What is Cosmetic Dentistry?
People notice a beautiful smile. There’s no doubt that a smile is your most important social bonding gesture. Your smile is the total center of expression and when it dazzles, you exude confidence, happiness and joy.
Today’s advanced cosmetic procedures can enhance your smile to it’s white, straight, beautiful best. Here is what cosmetic dentistry can do for you:
• Close gaps between teeth
• Whiten discolored or strained teeth
• Repair chipped, broken or worn teeth
• Reposition crowded teeth
• Lengthen or shorten uneven teeth
• Replace a missing tooth or teeth
• Replace old metal fillings
Cosmetic dentistry covers a multitude of procedures that improves the beauty and health of your smile.
Am I a Candidate for Cosmetic Dentistry?
If you’re self-conscious about your smile or unhappy with the appearance of your teeth, you may be a candidate for cosmetic dentistry.
Ask yourself:
Do you ever smile with your mouth closed or hide your smile behind your hand to prevent others from seeing your teeth?
Does the appearance or color of your teeth embarrass you?
Do you avoid smiling because you do not want people to see your teeth?
Do you have old metal fillings in your back teeth?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you may be a candidate for cosmetic dentistry. In fact, anyone who is unhappy with the appearance of his or her smile is a candidate for cosmetic dentistry.
A smile makeover can change your life – make you look and feel younger, more attractive and more confident.
What Are Some Treatment Options?
With today’s cosmetic dentistry procedures, it has never been easier to attain a beautiful, healthy smile…a smile that’s dazzling, white, straight and even. We are trained to take into account your unique concerns, hope and dreams to create the perfect smile for you.
Depending on what you want your smile to look like, we will evaluate your smile and develop a treatment plan that matches your desires. Treatment options may include:
• Smile Makeovers – veneers and/or crowns, bonding
• Porcelain Veneers
• Smile Whitening
• Tooth colored fillings/Metal-Free Dentistry
• Bridges and Crowns
• Or many more options.
How Can Cosmetic Dentistry Change Your Life?
If you’ve lived with what you perceive to be an imperfect smile, just imagine how a beautiful smile could change not only your appearance, but also your life. You will feel more attractive, successful, vibrant, energetic…
With an enhanced smile, you may experience a sense of self-confidence and self-esteem as you never have before. That confidence may carry over and impact your personal and professional life as well. An enhanced smile will not only make you look good on the outside, but also feel good about yourself on the inside.
Smile Makeovers
Everyone wants a beautiful smile. Your smile is usually the first thing people notice about you. A healthy smile can be an indication of a your overall health and happiness, while an unattractive smile is nothing but a turn off.
Unfortunately, tooth decay, staining, discoloration and even slight shifting as a result of aging are almost inevitable. These imperfections can make you self-conscious and afraid to smile. Smile makeovers involve restoring chipped, cracked or discolored teeth, restoring your bite, and returning muscles to their natural position. A smile makeover may include any combination of porcelain veneers, white fillings, crowns, bridges, or smile whitening.
Porcelain Veneers
Are your teeth discolored? Do you have small chips or cracks in your teeth? If so, porcelain veneers may be exactly what you need. Porcelain veneers are one of the most common cosmetic dentistry treatments.
Porcelain veneers are simply a thin shell of porcelain, custom fitted and chemically bonded to each tooth. Porcelain veneers can cover up unsightly chips and cracks, as well as misshapen and crooked teeth. Porcelain veneers look completely natural and are virtually impossible to distinguish.
If you are considering porcelain dental veneers, please us today to schedule your initial consultation.
Smile Whitening
Have you noticed your teeth are beginning to dull as you age? Although discoloration can be accelerated by tobacco use, coffee, candy, soda or other similar treats, most people begin to notice a natural discoloration once they reach their mid- to late- twenties.
A simple smile whitening can result in dramatic improvements in your appearance and overall self-confidence. Smile whitening is extremely convenient – it can be done at home or in our office
Tooth colored fillings/Metal-Free Dentistry
Are you embarrassed by the gold, silver, or dull gray color of your fillings? Have some of these fillings turned black? Are you worried that those are the only things people see when you smile or speak? If so, you’re not alone and now you can do something about it.
White fillings, also known as porcelain or composite fillings, are special fillings designed to match the natural color of your teeth. White fillings are used to restore your tooth or repair a defect. The fillings may also be used to replace or restore old mercury fillings. The porcelain filling essentially becomes part of the tooth itself.
White fillings contain no mercury. The porcelain filling is shaped specifically to your tooth itself, giving you a natural look while the filling goes virtually unnoticed. White fillings are the most attractive, durable alternative to silver fillings on the market.
If you have a cavity or tooth that needs repair, or even an old mercury filling you would like to replace, white fillings may be just what you are looking for to give you the perfect smile. .
Dental Bridges and Crowns
Restorative dentistry involves crowns and bridges. Crowns are used to restore a single damaged tooth, while bridges are used to replace one or more teeth. Crowns and bridges can both restore form and function to your teeth.
Crowns
If your tooth is damaged to the point where it can no longer hold a filling, a crown may be necessary. A crown looks and functions the same as a natural tooth. If your tooth is decayed, cracked, or in danger of cracking, a porcelain crown may be what you need. Crowns are custom fitted to the contours of your tooth. A crown covers the tooth completely, fitting onto the gum and protecting your tooth from further damage.
Crowns both strengthen and protect your tooth, as well as greatly improving your smile. Crowns can be made of gold, porcelain, or stainless steel. Whatever material you choose, the crown will protect your teeth and gums from further damage.
Bridges
Missing teeth are not only unattractive, but can lead to serious problems. If you are missing one or more teeth, your teeth can begin to drift out of position. In effect, this can lead to a change in your bite, loss of additional teeth, tooth decay, gum disease, as well as migraine headaches. If you are experiencing any of these problems, you should consider dental bridgework.
Essentially, a bridge is a group of interconnecting crowns. A bridge is used to stabilize your bite if you are missing one or more teeth. A bridge prevents further damage to your teeth and gums while giving you a new and improved smile.
If you are considering a crown or a bridge, please contact us today to schedule your initial consultation.
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