Your smile is your first impression to the world. Whether chipped or crooked teeth, yellowing, or gaps caused by tooth loss, there are many reasons why you may want to fix your smile. A smile makeover can transform smiles using different cosmetic dentistry procedures.
At Eriks Dental, our general dentist will perform a dental exam to evaluate your current oral health and make professional recommendations on ways to improve your smile. Dr. Eriks, DMD, uses the latest technology and high-quality materials to ensure his patients’ smiles look and feel their best.
A smile makeover is a custom dental plan that focuses on repairing, improving, and restoring teeth. This smile rejuvenation uses cosmetic dentistry to help how a smile looks and functions.
A cosmetic dentist creates custom treatment plans that address a patient’s oral health and their smile goals. These cosmetic dentistry procedures offer dramatic changes to damaged, yellowed, and dull smiles in Fort Lauderdale. Because every patient has different dreams for their smile, a smile makeover may vary.
There are many things that someone may want to improve during their cosmetic dentistry treatment plan, including:
Cosmetic dentistry involves dental treatments used to improve how your teeth look. A professional cosmetic dentist will prioritize a patient’s safety and the integrity of their existing teeth during this treatment. They can focus on different dental aesthetics, including the position, shape, size, color, and alignment of your teeth. A professional dentist will help you understand the procedure before treatment even begins.
Here are some of the most popular cosmetic dentistry procedures.
Missing teeth are not uncommon. Dental implants provide a helpful solution for missing teeth replacement. These artificial teeth are implanted directly into the jawbone surgically. During this procedure, a dentist will place a titanium screw into the bone. Over time, it will fuse with the jawbone to provide a stable anchor for an implant. A crown is placed atop the screw after healing finishes.
When considering dental implants, it’s important to note that those with weak jawbones may not be ideal candidates. Your dentist will evaluate you to determine your candidacy at your dental visit.
Porcelain veneers are custom teeth coverings placed over the natural teeth to refine your smile cosmetically. They repair stains, cracked, broken, or chipped teeth, misshapen or uneven teeth, or gaps and spaces.
Our professional cosmetic dentist creates custom veneers based on each patient’s specifications, which makes sure that they match your natural teeth’s shape, size, contour, and color. With the proper care, you can maintain your results for a long time.
To ensure they fit the best, our dentist performs prep work that reduces the surface area by removing some of your tooth enamel before applying your custom veneers. This helps the veneers to adhere more efficiently. With innovative dentistry advancements, cosmetic dentistry now offers Lumineers, a porcelain veneers brand that minimizes the need for time-consuming dental preparation. They’re a more time-efficient and affordable approach to veneers.
This tooth discoloration occurs when the teeth’s color changes, whether from consuming dark-colored food or beverages like coffee or red wine, poor oral hygiene, smoking or tobacco usage, or excessive exposure to fluoride. Some common causes of yellowing are aging, genetics, trauma, certain medications like high blood pressure medication, diseases like celiac or liver disease, or cancer treatment.
When you have stained teeth, professional teeth whitening can help your smile by using whitening agents in-office. A dentist will assess your gum health, how sensitive your teeth are, and any existing dental work done before deciding the amount of whitening solution to use to get you the best results.
Orthodontic procedures address many dental issues, including overlapping teeth, impacted teeth, overbites and underbites, crooked teeth, or crowded teeth. Appliances like braces or Invisalign are used to apply constant pressure on the teeth and jaws to move teeth to their desired positions. This treatment is great for all ages.
Bonding is used to correct damaged, decayed, short, small, or discolored teeth. A dentist will shape and polish fillings to make them blend naturally with your teeth. If there is decay, a dentist will remove it and then apply the filling to the tooth and use a light to harden the bonding. It’s different than veneers, as it only fills specific areas, unlike veneers that cover the entire front surface of the teeth.
To keep your teeth and gums remaining your dream smile after cosmetic dentistry, follow these good hygiene habits:
At Eriks Dental, we evaluate every patient’s needs to help them find a treatment plan that meets their smile goals. Whether just a single treatment or a series of procedures that helps your dream smiles. When you want to make these dramatic changes to your smile, consider what cosmetic dentistry can provide you during a smile makeover.
To schedule a cosmetic dentistry evaluation, call our Fort Lauderdale office at 954-463-5051. Our multi-specialty dental office specializes in cosmetic dentistry, reconstruction, and implants.
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