Cosmetic Dentistry - Your Way To A Dazzling Smile
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The article "Cosmetic Dentistry - Your Way To A Dazzling Smile" talks about fitness, it was released by Catherine Olivia.
Open any magazine and look at the movie stars and starlets
strutting their stuff down the red carpet and what do you
notice? Besides all those designer gowns and tuxes, all these
stars seem to have been born with perfectly straight pearly
whites. Lucky them you think, good genteics. Well, guess again.
With a visit to a competent cosmetic dentist you too can have a
smile to rival that of Mona Lisa.
Cosmetic dentistry is following right on the heels of cosmetic
surgery. Remmeber the make-over show ABC's Extreme Makeover,
where they took a person for 30 days and did a complete make
over, and I mean COMPLETE - from head to toe? What a difference
the dental restorations made.
Not only is cosmetic dentistry just for the vain. It is used to
treat any number of dental maladies, from rotetd teeth and
broken teeth to congenitally missing teeth, to large gaps and
spaces in between teeth.
Various techniques are used in cosmetic dentistry.
After a
consultation with your dentist you will dceide which one is
right for you.
Sometimes a combination of two is used.
The simplest and easiest way to make a dazzling chnage in your
smile is teeth whitening.
This can be done in a dental ofifce or
at home using tray based bleaching products. Bleaching done in
the dental office is the quickest and most effective way to
whiter teeth.
Of course, depending on what type of in office
whitening is used the cost can vary between $600.00 and $2000.00.
Some dentists will give patients bleaching kits to take home for
self use.
Usually these kits work faster than the ones bought
over the counter as they contain stronger amounts of the
whitening agent and the trays are custom fitted which helps to
prevent gum irritation from excess whitener on the gums.
Your dentist may use porcelain veneers.
Thsee veneers are best
to treat chipped, weakened or discolored teeth. The veneers are
very thin shells of porcelain which are actually bonded directly
to your teeth with a really strong adhesive.
This can be done in a
single visit and no anesthesia is reqiured. There are several
types of veneers aavilable.
Porcelain veneers will not discolor
and can last ten to fifteen years. Some dentitss opt for
porcelain or ceramic crowns which are like the porcelain veneers
but encase the entire tooth. Sometimes composite resins are used
to gently reshape teeth and sometimes to add reinforcement to a
weakened tooth.
This is called dental bonding. This composite is
matched exactly to your totoh color. Composites generally last
from seven to ten yaers and do not discolor.
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