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Cosmetic Dentistry
Today
every one wants a beautiful smile. A smile can be the most
eye-catching feature of your face. Even a subtle change can make a
huge difference in the way you look and feel about yourself. There
are new techniques such as:
Teeth
Whitening
Teeth Whitening is a very popular procedure in cosmetic
dentistry. The purpose of teeth whitening is to eliminate stains
and discoloration of teeth. The process is also intended on
lightening the pigmentation with the teeth. Techniques are so advanced that you can achieve
the desire results
in only one visit.
Bonding
Bonding is a process that is used to restore cracked, chipped,
or discolored teeth. The most common use is to fill in gaps
between front teeth. This tooth colored composite resin
material can esthetically enhance your smile.
Enamel
Shaping
Enamel shaping is the process of shaping or contouring natural
teeth to improve your appearance. Shaping can correct minor
cases of crowded teeth, smooth rough edges, or small adjustments
to the shape of a tooth.
Veneers
Veneers are laboratory fabricated
porcelain facings that are bonded to the front surfaces of the teeth to straighten, repair chipped
or worn teeth, close spaces, and whiten teeth. Veneers are only
about ½ to 1 mm thick roughly between a contact lens and a
fingernail. To learn more, visit
Lumineers by
Cerinate
 
Crowns
Crowns (Caps) are used for teeth that have
a bad fracture or a large filling that is breaking down, or has
decay around it. Because of new technology patients have options
in the type of crowns used, such as all porcelain crowns, which
provides a better esthetics.
White
Fillings
White fillings replace silver or gold
restorations with tooth colored composite resin ones that can enhance
your smile. Teeth are translucent and dark fillings can cause the
whole tooth to appear dark or gray. Tooth colored or white
fillings can restore your smile back to a glowing white again.
Invisalign
Invisalign
is a clear, custom-molded, aligners used to straighten teeth.
They are an alternative to metal, noticeable braces. The
aligners can be removed when eating and brushing teeth. They are
less painful than the metal braces and the treatment time is
much lesser.
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