Crown and Bridge is the oldest and most established cosmetic dental treatment option. In the most general terms, crown and bridge techniques involve cutting down the tooth or teeth to be restored and covering them completely with crowns or "caps." In some cases, if the tooth or teeth in question are badly decayed or damaged, crown and bridge is the only viable treatment option. But, depending on your situation, the advancement of cosmetic dental technology has yielded some alternatives, such as bonding, porcelain veneers, whitening, orthodontics or even tooth implants.

Porcelain veneers are placed so precisely they are undetectable to the human eye. The veneers, made of laboratory-processed porcelain, are bonded tightly to the surface of the tooth; the porcelain veneer can even provide additional strength to the overall tooth structure.

A seal forms between the border of the tooth and the porcelain veneer preventing bacteria from penetrating the tooth's surface. Advantages of porcelain veneers; they are very life-like; porcelain veneers are extremely durable; porcelain veneers require a minimum of tooth reduction