Smile Makeover

Think about how many times a day you smile or show your teeth when making an expression. Imagine if you were constantly hiding your smile or teeth with your hands or lips or felt self-conscious if they were exposed. Is your smile helping or hurting your confidence? If you’re hiding your smile because of flaws like discoloration, missing teeth or crooked teeth, a smile makeover may be the perfect solution to boost your confidence and appearance. At Oral Health Dental & Implant Center, we offer smile makeovers that will make you want to smile proudly. A smile makeover may include dental bonding and contouring, laser gum contouring, porcelain veneers, white spot treatments, laser teeth whitening, Invisalign, or restorative dentistry to replace missing teeth. Whatever your needs and goals are, we offer a wide range of cosmetic dentistry treatments to develop the right smile makeover plan for you.
 

Smile Makeover treatments

• Porcelain Veneers
• Composite Veneers
• Instant Tooth Whitening
• Recontouring of Teeth
• Recontouring of Gums
• Crown lengthening
• Gum Depigmentation
• Bonding
• Tooth Colored Fillings

 

Smile Makeover at Oral Health

• At Oral Health Dental & Implant Center, time honored craftsmanship, meticulous dentistry and advanced technology converge to bring the best of cosmetic dentistry.
• We help bringing the health, function and esthetics of your smile into perfect harmony to improve your self-esteem.
• Digital Smile Design is the newest innovation which we use to bring Smile Makeover to our patients.
• The Veneers /Crowns are made digitally using CAD CAM technology.
• We take our time and care with every single patient to achieve beautiful, natural looking results conservatively, without even smallest amount of unnecessary work.

 

Dental Veneers

Dental Veneers are wafer thin custom-made shells of tooth colored materials designed to cover the front surface of teeth, to improve your appearance. They are bonded to the front of the teeth.
 

There are 2 types of veneers

• Porcelain Veneers and
• Composite Veneers

 

Porcelain Veneers

• They resist stains better
• They mimic light reflecting properties of natural teeth hence have better esthetics
• They have higher strength than composite veneers
• They generally last longer than composite veneers

 

Composite Veneers

• They can be completed in a single sitting
• They are more economical than Porcelain Veneers
• In case of chipping they can be easily repaired

Our cosmetic expert who has decades of experience, will guide you into making an informed decision about the best option for you, after a detailed evaluation and analysis of your face structure, bite and oral health.
Smile Makeover could include combination of treatments like Veneers, Gum contouring, whitening etc.

Commonly Asked Questions

When would I need a veneer?

Veneers can improve the colour, shape and position of your teeth. A precise shade of porcelain can be chosen to give the right colour to improve a single discoloured tooth or to lighten the front teeth. A veneer can make a chipped tooth look intact again. The porcelain covers the whole of the front of the tooth with a thicker section replacing the broken part. Veneers can also be used to close small gaps, when orthodontics (braces) are not suitable. If one tooth is slightly out of position, a veneer can sometimes be fitted to bring it into line with the others.
 

What are the advantages of veneers?

Veneers make teeth look natural and healthy. Because they are very thin and are held in place by a special strong bond (rather like super-glue) very little preparation of the tooth is needed. Some types of veneers don't need any preparation at all.
 

How are teeth prepared for a veneer?

Some of the shiny outer enamel surface of the tooth may be removed, to make sure that the veneer can be bonded permanently in place later. The amount of enamel removed is tiny and will be the same as the thickness of the veneer to be fitted, so that the tooth stays the same size. A local anaesthetic (injection) may be used to make sure that there is no discomfort, but often this is not necessary. Once the tooth has been prepared, the dentist will take an ‘impression' (mould). This will be given to the dental technician, along with any other information needed to make the veneer. The colour of the surrounding teeth is matched on a shade guide to make sure that the veneer will look entirely natural.
 

How long will it take?

A veneer takes at least two visits: the first to prepare the tooth and to match the shade, and the second to fit it. Before bonding it in place, your dentist will show you the veneer on your tooth to make sure you are happy with it. Bonding a veneer in place is done with a special adhesive, which holds it firmly on the tooth.
 

Will I need a temporary veneer between visits?

Because the preparation of the tooth is so slight you will probably not need a temporary veneer. The tooth will look very much the same after preparation, but will feel slightly less smooth.
 

How much will it cost?

The costs for this treatment can vary from practice to practice so it is important to discuss charges and treatment options with your dentist before starting treatment.
 

How long will a veneer last?

Veneers should last for many years; but they can chip or break, just as your own teeth can. Your dentist will tell you how long each individual veneer should last. Small chips can be repaired, or a new veneer fitted if necessary.
 

What about alternatives?

A natural/tooth-colored filling material can be used for minor repairs to front teeth. This is excellent where the tooth supports a filling, but may not work so well for broken tooth corners. There will always be a join between the tooth and the filling material.

Crowns are used for teeth which need to be strengthened - either because they have broken, have been weakened by a very large filling, or have had root canal treatment.