The gap between the "beautiful smile" patients demand and the clinical realities of delivering it seems to widen every year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you have stained or chipped teeth, you might be considering veneers, customized teeth coverings that can restore a photogenic smile without more extensive dental work. But ...

First things first, you should know that a veneer is a thin shell that gets bonded to a tooth. It's a much more minimally invasive, longer-lasting, and aesthetically pleasing alternative to crowns.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — If you have stained or ...

If you have stained or chipped teeth, you might be considering veneers, customized teeth coverings that can restore a photogenic smile without more extensive dental work. But dentists warn that these ...