A healthy and beautiful set of teeth does much more than simply enhance your personal
appearance – it also helps you speak, laugh, and pursue new opportunities with complete
confidence! Our team can work with you to create stunning and enduring aesthetic
enhancements through our variety of cosmetic services. These treatment options can
brighten enamel, repair injured teeth, cover frustrating flaws, and provide countless
other benefits to smiles in need.
Traditional dentistry focuses on oral hygiene and preventing, diagnosing and treating oral disease. Cosmetic dentistry focuses on improving the appearance of the teeth, mouth and smile.
Cosmetic treatments may also provide restorative benefits. For example, dental composite
filling (tooth-colored material) is a common procedure used to treat decayed teeth.
Smile enhancement can have dramatic results on your overall appearance; even the
smallest step can boost your confidence, self-esteem, and make you want to smile
more. With modern advances in dentistry, cosmetic procedures can range from a basic
color correction to replacing missing teeth, and everything in between.
The most common procedures used in cosmetic dentistry are fairly simple, whereas
others are more complex and require specialized care. People choose to improve the
look of their smiles for various reasons. Chipped, uneven, or yellowing teeth are
frequent issues seen in any dental office and may be sources of self-consciousness
for many people. The following procedures take care of these problems and are the
most popular in cosmetic dentistry.
Some of the Cosmetic dentistry treatments currently in used includes:
- Dental Bonding
- Invisalign
- Teeth Whitening
- Dental Veneers
- Dental Implants
- Dental Crowns
- Smile Makeover
- Inlays/Onlays
- Porcelain veneers
- Full mouth reconstruction
Some of the benefits of Cosmetic dentistry treatments are like:
- Stained or discolored teeth
- Broken, cracked, or chipped teeth
- Spaces between teeth
- Teeth that look too short
- Misshapen teeth
- Improve your Bite
- Older and less aesthetic dental restorations
- Boost your appearance, Start showing off your beautiful smile
- Improve your self-confidence
- Enhance your career
- Prevent dental damage
- Feel better about yourself
Until recently, people did not have many options to change the look of their teeth.
Today, cosmetic dentists offer a wide range of advanced treatment options, which
can completely redesign your smile.
Cosmetic Dentistry Candidates
You may benefit from cosmetic dentistry if you:
- Tend to cover your mouth when you laugh
- Smile with your mouth closed in photos
- Feel self-conscious about the appearance of your smile
- Have one or more cosmetic issues that you want to improve
- Have good oral health
If you are ready to transform your smile, please call 703-743-2324 to schedule your
complimentary cosmetic dentistry consultation.
What to Expect at Your Consultation
Your initial consultation is an opportunity for you to learn about the practice
that you’ve narrowed down your search to, as well as discuss what you like and don’t
like about your smile. It’s also an opportunity to establish realistic expectations
for your treatment.
Cosmetic consultations typically include records gathering. Because these records
are important for developing a unique and precise treatment plan that will satisfy
your needs, a significant amount of time may be spent for this purpose. Records
gathering involves, but is not limited to:
- A comprehensive intraoral examination and inspection of any existing dental work.
- Intraoral photographs
- Radiographs (X-rays)
- Scanning of your upper and lower teeth (models and study casts will be made later).
- Looking through smile design books that show an assortment
of before and after photographs of different procedures.
- Reviewing different tooth shapes and sizes to see what appeals to you.
- Discussing tooth color
Can restorative dentistry and cosmetic dentistry be used together?
Often, restorative dentistry will fix any major issues, such as missing or broken
teeth, and then cosmetic measures can be taken, such as reshaping, to put the finishing
touches on a new smile
If you’re curious about whether any of these procedures might be suitable for you,
feel free to reach out to Gainesville Dental Arts at 703-743-2324. We’re always
happy to answer questions or concerns.