When talking about 'cosmetic' dentistry, we often are speaking about a Smile Makeover, which tends to focus on the front 8 to 10 teeth visible when you smile. Advances in technology and a better understanding of long term usage has achieved new heights in the process of applying porcelain veneers bonded onto your existing healthy teeth. Not only does it add a fresh glow to your smile, it helps protect your teeth creating an overall healthier mouth.
Adhesive dentistry is accomplished with resin bonding, and allows us to conservatively restore teeth with aesthetic materials. The resin bond will not only strengthen each tooth and improve its appearance, but also increase its resistance to recurrent decay. Unsightly metal fillings of the past are no longer necessary. Aesthetic materials blend seamlessly with your existing teeth to create a natural, healthy-looking smile. Direct and indirect composites are excellent functional aesthetic restorations.
Porcelain restorations and veneers are utilized for optimal cosmetic effects and durability. The advancements in reconstructive and adhesive technology all us to achieve bond strengths of porcelain to tooth that rival the natural strength of teeth. Porcelain veneers can mask teeth that are discolored and poorly shaped, eliminate black metal filling lines around current restorations, replace congenitally missing or traumatized teeth, close spaces between teeth, replace deteriorating metal-based restorations, repair teeth that are worn, and even straighten misaligned teeth.
Typically, in three to five visits a patient can go from pain and frustration to health and a perfect smile!
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