What is a veneer?

A veneer is a thin shell made out of porcelain or composite material. Veneers are custom made and cemented to the front side of the tooth. A veneer can be used to treat dental conditions such as a slightly crooked tooth, discolored teeth, chipped teeth or can even be used to cover spaces in between the teeth.  more

Video Transcript What Is a Veneer? Veneer, beautiful, beautiful wood from all over the world. I'm Robert Markey and I've been doing wood working for many many years and we're going to talk about veneers. Veneer is basically a very thin piece of wood. It can be this is probably a quarter inch, this is pretty thick for veneer that pushes the limit. It can be incredibly thin, paper thin. The idea of veneer is that it is usually a very expensive fancy beautiful wood that you are not going to need or want to use a whole board for. You are just going to have this veneer and you are going to put that on the surface of the piece of furniture or whatever it is that you are making. When you work with veneer the grain is very important. That is one of the things that you do is you get this curly nape off and you are going to use this. You are going to match grain when you put that together to get an absolutely beautiful beautiful picture of it. The whole gluing process is kind of an art in ...  more

Veneers are thin slices of porcelain. These are precisely made to fit over the visible surface of front teeth, like a false fingernail fits over a nail.  more

A veneer is a layer of tooth coloured material, usually porcelain, which is cemented to the facial surface of the tooth. Veneers are also used to improve the appearance of teeth, particularly if they are discoloured; eroded or surface abrasions are evident.  more

Veneer is a custom-made shell made of tooth-colored materials to cover the front side of a tooth.  more

A Veneer is a thin layer of wood applied in sheets over underlying layers of wood, plywood or particle board.  more