Cosmetic dentistry focuses on improving your mouth’s appearance, smile, and teeth. Cosmetic dentistry is not necessarily essential but optional. In some cases, they provide healing benefits. It’s possible to have a smile that you love, one you are proud of, and that makes you happy. Summit general and cosmetic dentistry are specialized in making the patients’ smiles bright with partial and full transformations.
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Types of cosmetic dentistry
Dental veneers
Dental veneers are also known as dental porcelain laminates or porcelain veneers. They are wafer-thin custom-made shells intended to cover the front side of teeth to advance your appearance. Dental veneers treat dental conditions like chipped teeth, slightly crooked teeth, discolored teeth, or cover spaces between the teeth. A tiny amount of enamel is eliminated during the dentist’s placement, a thin layer covering the teeth. Once the dentist places the veneers, one cannot choose not to use them or remove them.
Dental crowns
A crown covers the whole tooth. Before placing a crown, more of the tooth needs to be ground down or filled. If you have tooth decay, the dentist removes the decayed part before making the crown. They are generally made out of porcelain or acrylic that is bonded to metal to bear biting pressure. Crowns are used to treat badly decayed teeth, poorly shaped teeth, teeth that have had large fillings, chipped teeth, or cover spaces between teeth.
Teeth whitening
Teeth whitening is the most common because it helps discolored and stained teeth. Whitening occurs after tartar, plaque, and debris are removed from the tooth’s surface, recovering their natural appearance.
Teeth become worn and stained from drinks, foods, personal habits such as smoking, and medications. A whitening procedure can be done at home or a dental office.
Dental bonding
Bonding is the procedure where tooth-colored resin is used and hardened with a special light to improve a person’s smile. Bonding can repair cracked and chipped teeth, change the shape of teeth, close gaps, or be used instead of silver amalgam fillings.
Orthodontics (braces)
Braces can correct misaligned or crooked teeth and can advance the appearance and health of one’s smile. Braces work by applying stable pressure over time to move teeth slowly into alignment. The tooth’s socket changes shape as the teeth move and as pressure is applied.
Composite fillings
If there are existing fillings, they need to be replaced due to chipping, wear, or cracking. Most people use these fillings to replace the silver amalgam fillings with tooth-colored natural composites. Their reasons may be that they are concerned over the safety of amalgam fillings containing mercury or maybe aesthetic. Composite fillings seem to wear out faster than silver fillings in bigger cavities, but they also hold up in small holes.
Dental implants
Dental implants are made of titanium. They provide a firm foundation for the bonding of removable artificial or permanent teeth. Some patients prefer having attachments on their implants to support the removable denture instead of an individual crown.
The Dental Studio team believes in a moderate approach to dentistry and cannot advise on a procedure unless it brings the beauty of your smile and benefits your health. They promote affordable and accessible dentistry. If you want a more beautiful, brighter, or whiter smile, contact Dental Studios today.