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Porcelain Veneers & Digital Smile Design
See your new smile.
Then decide.
Veneers are the result. Digital Smile Design is how we get there — a plan built from your own photographs, video and 3D scan, which you preview, shape and approve before a single tooth is touched.
Discover.
Design.
Test.
Smile.
Cheruskerstraße 111 · 40545 Düsseldorf
0211 570025
aplus-dental.de
01
The design comes first
Nobody should meet their new smile on the day it is bonded.
Cosmetic dentistry used to run on description: you explained what you wanted, the dentist imagined it, the laboratory interpreted it, and everyone found out together at the end. Digital Smile Design replaces that chain of guesses with one picture — yours — that all three of us work from.
You preview the result
Your future smile appears on your own photograph, beside the one you have today.
You take part in the design
Wider, warmer, softer edges, less gum — the changes are yours to ask for.
Harmony with your face
Proportion is measured against your features and your smile line, never a catalogue.
One plan, three parties
You, your dentist and the ceramic technician build from the same design file.
A smile is a movement
Video of you speaking and laughing goes into the design, not just a still of your teeth.
The freedom to say no
If the design does not convince you, nothing has been prepared and nothing is lost.
Your smile isn't chosen from a catalogue.
It is designed exclusively for you — around your facial features, your personality and the way you actually talk and laugh.
What the analysis measures
Proportion is measured against your face rather than an ideal — which is why two patients never receive the same design.
01Facial proportions
02Smile & lip line
03Shape & shade
04Speech & bite
05Your goals
02
What a veneer is, and which kind you need
A wafer of ceramic, handmade for one tooth and no other.
A veneer is a thin shell of dental porcelain bonded to the front of your tooth. Because it is built to an approved design rather than improvised in the chair, its shape, colour and proportion are settled long before the ceramic exists.
Porcelain veneers
Layered by hand in the laboratory to your approved design, then bonded to the prepared tooth.
+Stain-resistant and colour-stable
+Lifelike translucency and texture
+The right choice for a full makeover
Typical lifespan
10–15 years +
Composite bonding
Sculpted directly onto the tooth in a single appointment, following the same design analysis.
+No laboratory stage, no waiting
+Easily repaired and adjusted later
+Suited to one or two corrections
Typical lifespan
3–5 years
What veneers can correct
+Discolouration whitening cannot reach
+Chipped or worn teeth
+Small gaps between teeth
+Uneven tooth shape or size
+Minor alignment irregularities
+An overall smile makeover
Sometimes the honest answer is neither.
Whitening, a small repair or aligning the teeth first is occasionally all that is needed. Your design analysis says so before you commit to anything.
03
Your smile transformation journey
Three appointments, and a design you approved first.
01
Consultation & Digital Smile Design
Examination, professional photographs and video, 3D intraoral scan and facial analysis — then your design presented on screen and revised with you, plus a written plan and estimate to take home.
45–60 minutes
02
Trial smile & tooth preparation
Test
The approved design is transferred into your mouth as a mock-up, so you wear the smile before it is made — and change it while changing is free.
Prepare
Conservative preparation where the design requires it, final digital scan, shade selection in daylight, and temporaries when indicated.
60–90 minutes
03
Your veneers are handcrafted
Each veneer is layered individually by experienced ceramists working from the same design file you approved — shape, translucency, texture and internal colour built the way enamel is built.
7–10 days
04
Delivery of your new smile
Try-in and aesthetic evaluation, final adjustments, permanent bonding, bite refinement, polishing and care instructions.
60 minutes
05
Review & long-term care
Comfort and bite check, hygiene coaching, and a night guard if you clench or grind — the single most effective way to protect the investment.
After 2 weeks
Comfort is part of the plan.
The treatment is minimally invasive, and local anaesthesia is provided whenever it adds to your comfort. Most patients experience little to no discomfort and return to normal life the same day.
04
Before you decide
The questions patients ask us most.
Will I know how my smile will look?
Yes. You see a digital preview and give feedback before treatment begins — and, where suitable, wear it as a mock-up first.
Will my veneers look natural?
Balance with your face is the goal, not a row of identical white blocks. Slight variation, texture and translucency are designed in deliberately.
Is the procedure painful?
Most patients experience little to no discomfort. The treatment is minimally invasive, and local anaesthesia is provided whenever it is needed.
Can I change my mind about the design?
That is exactly why we design first. Changes on screen and in the trial smile cost a conversation rather than a remake.
Should I whiten my teeth first?
If whitening is part of the plan it happens before the veneers are made — ceramic does not lighten later, so the shade is matched to your final natural colour.
How long do porcelain veneers last?
With good hygiene and regular professional care, 10–15 years or longer. Brush and floss daily, keep your cleanings, wear a night guard if you grind, and avoid biting ice or pens.
Your dentist
Dr. Francisco Javier Rodríguez Ruíz, MSc.
“A beautiful smile is the agreement between your teeth, your face and your personality — and that agreement has to be reached before anything is prepared.”
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Your smile. Designed around you.
Scan the code to book your Smile Design consultation, or call the practice. You will see your future smile at the first visit — and nothing is prepared until you love it.
0211 570025
aplus-dental.de
Cheruskerstraße 111 · 40545 Düsseldorf
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