You can make a great first impression—and even look many years younger—when you have a bright and healthy smile. So before you try Botox or undergo a drastic facelift, why don’t you try fixing your teeth? Advances in cosmetic dentistry have made it easier, faster, and cheaper to upgrade your smile. Now it’s possible to change the shape, size, and alignment of your teeth, fill in gaps, whiten, and even repair chipped teeth.
Below is a list of the most common cosmetic dentistry procedures you can try:
Composite Fillings
Amalgam fillings and gold restorations are no longer used to restore teeth. New cosmetic fillings now look more natural and can be matched to your color of your teeth.
Porcelain Crowns (Caps) and Fixed Bridges
Dental porcelain can now be sculpted to replicate the natural tooth enamel while ensuring resilience and strength. Porcelain crowns and fixed bridges are perfect for recreating the function and form of damaged teeth. A fixed bridge essentially replaces a missing tooth using the surrounding teeth as foundation.
Porcelain Veneers
For teeth that are misaligned, chipped, discolored, or worn down, dental veneers may be the answer. They are custom-made, wafer-thin shells of porcelain designed to cover the tooth’s front surface, improving its color, size, length, shape, and general appearance. Porcelain veneers tend to resist stains better than other types of veneers. They also better mimic natural teeth. Getting porcelain veneers typically involves three trips to your dentist. The first trip is for consultation, and the next two are for making and applying the veneers. You may experience some discomfort during the process, but the experience in general is not painful. Very little reduction is required for porcelain veneers—typically only .3 mm—so the tooth is not likely to react.
Tooth Whitening
Undergoing tooth whitening treatment is one of the easiest ways to enhance your natural beauty. A brighter smile can instantly make you look more youthful, radiant, healthy, and happy.
Below is a list of the most common cosmetic dentistry procedures you can try:
Composite Fillings
Amalgam fillings and gold restorations are no longer used to restore teeth. New cosmetic fillings now look more natural and can be matched to your color of your teeth.
Porcelain Crowns (Caps) and Fixed Bridges
Dental porcelain can now be sculpted to replicate the natural tooth enamel while ensuring resilience and strength. Porcelain crowns and fixed bridges are perfect for recreating the function and form of damaged teeth. A fixed bridge essentially replaces a missing tooth using the surrounding teeth as foundation.
Porcelain Veneers
For teeth that are misaligned, chipped, discolored, or worn down, dental veneers may be the answer. They are custom-made, wafer-thin shells of porcelain designed to cover the tooth’s front surface, improving its color, size, length, shape, and general appearance. Porcelain veneers tend to resist stains better than other types of veneers. They also better mimic natural teeth. Getting porcelain veneers typically involves three trips to your dentist. The first trip is for consultation, and the next two are for making and applying the veneers. You may experience some discomfort during the process, but the experience in general is not painful. Very little reduction is required for porcelain veneers—typically only .3 mm—so the tooth is not likely to react.
Tooth Whitening
Undergoing tooth whitening treatment is one of the easiest ways to enhance your natural beauty. A brighter smile can instantly make you look more youthful, radiant, healthy, and happy.
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