How To Get The Perfect Smile

By Thu-Nga Ortega, DDS

Dental Cosmetix

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How To Get The Perfect Smile

Have you ever considered how your smile can make you feel more confident?  Do you tend not to smile as much because you are not confident with your smile?  Now there are conservative ways to enhance your smile without injections, multiple appointments, and it costs a lot less than veneers.

What Is A Veneer?

A veneer can be porcelain or composite. Porcelain veneers are stronger and require two or more appointments.  They are the best in terms of being as close to your tooth hardness and look polished like your own teeth. 

The downside to veeners is that you will need to have injections to have them done and they require the dentist to slightly shave down the front of your teeth that you need to have veneered.  When you have had many large filings in your front teeth and you want to have just one color, veneers are a great option to make your teeth look more uniform in one shade, and straight. The other downside is that veneers are costly – but they are beautiful.

Composite veneers are made with micro or nano glass particles, which can make them stronger. They polish up well to be close to a porcelain veneer, but they can chip easier than porcelain veneers.  Composite veneers can be done in one visit and they give your dentist a better edge to match to your adjacent tooth when only one or two composite veneers are done in an arch.

On the other hand, if you have teeth that have no fillings but you feel that you don’t like the shape of your teeth, you can be a candidate for bonding.  Bondings are conservative restorations which are filling materials that are layered to blend to your existing tooth structure to add corners and fix/lengthen teeth that are not the same length or shape. 

Many times, teeth can be made to look beautiful in just one easy visit.  Without numbing, multiple appointments, and conservative preservation of your own tooth, bonding can be done to yield a beautiful smile.  Many dentists can do bonding, but not all bondings can be made to look as beautiful as those done with an experienced cosmetic dentist.  Cosmetic dentists who are experienced in cosmetic dentistry know the techniques of layering composite to give the exact shade and contour of the composite to give it the most flawless look.  Bonding done right, will blend seamlessly to your tooth so that not even you or your dentist can tell where the bonding has been done. They cost less than veneers but only your dentist can give you the best advice on when to do a porcelain veener, a composite veneer, or bonding.

It is best having a cosmetic consultation with an experienced cosmetic dentist before starting a cosmetic procedure with your front teeth.  You only have one set of front teeth, make sure you are you are getting the best advice before starting your treatment.  Ask your cosmetic dentist for a consultation before embarking on your smile makeover.