Dental veneers are usually placed to improve the looks of our Highlands Ranch dental patients smile. The whole idea in a smile make over is to correct minor tooth position… length and color to name a few.  Phonetics is one of several additional element that should be investigated because the dental veneers not only need to look good they need to “sound good”! Highlands Ranch dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp provide cosmetic dentistry as well a family dentistry to their patients in the Lone Tree, Castle Pines, Parker, Ken Caryl, Centennial, Littleton and Denver metro area.

The dental veneer mock up

A diagnostic wax-up is fabricated from models of your current teeth. After a complex evaluation… a diagnostic wax-up if fabricated to meet your esthetic concerns.  You have the ability to choose different “styles” of teeth to have fabricated.  These styles differ mostly the the incisal edges of teeth.

The Phoenic Evaluation of the Diagnostic wax-up

If the diagnostic wax -up is esthetically pleasing our Highlands Ranch dentists can proceed to the phonetic evaluation.  This phonetic evaluation consists of evaluation of the “f”…”v”… and “s” sounds. The goal is for the patient to be able to make these sounds comfortably.  There are times in which there is excessive incisal thickness of the upper front teeth that needs to be adjusted.  In addition… occlusal evaluation needs to be evaluated before proceeding to the final dental veneers. In many instances these factors are evaluated and corrected in the dental temporaries.

Call our Highlands Ranch Dental office today!

Please feel free to call our family and cosmetic dental office in Highlands Ranch today for an appointment.  They can be reached at (303) 694-9740

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