Porcelain Veneers in Beverly Hills – Dr. David Frey

Why choose Dr. David Frey for your new smile: utilizing Porcelain Veneers!

Dr. David Frey has been placing porcelain veneers at his Beverly Hills cosmetic dentistry practice since 1990 and has placed well over 10,000 porcelain restorations in the last eight years! In addition to being an accomplished cosmetic dentist in Beverly Hills, he has written two books on cosmetic dentistry, “Revitalize Your Smile” and “Revitalize Your Mouth.” As a leading Beverly Hills porcelain veneers provider He has appeared on many television shows and has written in many dental publications. Dr. Frey has received recognition from his peers and the community because of the beautiful smiles he creates. Having trained at the prestigious Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI), he has had the opportunity to train with leading cosmetic dentists in the world.

Smiles will vary from dentist to dentist, and therefore you need a cosmetic dentist who has a tremendous amount of experience and who understands smiles! Unlike LASIK eye surgery in which case a doctor needs only to push buttons, placing porcelain veneers takes a true artist! Like many of the world’s most famous artists, Dr. David Frey is also left-handed which he feels aids in his keen artistic ability. He communicates well with patients as many patients via e-mail, text or phone. Dr. David Frey's personal cell phone is on our answering machine, available to anyone who wishes to speak to him. We feel that communication is one of the key ingredients in obtaining your perfect smile!

The Magic of Porcelain Veneers

Porcelain veneers (also called porcelain laminates) is the pinnacle of Aesthetic Dentistry! With porcelain veneers, we can enhance your existing smile in many ways. Often times, Dr. Frey will uses porcelain veneers as part of the treatment plan for his Beverly Hills smile makeover patients. Dr. David Frey likes to say that porcelain veneers can correct vertical and/or horizontal abnormalities of your smile. A horizontal abnormality would be a smile that is crooked or one with a lot of spaces. A vertical smile abnormality is one that the patient shows too much gums (gummy smile), or a smile that shows none because the lips do not allow for the teeth to show through.

Vertical abnormalities are the hardest to correct as most dentists do not like changing ones bite in order achieve cosmetic greatness. Porcelain veneers of course will make your teeth whiter and enhance your shape, size, and contour of each individual tooth! No longer is a wonderful smile for Hollywood actors! Since porcelain veneers can correct crooked teeth or teeth with large spaces or gaps (see Instant Orthodontics) you can now avoid years of orthodontic braces! Replacing old and discolored fillings that were previously placed in a tooth with white, clean porcelain fillings will strengthen teeth as well as improve their appearance.

Designing your Future Smile!

Dr. David Frey likes your first visit to be about designing your future smile. We use computer imaging to find a shape that looks best on you. Smiles can vary from more square in shape to more round in shape and everything in between. We use a book called a Smile Catalog that helps patients choose the smile that fits best. The smiles from the catalog can be cut and pasted into your smile to give you an idea of how your new smile will look! Once we determine this smile, we have the lab do what we call a “diagnostic wax mock up.” This mock up is used to make your trial smile! Many dentists skip this step, but Dr. David Frey feels it is one of the key communicative ingredients to achieving your perfect smile!

The Trial Smile

Making porcelain veneers will take two major visits. The first visit is to prepare the teeth to accept the new porcelain veneers and the second major visit is to place the porcelain veneers in your mouth permanently. What’s great about this procedure is that after the first major procedure you walk away with a beautiful smile, as the temporary veneers, which we call the “trial smile,” is an exact duplicate of your final permanent veneers. The trial smile was initially designed on your previous visit in which you chose your ideal shape. If you feel the "trial smile" can be tweaked into perfection, then Dr. David Frey will communicate those changes to his lab. This is why we are so successful in achieving the perfect smile the first time for our patients!

Your Final Porcelain Veneers

Unlike the show Extreme Makeover in which the dentist gives the patient a mirror and says, “it’s time to see your new beautiful smile,” you will actually see the veneers before they are permanently cemented. The “trial smile” is removed and the new permanent porcelain veneers are placed in your mouth with “try-in gel” underneath. This enables you to see the final smile before it is permanently cemented. If we feel that the smile can still be improved, we can place the “trial smile” back on until the lab makes the changes that we request. The porcelain veneers are bonded into place which strengthens your existing teeth and helps keep your teeth healthy. This process usually takes 2–3 hours depending on how many teeth are being placed.

Dr. David Frey is proud of the beautiful smiles that he is able to create with porcelain veneers. If you are interested in learning more about “instant orthodontics” or other cosmetic dentistry procedures such as dental bonding, full mouth rejuvenation or dental implants in Beverly Hills, contact Dr. Frey’s dental practice today to schedule a consultation.