Dentists can perform a verity of procedures to improve your smile from subtle changes to major repairs. There are many techniques and options to treat teeth that are discolored, chipped, misshapen or missing. Dentists can reshape the teeth, close spaces, restore worn or short teeth and even alter the length of your teeth.
While traditional dentistry focuses on oral hygiene and preventing, diagnosis and treating oral disease, cosmetic dentistry focuses on improving the appearance of the teeth, mouth, and smile. Cosmetic dentistry provides elective or desired treatments or services. Cosmetic dentistry can also provide restoration benefits such as dental fillings.
COSMETICS TRENDS
The advancement in technology with regards to natural looks, tooth color, dental materials make today’s cosmetic dental treatments more durable than in the past years. Dentists also use technologies such as lasers in order to perform some procedures necessary for cosmetic treatments in their own office without referring the patient to other specialists. Procedures like smile makeover are made more comfortable and convenient for patients, as well as helps to reduce the time taken for recovery.
TYPES OF COSMETIC DENTISTRY
Teeth whitening:
This happens to be one of the most commonly recommended cosmetic dentistry procedures. Teeth are most times stained from smoking, food, drinks or poor hygiene. Teeth bleaching can enhance the appearance of your smile
Inlays and Onlays:
Also known as indirect fillings, inlays and onlays which are made from porcelain or composite materials are a long-lasting yet aesthetically pleasing way to provide a filling to teeth with tooth decay or similar structural damage. Inlays and Onlays are created in a dental laboratory and bonded into place by the dentist. The filling is called an “inlay”, when the material is bonded onlay”.
Crowns:
Also known as caps, covers a tooth to restore it to its normal shape and appearance, because of the cost they are a user in cases where other procedures will not be effective. It has the longest life expectancy of all cosmetic restorations and at the same time, the most time-consuming.
Composite bonding:
Broken, discolored, decayed or chipped teeth can be repaired and have their appearance restored using a procedure called composite bonding. Dental composite materials with the look of enamel and dentin are applied into the cavity or into the surface of a tooth where it is then sculpted into shapes, contours and hardened with a high-intensity
Dental Implants:
Dental implants are artificial or titanium replacement tooth roots inserted into the bone socket of the missing tooth. As the jaw bone heals, it grows around the implanted metal post anchoring it securely in the jaw and providing a foundation for a replacement tooth.
There are still some other options in which one can opt for in cosmetics dentistry such as dental veneers, smile makeover, and full mouth reconstruction.