After your veneer treatment at your dentist’s office, you’ll be fitted with a set of temporary veneers. These are glued over your teeth with a special temporary cement that will make them easy to remove once your permanent prosthetics arrive.

But if they’re just going to be removed, why have them in the first place? The temporaries may seem bulky and perhaps even a little uncomfortable for the time that you must wear them, but they serve several essential purposes.

Continue reading to learn about the necessity of temporary veneers.