Cypress patients are 15 to 20 minutes down Valley View and Bolsa Chica from Safari Dentistry and Implants, where porcelain veneers are designed on a scan and bonded at the Goldenwest and Heil office in Huntington Beach. You see the result on screen and as a mock-up in your own mouth before deciding.
How the veneer process works at Safari
Porcelain veneers take two main visits about two weeks apart, after a consultation where the smile is designed. Cypress patients see the proposed result twice before anything permanent happens: once on screen, and once as a temporary mock-up placed over their own teeth.
- Consultation and scan. Photographs, an intraoral scan, a bite check and a gum exam by the periodontist. You get the plan and the fee per tooth in writing.
- Design and trial smile. The new shape is designed digitally, then placed over your teeth in temporary material so you can see and feel it.
- Preparation. A thin layer of enamel, usually 0.3 to 0.7 mm, is shaped under local anesthetic, a final scan is taken, and temporary veneers are fitted.
- Bonding. The ceramic veneers are tried in, checked for shade in daylight, and bonded. A night guard is made if you grind.
Why the gums are checked before veneers
A veneer ends at the gum line. If the gum is inflamed it bleeds during bonding and weakens the seal, and if it later recedes, the edge of the veneer shows. A periodontist treats inflammation and recession before the veneers are made and can even out a gum line that makes teeth look different lengths. Most cosmetic offices refer that out; here it is the same building.
Why Cypress patients choose Safari for veneers
Cypress patients tend to be planning around a date: a wedding, a graduation, a new job. Veneers take about three weeks from preparation to bonding, and the office works backward from your date so the consultation, the trial smile and any whitening are sequenced in time. If the timeline is too short for porcelain, composite veneers in one visit are offered as the honest alternative.
Veneer cost and payment plans
Cypress patients leave the consultation with one written number: the fee per veneer, the number of teeth, and everything included, from the trial smile to the night guard if one is needed. Insurance does not pay for veneers. It often does pay toward a crown on a cracked tooth or toward gum treatment, and the front desk separates those lines so you can see what your plan covers. The balance can be spread over monthly payments.
What to bring to your first visit from Cypress
- 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 Cypress
Safari Dentistry and Implants is at 16511 Goldenwest St, Unit 101, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, about 9 miles from Cypress and usually 15 to 20 minutes by car. From Cypress take Valley View St south; it becomes Bolsa Chica St as it enters Huntington Beach. Turn east on Heil Ave and Goldenwest St is about a mile and a half along, with the office on the corner. The 405 south to the Goldenwest St exit, then south to Heil, is the alternative.
- 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: the Cypress College area, the neighborhoods along Ball Rd and Valley View, the Los Alamitos border near the race course and Cypress Village.