Benefits of Smile Design Services

Is it awkward for you to smile openly? Do you wish you could have a more aesthetic smile?

In this age of Social media – everyone is looking for photo worthy smile. And every day professional and social situations require the self confidence to talk openly with colleagues, friends and family. If you aren’t happy with your smile, it can take away from this confidence.

Luckily we live in an age where there are several options for enhancement of facial aesthetics. This process can improve your smile using cosmetic dentistry in Edmonton.

Smile design services are the procedures that involve the development of teeth structures and shapes to improve the alignment of your smile. With the development of smile, the designing also enhances the functionality of the teeth. The dentist takes into consideration, your age, gender, bone density, and jaw shape. This analysis enables the dentist to restore or repair the structure of your teeth efficiently and suitably. The smile you get from the procedures will be personal customization for your facial structure. Smile design can be used to help correct various concerns you may be having with your smile. These are:

  • Dental spaces – these can be closed
  • Worn off or chipped teeth can be restored
  • Stained or discolored tooth can be whitened
  • Metal fillings can be replaced with natural looking restorations
  • Gums can be contoured to create more pleasing aesthetics

Smile design services ranges from the treatment of small range issues like teeth staining to the restoration of misaligned and misshapen teeth. It also includes the makeover of your lips to prevent not so attractive extended smiles. Smile design has various procedures that provide cures for almost any issue pertaining to your smile and teeth appearance.

Procedures in Smile Design

Various cosmetic dentistry techniques and materials are used to create a beautiful smile, depending on what result you are hoping to achieve.

Here are some of the things that can be done to improve your smile:

Teeth Whitening

Teeth whitening is one of the most common cosmetic procedures used by dentists in Edmonton to improve the look of your teeth. Teeth are most commonly stained by foods and beverages that can penetrate the surface of the teeth and cause discolouration. Here at Edmonton Smiles we find that the most common beverages that cause staining are coffee, tea, red wine, energy drinks and darker sodas like coke and Pepsi. The most common foods that tend to stain the teeth are berries and mustard. Of course the absolute worst things for staining teeth are smoking and chewing tobacco.

If the staining is significant our Edmonton Smiles team will recommend we do a professional polish prior to whitening as this will remove surface stain and help the whitening agents penetrate the teeth more effectively.

Veneers

Veneers are a thin porcelain material. They are used often to help address cosmetic issues that cannot be solved with whitening alone. They are commonly used to create the ideal photo ready smile. They can cover cracked or broken teeth, cover up deep staining that cannot be treated with whitening, they can make crooked teeth look straight without needing braces and they can close spaces.

Tooth Bonding

Tooth bonding has similar applications to veneers. The main difference is we place fillings onto the teeth instead of porcelain veneers. Bonding is usually less expensive. The only drawbacks to bonding are that it doesn’t last as long as veneers, it can pick up stain over time, it tends to chip more frequently and cannot be used in more complicated cosmetic situations.

Gum Contouring

This technique can be used in conjunction with bonding and veneers in patients who have an uneven gum line that affects the smile design. Depending on the case, gum contouring can sometimes be done as the only treatment to create a more pleasing smile.

If it is a minimal discrepancy the recontouring can be done with laser. This is an easy process and is virtually painless.

If there is a more significant issue with the contours of the gum tissue there are other contouring procedures that can be done, typically by a periodontist.

Cosmetic dentistry can provide a smile makeover that can enhance your looks and in so doing enhance your self confidence. We here at Edmonton Smiles would be happy to discuss your concerns and help you decide what cosmetic procedures would be right for you.

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