Cosmetic dentistry enables our team to take on the issues that impact your smile’s appearance, such as teeth stains or even damaged or misshapen teeth. In fact, some could even take only one visit! In today’s blog, your Lake Orion, MI, dentist talks about how we diagnose and treat your cosmetic issues with our holistic and metal-free treatment options.
When You Need a Cosmetic Consultation
Do you have stained teeth, or do you have misshapen or damaged teeth? Don’t let your oral health and bite function suffer, and don’t hide your smile from the world. Instead, schedule a visit with our team for a cosmetic consultation. We will talk to you about the changes you want to see in your smile, and then take a close look at your teeth and gums with advanced digital imaging technology, which enables us to assess the cause and severity of your cosmetic imperfections. With this information, we can plan treatment to improve the appearance of your smile, sometimes in only one visit!
Our Teeth Whitening Treatments
Do you wish you could have a brighter smile? Instead of wasting your time with toothpastes and store-bought strips that promise brighter smiles, talk to our team about dramatic improvement with professional teeth whitening. In our in-office procedure, we can use a combination of a bleaching gel applied to the teeth and a special light to break up and remove teeth stains in one visit, often in as little as one to two hours. Perfect if you need results quickly before a first date, job interview, or big event.
If you have more substantial staining, we could offer our at-home teeth whitening treatment, which uses a take-home kit to brighten teeth by up to eight shades. We will take impressions of your bite to create a set of plastic trays that fit snugly over your teeth. The trays and multiple syringes of powerful bleaching gel will then be sent home with you. At home, you simply add gel to the trays and wear them for specific amounts of time, usually about a half hour to an hour. Optimal results are possible in as little as a week to ten days.
Porcelain Veneers
Did you know that we have a single cosmetic treatment that could provide a makeover for your whole smile? With our custom porcelain veneers, we can connect lifelike and durable dental restorations to the front of each tooth. Once your veneers, which we shade to blend with your smile, have been attached, we can use them to correct the shape and color of the teeth and take on multiple imperfections at once. Each one is custom-made for your smile, with one appointment to prepare the teeth and gather images and impressions of them, and the second to apply the completed veneers.
Dental Bonding
With dental bonding, we offer esthetic improvement using the same composite resin we place as part of our tooth fillings. The composite resin material is metal-free and safe for all ages. We can shade it to blend with your smile and provide a natural appearance. Placement only takes one visit, and can help mask teeth stains, fill gaps between teeth, add length to worn down teeth, and even repair minor chips and cracks. We could also contour the teeth, in which we sand and buff outer structure to correct issues with the surfaces and shape of the teeth, such as pits and grooves in the outer surfaces or sharp/pointed teeth.
Gum Contouring
What about the gum line? For patients with a gummy smile, which shows off too much gum tissue and could make teeth look shorter than they are or uneven, we can help in one visit. With gum contouring, we use advanced and comfortable laser dentistry to gently reshape the gums for better symmetry and beauty, so in one visit we can correct gummy smiles. The use of lasers means the area heals fast and the risk of bleeding, infection, and swelling is also much lower.
If you have any questions about how we help your smile shine with cosmetic dentistry, or if you would like to schedule a visit for a consultation, then contact our team today to learn more and get started!
Enjoy Cosmetic Dentistry From Lake Orion Family Dentistry
Cosmetic dentistry can help mask or correct issues with the shape and color of your teeth, and even improve your gums too. To find out more about improving the appearance of your teeth and gums, or to schedule an appointment, call Lake Orion Family Dentistry in Lake Orion, MI at (248)693-6213.
