Brighter Image Press

The key point here is that the company is providing a very low-cost alternative to dental work by a licensed dentist. I personally have owned and managed a dental laboratory for several decades and understand all of the problems and issues behind providing a service like these 'veneers' directly to the patient, skipping the dentist. The first problem begins with the impression (taken by the patient). I know many skilled dentists that have trouble taking impressions, even in a dental setting. Now compare this to a patient who knows nothing about 'impression-taking', doing the job him/herself. The likelihood of success is infinitesimally small. :cry

The impression material does not just flow around the teeth all by itself perfectly, and it often rips or tears when pulling it out of the mouth (due to undercuts, between the teeth). This leads to the lab 'guessing' how the teeth position was during the construction phase. The resulting tooth model will be questionable at best. Also, I forgot to mention all of the other problems that could cause the impression to be 'deformed' or ruined before it ever arrives to the lab in its flimsy mailer envelope (crushed and subjected to the elements during shipping). A sturdy box should be used. But the whole process is designed to be 'cheap' from the beginning, and I assure you that you will get what you pay for.

While its possible for a few cases to work flawlessly, the huge majority is going to be doomed for failure. :(

If the lab offered a money-back guarantee, it would be acceptable, but this business is clearly out for themselves and don't care about the unhappy customer. There is a market for this type of product, because there are millions of people with hopelessly rotten looking front teeth, and they need an alternative to paying many thousands of dollars that a dentist would charge. I also suppose that if they actually 'did' allow moneyback guarantee, they would get 90%+ of their work returned, by the end of the first year, simply because it would have broken by then(supporting teeth having moved, etc).

This brings me to huge problem #2. The teeth in a person's mouth constantly drift a bit over time. This means that the press-on veneers will eventually not fit, even if they originally did. On the other hand, permanent type veneers, like the dentist charges $695/per tooth for, don't have that problem, because they are precision fit and glued into place independently, tooth-by-tooth. This way, when teeth can shift around and the veneers are not affected.

The last problem that I'm going to mention is that the press-on veneers are very likely to be delicately hanging in place in your mouth. This means that they might work for portrait taking or for a 5-minute job interview, but wearing them all day long, every day, is probably going to be quite awkward feeling and not what you are expecting. Eating with them is likely to be a big challenge, because food will get caught in the cracks and crevices around the veneers. You can see in the photos on their website, that the edges of the veneers are rounded off and there is a notch at the gum line, that looks unnatural and also is a food trap.

I would be willing to guess that the company has lots of problems with credit card 'charge backs'. I wish I could obtain that information. I wonder how well their 'no money-back return' policy helps them out with chargebacks? :?

Like I said, this is a product that is not for everyone with a bad smile. If your expectations are not too high and you will be happy with the appearance of artificial plastic teeth, that lack nice vitality and shade transition, then the press-on veneers may be for you. But I'm afraid that for the most part, people are going to be expecting too much. These veneers are made by the same material used to make temporary teeth and it will stain, discolor, chip, break, etc. I hope that I have been able to help.

You have said everything that I was thinking re people taking their own impressions, you only have to move or pull to hard to get them out of your mouth and this throws all the measurments out, causing your impressions to be returned to you not fitting.

I my self are not happy with my own teeth some are crooked and stick out in places because I didn't get the dental nurse to fix them in primary school, I was too scared.

so now I have to put up with them. unless I win some money or get given some I will not be getting them done, but I would love to have lovely straight teeth like the girls on the TV etc

I think if I can later I would like to get permant veners they would look more real and less

fake.