Smile Design

PORCELAIN VENEERS AND LUMINEERS

Are your teeth discolored, chipped or uneven? You don’t have to hide your smile any longer! If you want a beautiful, natural smile, porcelain veneers may be the solution for you.

Porcelain veneers can truly transform your smile by camouflaging flaws like discoloration, chips, gaps between your teeth, an uneven gum line or irregular teeth lengths. Veneers can sometimes replace braces by instantly straightening the appearance of your teeth. We’re proud that we can now offer Lumineers™ by Cerinate®

Why Lumineers? They are the only veneers that can be applied without drilling or the loss of tooth enamel. That means that most patients experience no discomfort, and that means … no needles.
Since your smile transformation can take only one or two dental visits, Lumineers are a wonderful option for people who want a beautiful smile, but are a little anxious about dental visits, or who have a too-busy schedule for multiple appointments.

Could Lumineers be for you? We’ll be happy to answer your questions.

PORCELAIN CROWNS

Crowns look and function just like natural teeth. A crown may be recommended if your tooth has enough decay that it cannot hold a filling, or if your tooth is cracked or broken and in danger of fractur¬ing into the root if left unattended. Placing a crown on a compro¬mised tooth will restore its strength, and prevent unnecessary tooth loss and/or expense. A crown covers your tooth completely and fits snugly at the gum to protect what remains of the natural tooth.

Crowns restore the appearance of your teeth, and also help stabilize your facial structure. Being the same size and shape as the natural tooth, they keep your jaw and bite aligned. This helps ensure that other teeth don’t shift locations or take on a greater share of the work of biting and chewing.

TOOTH-COLORED BONDING AND FILLINGS

Bonding refers to tooth-colored restorative material that can be used to treat teeth in many different ways. The bonding material is a resin that strongly adheres to tooth structure and comes in many different shades to match the tooth. Modern bonding materials are long-lasting and blend in so well that they can hardly be detected.

A bonded filling also requires the removal of less tooth struc¬ture. Bonding can be used to repair fractured front teeth or in cas¬es where cosmetic improvement is desired. The entire bonding procedure can usually be accomplished in one appointment and in some instances without using any anesthetic.

TEETH WHITENING

How about a safe, simple way that can give you dramatically whiter teeth? With age and/or consumption of staining substances such as coffee, tea, colas, tobacco, red wine, etc., your teeth may become discolored. There are many products on the market designed to help restore your teeth to their former whiteness. Professional whitening systems, available only in dental offices, provide the most effective and reliable results. We offer a professional home whitening system.

DENTAL IMPLANTS

Embarrassed about missing teeth? Tired of wearing a partial or denture? Dental implants are an ideal and affordable solution.
Dental implants offer a more secure alternative for replacing teeth. You are going to love having implants. They are one of the greatest advances in the history of the dental profession and the success rate has been over 90%. In fact, there is nothing we do that improves the quality of life of our patients more.

Dental implants are pure titanium posts that are placed in the jawbone where the roots of the natural teeth once were. Bone loves titanium and anchors firmly to it. After surgical placement, the implants need to remain undisturbed for a period of time before the final restoration can be completed.

Lower denture patients benefit tremendously at any age. The traditional lower denture tends to float or come out when smiling, talking, laughing, kissing, and especially eating. With implants, the denture is firmly anchored so that the denture no longer slips out. Patients can enjoy eating a variety of foods, and their dentures can still be removed for regular cleaning.

Removable partial denture patients, who are tired of always having something in their mouth, will benefit by placing implants followed by a non-removable prosthesis that will feel and act just like permanent teeth.

Patients with a single missing tooth, who do not like the thought of trimming down good adjacent teeth to place a bridge, will find that an implant, followed by a single crown, is an excellent and conservative approach.