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LUMINEERS

What Are LUMINEERS?

LUMINEERS – the minimally invasive way to bring out the beautiful, healthy, natural, permanently white smile in you. Ultra-thin and translucent LUMINEERS are custom designed to give you the beautiful smile you’ve always dreamed of. Unlike traditional veneers, there are no shots and no drilling of sensitive tooth structure. They’re even reversible, so you have nothing to lose and a beautiful smile to gain.

Exclusive Porcelain

LUMINEERS porcelain veneers are made only from Cerinate Porcelain- a patented, ultra-strong porcelain manufactured exclusively in Santa Maria, California. Cerinate Porcelain is feldspathic porcelain reinforced with leucite crystals. The particular uniformity of the leucite crystals in Cerinate Porcelain helps it to resist cracking and crazing. The high strength of Cerinate allows LUMINEERS to be made contact lens-thin, without increased risk of breakage, so you can place veneers without the need for anesthetic, extensive prepping, or temporaries. Cerinate Porcelain has a low coefficient of thermal expansion, helping to prevent debonding or pop-offs, and can be either stacked or pressed.

Compare Lumineers and Traditional Veneers.

LUMINEERS BY CERINATE Technique		TRADITIONAL VENEERS Technique
Before Teeth are stained, slightly misshapen with spaces in-between. An impression is made and the mold is sent to the Cerinate Smile Design Studios where only LUMINEERS are crafted.		Before Teeth appear stained and slightly misshapen. An impression is made and sent to a lab.
LUMINEERS Veneers No Uncomfortable Tooth Preparation On next dental visit, the dentist tries in LUMINEERS to ensure a good fit. Teeth are moderately etched to prepare for placement but there is no removal of sensitive tooth structure. The LUMINEERS are bonded to natural teeth and set in place with a curing light.		Traditional Veneer Tooth Preparation Anesthetic shots are given to numb the area and teeth are severely shaved away with a drill to accommodate the veneers.
Only 2 Visits In only 2 easy dental visits, your patient will have a permanently whiter and beautiful smile without shots or drilling.		Potentially Discomfort After A better, but still flawed smile, as the procedure is not reversible like LUMINEERS because the original teeth have been shaved down causing your patient discomfort immediately after the procedure.

The LUMINEERS Difference

They’re not veneers, they’re LUMINEERS – a difference you can see.

There’s simply no substitute for LUMINEERS. Unlike traditional veneers that involve a much longer more invasive process that can take months, LUMINEERS are the quick easy way–just 2 dentist visits– to a beautiful smile, beautiful you.

The traditional veneers process:
Traditional veneers are sometimes referred to as crowns or caps. These porcelain sleeves are placed over your teeth through a process that can demand the extensive grinding down of healthy tooth structure. This can require shots and many long dentist appointments.

Temporary crowns are placed on your teeth while your traditional veneers are made, it can take months before your veneers are ready. Your temporaries are then removed, which also may require shots and needles, and your permanent veneers are inserted. Sometimes additional appointments are required to ensure that your bite is correct.

Smile Solutions with Simple, Proven Techniques
Unlike traditional veneers, with LUMINEERS there’s no shots, no drilling of sensitive tooth structure. That’s because LUMINEERS are ultra-thin so they can simply be placed over your existing teeth.

Whether you transform your smile at Your LifeSmiles Chicago with LUMINEERS or LUMINEERS with LUMINATE in new LUMITray Technology, it takes only 2 easy visits to your dentist to bring out your beautiful smile. And when you catch a glimpse of your new smile, you’ll find that you just can’t stop smiling.

Thanks to the superior strength of Cerinate Porcelain, LUMINEERS can solve a variety of cosmetic issues without the tooth grinding and shots inherent in traditional veneers.

LUMINEERS do not require below the gum line placement, eliminating pushing the gum and subgingival health concerns such as gingivitis. And, with the proven placement system that includes Ultra-Bond and Tenure, you won’t have to worry about debondings or pop-offs that are frequently experienced with traditional veneers.

LUMINEERS cases can be completed in as few as two visits with no downtime, thanks to the fact that anesthesia, extensive prepping, and temporaries are not needed.

The LUMINEERS philosophy is to preserve natural tooth structure whenever possible. When choosing LUMINEERS, most patients are ideal for no-prep or minimal cosmetic contouring (enameloplasty only). Patients can decide how much reduction is best and choose the technique that best fits the case – no-prep, cosmetic contouring or minimal-prep.

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