Veneers are awesome looking but when I investigated them for myself, I found two "gotchas." First, they have to grind down your real teeth to tiny cone-shaped s

Veneers are awesome looking but when I investigated them for myself, I found two "gotchas." First, they have to grind down your real teeth to tiny cone-shaped stubs in order to apply them. You can never get your real teeth back. Second, they don't last forever. This article says 10 years. That means replacing your fake teeth several times for someone with an average lifespan, or giving up and going to dentures which make you look really horrible when you take them out.