It greatly reduces the error factor. Dentists are also favoring the new resins over silver for fillings. I can't tell you why. But Chichetti says costs, proportionally, have gone up less in dentistry than they have in medicine. Apparently the sticker shock is not enough to make patients shy away from purely cosmetic procedures not covered by dental insurance.
Teeth are slightly shaved and a mold is made of the teeth.
Then a molded tooth is created to go over the front of the real tooth. While the teeth underneath might be crooked and yellow, no one need ever know it once the picture-perfect facade is cemented in place. And for those who just want whiter teeth, there's now a take-home bleaching process. Dentists make a mold of the patient's teeth. The patient then fills the mold with a bleaching gel and wears the mouthpiece while asleep each night for two weeks.