General Cosmetic Dentistry

Let Cosmetic Dentistry Rejuvenate Your Appearance

As you age, so do your teeth. The foods we eat and the liquids we drink can leave their marks on our teeth, depositing stains and leaving teeth discolored. Smoking discolors teeth extremely quickly, and leaves teeth yellow and brown.

Your natural teeth have outer layers of strong, white enamel, and inner layers of yellow dentin. With age, our enamel thins, revealing more and more of the yellow dentin layer.

Whether we intend to or not, when our teeth are discolored, we’re adding years to our age. Natural teeth also wear down with age. Shorter teeth can look ground down and imply years of use.

Maybe you’ve wanted to change your smile for a while, or maybe there’s a special occasion on your calendar. Class reunions, weddings and graduations can be reasons for sprucing up your smile. Even first dates and job interviews can make you want to look your best.

Cosmetic dentistry can have you looking youthful again by restoring your whiter, brighter smile. Perhaps professional whitening can complete your treatment. Composite resin bonding or dental veneers are ways to even the shape of your teeth, possibly even extending them to be longer. Dental implants can take the place of missing teeth. Crooked and misaligned teeth may be corrected through orthodontia to make your smile red-carpet ready.

Talk to Sarasota cosmetic dentist Dr. Back to see what can be done to your smile to make you look more youthful. You’ll look relaxed and refreshed, and people will notice. When you know you look good, you’ll project your best, most confident self, allowing you to smile beautifully for years to come.

• The placement of porcelain veneers to conceal cracks, chips, gaps, and discolored teeth.
• Composite bonding which utilizes tooth-colored resin to repair and conceal discolored or chipped teeth.
• Inlays or onlays, which restore decayed teeth with tooth-colored fillings to create a more natural look.
• Gum contouring to reshape the gum line and correct a gummy or uneven smile.
• Tooth reshaping which involves modifying or removing enamel to reshape the tooth.
• Professional teeth whitening which can brighten darkened or stained teeth up to ten shades in as little as one visit.
• Dental implants which can replace missing teeth in the most natural looking and feeling way possible.
• Clear orthodontia like Invisalign to straighten overlapping, gapped or unevenly spaced teeth comfortably, and are virtually without detection.

Advances in dental technology have provided cosmetic dentists with long-lasting, natural-looking materials that create the most aesthetically appealing result possible. Porcelain and composite material can be matched to the look and feel of your natural teeth, resulting in a beautiful smile. Consult with a qualified cosmetic dentist to learn more about what cosmetic dental treatments and procedures are available to help you achieve a more perfect new smile.

Another popular cosmetic dental treatment is veneers, which are porcelain covers that permanently attach to your teeth to hide imperfections. They are used for things like closing gaps, hiding stains, and altering tooth length.

Cosmetic dentists can perform gum contouring to change the appearance of your gums along your teeth. Sometimes gums cover too much or too little of your teeth, so your gums can be lifted or lowered to improve your smile’s appearance.

Dental implants have grown in popularity, providing permanent and effective tooth replacement. People lose teeth for a number of reasons, but implants give people back their smiles. These titanium rods are attached directly into your jaw so that your bone fuses with the implant, and then an artificial tooth or crown is place on top to complete the natural look of implants.

Orthodontic treatment may also be provided by cosmetic dentists to straighten teeth and correct alignment problems. Newer technology such as clear braces and Invisalign retainers offer less noticeable orthodontic treatment methods.

No matter what your goals might be for your smile, it’s likely that a cosmetic dentist can help you achieve them.