Before and After Cosmetic Dentistry

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#1. Improve Your Overall Smile Appearance

A complete dental makeup can change your overall smile appearance. We can use braces, crowns, veneers, teeth whitening, bridges, implants, gum reshaping, etc. to achieve it.

#2. Dental Bonding

Dental bonding is a procedure for filling a broken tooth with a tooth-colored resin using a special light to bond the material to the tooth. It’s among our least expensive cosmetic dental procedures, and you can repair chipped or cracked teeth, close gaps, and reshape your teeth in our clinic via dental bonding.

#3. Veneers

Veneers are custom-made cosmetic dental shells that are used to cover the front surface of the teeth. It’s bonded to the teeth to change the color, size, or shape, and they are usually made from resin or porcelain composite. You can walk into our clinic to color or shape your front teeth using veneer, but be aware that the process is irreversible.

#4. Crowns

A crown (tooth-shaped cap) is placed over a damaged, weak, or dented tooth to improve its shape, strength, appearance, or size. Before a crown is seated on an existing tooth, the tooth will be filed in order to make it easier to cement a crown on it. Crowns are usually made of metals, porcelain, resin or ceramics, and these materials help it to last for up to 15 years.

#5. Enamel Shaping

Enamel shaping (also known as contouring) is a painless and quick procedure of shaping natural teeth to improve appearance. It’s employed to correct teeth imperfections such as overcrowded teeth or uneven teeth. It can be combined with teeth whitening, veneers, and bonding to improve teeth appearance.

#6. Orthodontics (Braces)

Orthodontics is the cosmetic dental procedure that uses braces to correct crooked or misaligned teeth, thereby improving the health and appearance of your smile. Braces work by gently applying pressure on the teeth to move them into alignment and the bony tooth socket will change shape as the tooth move.
Types of Braces
Metal braces are the most common type of braces but other types of braces exist such as invisible braces – which are a series of clear plastic molds that gradually move the teeth into alignment. More so, brackets are the tooth-colored, clear, or multi-colored part of braces that are attached to the back of each tooth.

#7. Teeth Whitening

I know you like a bright smile – everyone does, that’s why the dentists at Brook Hollow Family Dentistry can recommend the best teeth whitening solutions such as toothpaste, rinses, over-the-counter gels, strips, trays, and whitening agents that would meet your needs. Nevertheless, teeth whitening is not for everyone, it’s ideal for the following individuals:
Individuals with healthy and unrestored teeth and gums.
Individuals with yellow tones on the teeth.
If you fall under these categories, then you can use teeth whitening for a brighter smile.

#8. Composite Filling

If your existing fillings or silver amalgam fillings need to be replaced due to chipping, wear/tear, or cracking, then you need natural tooth-colored composite filling to replace it. Most times, we choose composite fillings based on aesthetics or concern over the safety of amalgam, which contains mercury.

#9. Gum Reshaping

Gum reshaping can improve your smile if your gum line appears to be uneven or the teeth appears to be too short. A small amount of gum tissue is contoured and removed to expose more of the teeth. This procedure can be done on the gum line or teeth to expose a natural and broader smile.

#10. Implants

Many people suffer from tooth loss due to tooth decay, gum disease, and accident injuries. However, dental implants (replacement tooth roots made of titanium) can be used to provide a strong foundation for the attachment of the artificial tooth. Implants can carry many crowns, even to the point of supporting removal denture.

#11. Dentures

Missing teeth can be easily replaced using removable artificial teeth called dentures. Dentures can be complete or partial: complete dentures are used when all the teeth are missing while partial dentures are used when some teeth are lost.
#12. Bridges

Bridges are fixed partial dentures that replace one or more teeth. It works by attaching crowns at either side of the gap and cementing artificial teeth on them. If there are teeth at only one side of the open space, then a cantilever bridge is used.

#13. Gum Grafting

When the tooth roots are exposed due to gum recession, the teeth would become sensitive to cold and hot foods and liquids, there is a higher risk of developing a cavity of the tooth root, and may lead to bone loss and teeth loss. San Antonio Cosmetic Dentist can move healthy gums from one part of your mouth to another in order to stop tooth recession, and the procedure is called gum grafting.

Smile Makeovers

We can employ a combination of dental procedures to make your smile great. San Antonio Dentist can use porcelain veneers to correct crooked, chipped or uneven teeth or gun line. Our cosmetic dentist can make your smile great again. Choose the best dentist near you!