Lumineers
Lumineers are one kind of veneers. For a veneer to be cemented onto a tooth surface, the tooth itself needs to be stripped smaller to account for the thickness of the veneer. Otherwise, the tooth after having the veneer would look too bulky or too thick. In other words, the thicker the veneer to be cemented onto the tooth, the more that tooth needs to be reduced its size to account for the room needed to receive the veneer. Lumineers are ultra-thin veneers so that we do not need to reduce too much tooth structure (and in many cases, we can even go without removing any tooth structure). The advantage of minimal tooth reduction has made Lumineers procedure far more conservative than traditional veneers. Because little tooth structure was removed, teeth do not need to get numb (anesthesized) as contrary to the case of traditional veneer procedure. When a toothæ¯ surface was removed in order to receive a veneer, there is a good chance of having sensitivity afterwards short term or long term or even ending up with the need of root canal therapy in the future. Lumineers with its conservative approach has eliminated this potential concern. On the other hand, because Lumineers are thinner, it would not mask a discolored tooth as well as a traditional veneer does. So it can be a compromise in esthetics. However many cases I have done are very satisfactory to myself and to my patients. You need to talk to your dentist to decide which one is suitable for you
