This sensitivity should disappear after the placement of your Porcelain Laminate Veneer. Your second visit, the insertion of your laminate, can be accomplished, once again , with or without local anesthetic. This visit is usually longer in length. The laminates are placed with a light sensitive resin which is hardened by using a white light. Once placed your laminates are very strong and will resist most of the forces placed upon them by a normal diet.
Porcelain has great crushing strength but poor tensile strength.
Therefore, you should avoid anything that will tend to twist the laminate. Opening pistachio nuts with your teeth, chewing on bones or jelly apples is probably not a good idea. As with most things, common sense should prevail. The maintenance of your Porcelain Laminate Veneer is relatively simple. Once placed, Porcelain Laminate Veneers are typically the kindest restoration to the gum tissues that we currently have in our prosthetic armamentarium.