Costa Mesa patients take the 405 or Adams Ave about 20 minutes to Safari Dentistry and Implants in Huntington Beach for porcelain veneers. Each case is designed on an intraoral scan, shown as a trial smile over your own teeth, and bonded only after you approve the shape and the shade in daylight.
What are porcelain veneers?
A porcelain veneer is a thin ceramic shell, about half a millimeter thick, bonded to the front of a tooth to change its color, shape, length or spacing. At Safari Dentistry and Implants veneers for Costa Mesa patients are designed on an intraoral scan, previewed in your own mouth as a trial smile, and bonded only after you approve the shape and shade. The periodontist in the office checks the gums first, because the edge of every veneer sits at the gum line.
- Porcelain veneers: lab-made ceramic, two visits, resist staining, last 10 to 15 years.
- Composite veneers: resin sculpted directly on the tooth in one visit; lower cost, easier to repair, last 4 to 8 years.
- Minimal-prep veneers: for teeth that are small or set back, where little or no enamel needs to be removed.
- Single veneer: one dark or chipped front tooth matched to its neighbors, the hardest match in dentistry and planned with extra shade photographs.
Why Costa Mesa patients choose Safari for veneers
Costa Mesa has plenty of cosmetic offices near South Coast Plaza, and patients who compare quotes notice two things here. The fee is per tooth with everything listed, and a periodontist checks the gums before the veneers are made, which is what keeps the edges from showing a few years later. Patients are also told when fewer veneers than they asked for will do the job.
What do veneers cost for Costa Mesa patients?
Veneers are priced per tooth, and the total depends on how many teeth show when you smile, usually four to ten. The fee is written down at the consultation and includes the design, the trial smile, the temporaries and the follow-up visit. Veneers are elective and not covered by dental insurance, so monthly payment plans are offered, and any crown or gum treatment in the same plan is billed to your PPO or HMO separately.
What to bring to your first visit from Costa Mesa
- Photos of a smile you like, and one of your own smile from a few years ago.
- Any veneer quote or plan from another office, to compare tooth by tooth.
- A note of whether you grind or clench; it decides the ceramic and whether a night guard is part of the plan.
- Your insurance card; veneers are not covered, but a crown or gum treatment in the same plan often is.
Getting to the office from Costa Mesa
Safari Dentistry and Implants is at 16511 Goldenwest St, Unit 101, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, about 10 miles from Costa Mesa and usually about 20 minutes by car. From Costa Mesa take the 405 north to the Goldenwest St exit and head south about two and a half miles to Heil Ave. Without the freeway, Adams Ave or Talbert Ave west to Goldenwest St, then north, takes about the same time. The office is at the corner of Goldenwest and Heil with parking in front.
- Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10 AM to 4 PM. Same-day emergency time is held each open day.
- Parking: free, in the lot at the door, with a level entrance.
- Patients come from: Mesa Verde, the Eastside and Westside, the South Coast Plaza area and the neighborhoods around Orange Coast College and the fairgrounds.