Done before, but not well.
Old veneers fail in a few ways. The edge where porcelain meets tooth darkens. The color no longer matches. The shape is too wide or too square for the face. Or the bite was never settled underneath them, and they chip.
Dr. Atassi removes the old veneers, looks carefully at what is left of the tooth, and plans again from there. Redoing someone else’s work takes more care than starting fresh. The fee is the same.
The work, before and after.
Patient Case 01, before and after 
Patient Case 07, before and after 
Patient Case 02, before and after
Remove, reassess, rebuild.
- 01
Assessment
Photographs, x-rays and a close look at the old work: what is wrong with it, and what is underneath. You get a plan and the cost before anything is scheduled. - 02
Removal
The old veneers are taken off with as little of the tooth touched as possible. What remains of each tooth decides what it can carry next. - 03
The foundation
If the bite was part of the problem, it is settled before anything new is made, so the new veneers are not asked to do a job porcelain cannot do. - 04
New veneers
Designed to your face, matched to your own teeth, tried in before they are bonded. Shaped so they read as teeth, never as veneers.
Every case is photographed the same way, before and after.
The old work is documented before it comes off, so the new work can be judged against it.
“Dr Atassi believed that fixing my bite was essential to my pain relief and he was right.”
Antonette Consalvi · Google Review · Feb 2019
Questions about replacing veneers.
Yes. They are removed, the teeth underneath are examined, and new veneers are planned from what is actually there. Dr. Atassi redoes veneers placed elsewhere regularly.
Most often because of the edge, the color, the shape or the bite. A dark line where porcelain meets tooth, porcelain that no longer matches the teeth beside it, a shape too wide for the face, or a bite that was never settled and chips them.
The old veneers come off with as little of the tooth touched as possible. What is left decides the plan. The aim is to keep every part of your own tooth that can be kept.
Longer than the original veneers usually took, because the assessment and the foundation come first. Your timeline comes with your plan.
No. Redoing someone else's work takes more care than starting fresh, but the fee is the same as a new veneer.
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