Cosmetics
A smile can be the most eye-catching feature of a face. With dentistry's many advances, you no longer have to settle for stained, chipped, or misshapen teeth. You now have choices that can help you smile with confidence.
Even the most subtle change in your smile can make a dramatic difference in the way you look and feel about yourself. Talk to us about the options most suitable for you, what your expectations are and the dental fees involved.
Bonding
Bonding restores chipped, cracked, or miscolored teeth. Bonding a process by which two or more teeth are joined by mechanical and/or chemical adhesion.
Bleaching
Bleaching beautifies teeth by lightening stains and/or discolorations.
Veneers
Veneers are small facing made of porcelain that can cover up imperfections in shape, shade, or alignment of teeth. The advantage of veneers is very little tooth structure is removed from the underlying tooth, while still producing an amazing natural appearance.
All Porcelain Crowns
Recent advances in all porcelain crowns have made them as strong as other crowns available, but much more natural appearing. All metal crowns or a porcelain crown over a metal core were formally the standard of treatment in dentistry for many years. These metal based crowns can lead to a less than desirable aesthetic result. A new material called "Zirconia" allows crowns to be made in all white material, yet still have a great amount of strength.
Bridges
If you're missing one or more teeth, you may notice a difference in chewing and speaking. There are options to help restore your smile.
Bridges help maintain the shape of your face, as well as alleviating the stress in your bite by replacing missing teeth.
Sometimes called a fixed partial denture, a bridge replaces missing teeth with artificial teeth, looks great, and literally bridges the gap where one or more teeth may have been. The restoration can be made from gold, alloys, porcelain or a combination of these materials and is bonded onto surrounding teeth for support.
Unlike a removable bridge, which you can take out and clean, a fixed bridge can only be removed by us.
An implant bridge attaches artificial teeth directly to the jaw or under the gum tissue. Depending on which type of bridge you need, its success depends on its foundation. So it's very important to keep your remaining teeth healthy and strong.
Partial and Complete Dentures
People are often confused about "partial" or "complete" dentures. Complete dentures are used when someone is missing all there natural teeth. The complete denture helps improve chewing ability and appearance over that of an edentulous mouth (no teeth).
A partial denture is used in situations where one or more teeth are missing. A partial denture snaps on to the patients existing teeth, improving appearance and chewing ability. New advances in implants have allowed us to make complete dentures and partial dentures more and more stable for the patient. Both "complete" and "partial" dentures are removed nightly.