color of your teeth as closely as possible.
3. Before taking measurements, the tooth is ground down. This procedure is based on removing a layer of enamel. These actions will allow the plate not to stand out in thickness from the rest of the teeth.
4. Removing the mold according to which the plate will be made.
5. Installing a temporary plate. It prevents excessive influence of external factors on the exposed tooth.
6. In the laboratory, plaster models are made, on the basis of which veneers are then created.
7. At the final stage, the veneer is installed. First, they are fixed with a special paste, and then they are checked to see if the color of the cement is suitable. After this, the structures are finally secured.

How to grind teeth for veneers

Preparation (grinding) of teeth can be carried out in several ways:

• ultrasonic radiation;
• laser radiation;
• chemical substances;
• air abrasive equipment;
• tunnel turning;

Laser

Due to the impulse, the liquid in the tooth tissues heats up, and enamel microparticles disintegrate. This method has the following advantages:

• the procedure is as fast as possible;
• safety and painlessness;
• lack of instruments and medicines;
• nerve endings are preserved;
• quiet operation of the equipment;
• there is no need to treat your mouth with antiseptics - the laser itself does an excellent job of destroying bacteria.

Ultrasound

This procedure has the following advantages:

• painlessness;
• does not destroy soft tissues;
• microcracks do not form during the attachment process;
• no heating.

Grinding of teeth

Chemical method

Due to the use of special chemical compounds, enamel and dentin become soft. The duration of the manipulation is 30 minutes. The following advantages are highlighted:

• no heating;
• no anesthesia is used;
• Chips and microcracks do not appear.

Attention! This grinding option is used more often than others on baby teeth. Children are afraid of the sound of a drill, so it is difficult to treat their baby teeth

But a chemical procedure allows you to bypass all the difficulties and qualitatively treat the tooth surface.

Tunnelnoe

For grinding, a turbine unit with diamond and metal tips is used. Advantages of the procedure:

• you can control the speed of the equipment;
• the layer of removed enamel is controlled;
• the results are programmed in advance.

Tunnel turning has disadvantages:

• if old equipment is used, it contributes to overheating;
• anesthesia is used;
• If you work inaccurately, you can injure your gums.

Air abrasive

Preparation is based on the sandblasting method of formatting hard surfaces. Sodium bicarbonate and aluminum oxide are used as abrasives. They are fed to the surface of the tooth at increased speed, destroying its bone substance. The procedure has the following advantages: absence of pain, tissue heating, negative effects and microtrauma.

The choice of the appropriate method is carried out together with a specialist. At the same time, he takes into account the general condition of the patient and the equipment of the clinic.

The turning process occurs as follows:

1. Indentations are made on the outer part of the tooth. They are horizontal, and their depth is individual, and is controlled by the size of the bur used.
2. The enamel is removed, the thickness of the peeled layer does not exceed 1 mm. There are situations when the depth is greater. This is typical for teeth affected by caries. The edge of the tooth is also processed.
3. Surface polishing.
4. Washing with water, degreasing and drying.
5. Treatment of the tooth with acid, thereby achieving maximum adhesion to the plate.

Is it possible to install without turning?

You can avoid grinding your teeth in the following situations:

1. When the shape of the tooth is corrected and there is no caries on it.
2. When adding volume to the outer surface of the teeth.
3. To visually turn a tooth that is in an incorrect position.
4. For severe tooth wear.
5. If the cutting edges of the tooth are uneven.

Service life of veneers

How long veneers will last depends on the type of material used to make them:

• ceramic – 12-13 years;
• composite – 3-5 years.

Lumineers: price for 1 tooth in Moscow

Cost Lumineers CERINATE are custom-made lumineers that are created from impressions of the patient's teeth. Their cost will be from 50,000 to 70,000 rubles per 1 unit. This price includes manufacturing, installation and all associated costs except delivery. The cost of delivery (regardless of the number of lumineers) will be about another 40,000 rubles. Today, the American company DenMat produces Lumineers CERINATE not only in its own laboratory in the USA, but also in 2 more laboratories, one each located in Italy and Luxembourg. No other dental laboratory worldwide is authorized to make such thin veneers under the Lumineers brand.

Cost Lumineers DUO are no longer individually made, but sets of ready-made lumineers, available in several sizes and colors. Looking at your teeth, the doctor will select the right headset option that will best suit your teeth. But in any case, you must understand that they will not fit your teeth exactly in shape, and therefore, after fixing them on the teeth, they will take a long time to grind with a drill, bringing them to perfection. Lumineers DUO Lumineers are a hybrid of Cerinate ceramic mass and composite filling material. In fact, they are no better than composite veneers costing 8,000-9,000 rubles, which are made entirely from light-polymer composite filling material. Their only advantage over individually made lumineers/thin veneers is the possibility of fixation immediately on the day of visiting the dentist.

Thin veneers from E.max – pressed glass ceramics E.max is one of the best types of ceramics used in dentistry. This material closely matches natural tooth enamel in terms of optical properties, and therefore allows veneers or crowns made from this material to be given a very high level of aesthetics, which is simply unattainable with original Lumineers. At the same time, the price for E.max is on average from 21,000 rubles (for 1 unit). Type of thin E.max veneers - before and after photos

Veneers or Lumineers: which is better to choose?

So, what is the difference between veneers and lumineers? Firstly, according to advertising, original lumineers have a thickness of only 0.2 mm, which makes it unnecessary to grind off the enamel from the front surface of the teeth. Firstly, this is not entirely true, because... the manufacturer’s official instructions indicate a more plausible thickness – “0.3-0.7 mm”. Moreover, you can only expect a thickness of 0.3-0.4 mm from Lumineers CERINATE, i.e. This is an option for custom-made lumineers.

If you think that by gluing a layer of only 0.2-0.3 mm to the surface of the tooth, it will not be noticeable - you are mistaken. In fact, even this thickness will greatly increase the size of the teeth. Therefore, if you have large teeth, then even the thinnest lumineers or veneers will make them really “horse-like.” And therefore, when in advertising they talk about “unnecessary grinding of teeth”, this is just a marketing ploy. In fact, this is only possible in patients with small teeth and wide interdental spaces.

For Lumineers DUO (ready-made veneers), the thickness will be 0.6-0.7 mm, which in principle corresponds to the thickness of classic ceramic veneers and always requires grinding off the enamel layer on the front surface of the teeth. Otherwise, you will have very large, massive teeth. By the way, we already said above that other companies also produce ultra-thin veneers. There are several brands, but the best, in our opinion, are ultra-thin Emax pressed glass ceramic veneers (they are also only 0.3-0.4 mm thick).

What is the difference between veneers and lumineers –

Pay attention to the photo below. Classic ceramic veneers have a thickness of 0.6 mm (along the cutting edge a little more - 0.7 mm)

In turn, thin veneers, by which we mean both classic Lumineers and pressed glass-ceramic Emax, have the same thickness of 0.3-0.4 mm.

Conclusions: but then you get veneers and lumineers - what is the difference? When buying original lumineers, the cost of which ranges from 30,000 to 60,000 rubles (for 1 unit), you are buying exclusively the brand and the advertising slogan “no grinding of teeth.” But again, the statement that it is unnecessary to grind teeth under lumineers is a very controversial point, and this is possible only in the rarest cases. As you will see in the before and after photos below, increasing the thickness of the teeth by just 0.2-0.3 mm without grinding them down significantly increases the size of the teeth.

A thin veneer made of pressed glass ceramics E.max will cost you from 21,000 rubles, and at the same time it has the same thickness. Manufacturer E.max (Ivoclar Vivadent, Germany) - in this case, it could also say that there is no need to grind the teeth, but due to professional ethics, it does not do this. Below you can see how, after fixing lumineers without grinding the teeth, the latter look like giant plastic crowns (although later we will show you several cases of successful use of lumineers).

Comparison of original Lumineers and Emax (video) –

Video 1 – original Lumineers CERINATE, video 2 – thin E.max veneers (without grinding teeth).

As for the strength of lumineers, the original Lumineers are made from Cerinate brand porcelain with a bending strength of about 110 MPa. Porcelain is nothing more than feldspathic ceramics. In turn, the bending strength of thin veneers made of pressed ceramic E.max PRESS will be about 400 MPa. This affects the risk of chipping of the ceramic mass and service life. In principle, after this, as a dentist, I simply have nothing special to add, and indeed, when Emax ceramics first appeared, for us dentists it was really a revolution in the class of materials.

Konstantin Khabensky

What was the problem: very uneven bite, yellow color from smoking

Perhaps the most successful example of dental restoration. A year ago, the media only talked about the actor’s new teeth, and eminent dentists tried to determine what exactly they did to the actor’s smile - veneers, extensions or restoration? Many agreed that Konstantin had his restoration done using photopolymers, having first corrected his bite. It turned out very naturally, and Khabensky looked at least ten years younger.

Hollywood smile is possible in 2-3 visits

On the first visit, a dentist is consulted and a treatment plan is determined.
Lumineers, like veneers, can only be installed on healthy teeth; if the tooth is affected by caries, then dental treatment is necessary.

An impression is then taken and custom lumineers are created.

The second visit is a fitting and discussion of the aesthetic part, color, shape, length, if everything suits both the patient and the doctor, then the lumineers are fixed with a modern nanocomposite, and your smile is ready! The teeth are white, even and neat.

With such visual simplicity of the work, not every dentist can carry out the work at the proper level; aesthetics is a delicate matter, like the new generation veneers themselves.

Trust experienced specialists, we have been engaged in aesthetic dentistry for more than 10 years, and we are among the very first to use new technologies and techniques of modern dentistry; our specialists are constantly improving and practicing at seminars on innovations in dentistry.

Emma Watson

Emma Watson's new Hollywood smile
Harry Potter star Emma Watson is one example of a not-so-good choice of veneer color. Emma's real teeth were slightly crooked. The actress corrected this flaw after completing filming in the famous saga, but chose too white overlays, which is why her smile turned out to be unnaturally snow-white, which immediately gives away the ceramic overlays. It is also noticeable that the girl has corrected her bite.