Issues with veneers

Regardless of how they’ve aesthetically improved your patients’ smile, veneers or crowns, if not fitted properly, can be more susceptible to bacteria and may be to blame for bad breath. 

With an average temperature of about 95°F, humidity of 100 per cent, abundant oxygen, and a regular coating of sugar and carbohydrates the mouth can harbour more than 400 species of organisms.

Billions of these micro organisms, mainly bacteria, grow in layers, crowded together on every damp surface of the mouth and in every nook and cranny.

Any void in the crown or veneer margin can harbour odour-producing bacteria that chemically degrade into volatile sulphur compounds, a major source of bad breath.

Whilst there are some medical reasons for bad breath, 90 per cent of physiological odour that originates from sites within the oral cavity is attributed to VSC. Even offending foods and tobacco cause only a small percentage of bad breath problems.

If the treatment or prevention of bad breath, which can be associated with ill fitting crowns and veneers and maintenance of fresh breath, is to be effective, it is important to intercept VSC activity.