How a Cosmetic Dentist Can Transform Your Smile

Patients looking to transform their appearance should work with a cosmetic dentist.  This type of dentistry is a specialty where experienced dentists are able to apply medically proven procedures to correct dental problems. This includes implanting new teeth, installing veneers, and turning crooked smiles into something perfectly amazing.

Celebrities have been using procedures for years to improve their smiles.  As most people age the bright white teeth they were born with tend to yellow, chip, move into unwanted places, and deteriorate overall.  This can leave people with an unattractive smile and lack of self confidence.

A cosmetic dentist can restore your confidence with proven procedures that will give you a smile people will remember.  Some common procedures are:

• Laser teeth whitening.  This advanced whitening technique will brighten your teeth by several shades in one visit.  It is fast, easy, and produces wonderful results.  Whitening teeth can make a person appear younger and rejuvenated.
• Implant dentistry.  Patients that have lost teeth can use implant dentistry to restore their smile and the functionality of their mouth.  Losing a tooth can make it difficult to eat and create challenges speaking.  Implant dentistry enables a cosmetic dentist to install a new permanent tooth that looks amazing and functions like a natural tooth.  This can be used to replace any damaged tooth.
• Veneers.  A dentist will install veneers to create a bright, straight, beautiful smile.  When teeth won’t let go of ugly stains or are uneven in length, chipped, or unsightly, veneers are the ideal solution.  When the veneer is installed, the dentist is placing a new front onto your tooth.  Your main tooth is shaved down but stays intact.  The veneer is cemented to the top, creating your perfect smile.

The exact treatment will depend on what the patient’s goals are and what will work best with their teeth.  A patient’s oral health plays a factor in what procedures will work and which ones won’t have the desired impact. 

What is the difference between cosmetic dentistry and going to the orthodontist?

It depends on the type of treatment you receive.  What is widely unknown is that orthodontists cannot permanently move your teeth.  Braces, rubber bands, and other tools are used to push teeth into place, but the roots never move.  That is why people have to wear their retainer after getting braces off.  Most people have to wear a retainer for the rest of their life or their teeth will start to move back.  That doesn’t mean they will go to their original position but typically end up somewhere in between where they started and where they ended up.  This can be extremely frustrating for people that spent years straightening their teeth. 

When a cosmetic dentist performs implant dentistry, the tooth is permanently installed in the exact correct position.  Implants start at the jaw bone with a metal piece inserted to act like the root of a tooth.  The synthetic tooth is created and secured to this root.  When people receive a new smile, using cosmetic dentistry that smile will stay in place longer than anything done with orthodontics.