If you are unhappy with the way your teeth look, there are several things a dentist can do to help you with a smile makeover. Cosmetic dental treatments can be simple or complex. They may be completed in a single appointment or throughout a few visits.
Teeth whitening is the most popular restoration option available by far. It is affordable and can offer excellent results even after just one treatment. If your teeth are straight and healthy but suffer from discoloration, teeth whitening could be a great option for you to consider remaking your smile.
Cavities can wreak havoc on dental health and affect the appearance of your smile. Cavities are typically discolored – they can even turn brown or black – and they eat away at the tooth, leaving it decayed and jagged. It used to be that the only way to repair a cavity was with silver amalgam fillings, which could be as noticeable as the cavity itself. But today, you currently have the option to fix a cavity with a filling that’s made of resin that closely matches the color of your natural teeth. Once a tooth-colored filling has been placed, it’s hardly visible that you ever had a cavity at all.
Dental veneers are becoming more popular because they allow you to cover up many tooth imperfections in a way that is not a very invasive procedure. Veneers are extremely thin porcelain sheets that your dentist will place on your tooth before bonding it into place. With dental veneers, you can change many things about the appearance of your teeth, ranging from tooth color to shape to size to alignment.
You may think that dental crowns are only used to restore chipped, cracked, or decayed teeth, but that is not always the case. Your dentist may recommend crowns to close a large gap, hide tooth imperfections, or lengthen your teeth. You will be fitted with custom-made crowns created in a lab and designed to fit seamlessly over your natural teeth.
Composite bonding is like dental veneers because they both can hide the imperfections of your teeth. Composite bonding can restore anything from small gaps to discoloration to minor chips in a way that looks natural. Composite bonding is also a noninvasive procedure that your dentist will likely be able to complete in one appointment.
Although dental implants are the most invasive of the smile makeover procedures discussed in this article, they also give some of the longest-lasting and most natural-looking results. Dental implants can be a great option if you are missing one or more teeth or if you have severely decayed teeth that need to be extracted. Dental implants offer a restoration option that looks, feels, and functions almost exactly as your natural teeth do.
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Perhaps the best thing is that all the above restoration options can be done by a dentist. Contact your dentist to learn more about smile makeovers. Your new smile is waiting for you.
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