Veneers Personal Cost

[ramasama]

I'm starting Dental School this Fall and I've always been self conscious of my teeth (chipped, gap, misshapen, etc..). I come from a humble background so I never really had the chance to fix them. I'm curious, as a practicing dentist, how much would it cost me to get veneers done for myself?

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[tooth knockn]

I'm starting Dental School this Fall and I've always been self conscious of my teeth (chipped, gap, misshapen, etc..). I come from a humble background so I never really had the chance to fix them. I'm curious, as a practicing dentist, how much would it cost me to get veneers done?

Here in queens, NY FOR one tooth a veneer is like $400 bucks if your lucky, usually it ranges 600-1000 a pop.

Get braces, and extract teeth you don't need, why shave a healthy tooth and risk sensitivity and a couple of thousand dollars.

 

[tinman831]

Most dental schools do offer discounts for their students.

 

[oralcare123]

Here in queens, NY FOR one tooth a veneer is like $400 bucks if your lucky, usually it ranges 600-1000 a pop.

Get braces, and extract teeth you don't need, why shave a healthy tooth and risk sensitivity and a couple of thousand dollars.

Not the best advise.
Most dental schools offer good discount, like 50%, so the cost per one would be around $250. Remember - they are usually done in pairs. Veneers, properly done, last a long time and offer good cosmetic result. Obviously you need to be prepared to fix them, if they break. One of our patients fell and chipped his veneer, but this could happen to anyone.
In dental school you will have a proper consultation on the best way to solve your problem

 

[ramasama]

The main reason I'm asking is due to reading that cosmetic cases are typically the most lucrative (so I'm assuming the profit margin on cosmetic dentistry is pretty large). Would I be able to lower the cost of veneers somehow by being a dentist myself or is this just something I won't be able to do help myself with?

 

[tooth knockn]

The main reason I'm asking is due to reading that cosmetic cases are typically the most lucrative (so I'm assuming the profit margin on cosmetic dentistry is pretty large). Would I be able to lower the cost of veneers somehow by being a dentist myself or is this just something I won't be able to do help myself with?

What?

Explain?

I thought you were worried about your chipped anterior tooth, and the diastema.

Now, I think you were just price checking.

 

[oralcare123]

You would not be able to prepare and cement veneers yourself, but you would be able to make decent enough money to be able to pay another dentist to do that for you. The price depends on who and where is going to do them and the number, of course. In general you will get what you payed for

 

[Daurang]

 

[oralcare123]

 

[logeshs12]

Mostly, the price may vary from the area and the people.

 

[sgv]

I'd go to a dental school for a discounted price. I did a minor #8 composite veneer in a preclinical lab and they look pretty easy to me for something that can make a big difference in someone's appearance. You're going to pay more for a porcelain veneer than a composite one.

 

[DrJeff]

Step #1

You first need to figure out if there is any functional habits and/or bite patterns behind what caused the chipping of your natural teeth. Porcelain is strong, but intact enamel is stronger and if you simply just put a veneer on a tooth without taking care of the symptoms that caused the chipping in the first place, it basically not a question of "if" the veneer will chip or potentially even debond from the tooth, but "when" it will happen

Fee wise as a dentist, it ranges. There are some dentists, who will treat "one of there own" for either free or just the costs associated with any laboratory work that is needed. There are other who will treat another dentist for a percentage off of their full fee, and even some who will treat another dentist at their full fee - there isn't a standard protocol for how one dentist handles the fees associated with treating another dentist