A Detailed Guide to Smile Makeovers

Your smile says a lot about you. When you can’t smile or are embarrassed to smile because of a dental flaw, your quality of life can be greatly affected. Stained, chipped, fractured, or misaligned teeth are some of the most common reasons one may feel self-conscious about their smile. Fortunately, there’s a solution to your problem – a smile makeover.

If you have a dental flaw and are interested in a cosmetic makeover, you should schedule a consultation with your dentist. The dentist reviews your condition and defines the most appropriate smile makeover treatment for your situation. Since everyone’s needs and situations are unique, treatments may vary from one patient to another.

Once you find a cosmetic treatment that you’re confident with, your dentist will discuss the treatment plan, including the expected results, duration, associated costs, benefits, and risk, among other factors.

Types of Issues Improved by a Smile Makeover

Below are common dental issues that are improved with a smile makeover.

• Missing Teeth

Having one or multiple missing teeth can significantly affect the appearance of your smile. It causes your facial muscles to weaken, create facial sagging, lip thinning, and pre-mature aging.

Even worse, missing teeth can affect your bite function, ability to speak correctly and increase your risk of dental issues such as decay and teeth misalignment. To remedy these effects, your dentist can recommend getting dental implants, bridges, or dentures.

• Misaligned and Gapped Teeth

Teeth misalignment, overlap, and gaps are not only bad for your smile, but they also encourage plaque build-up between teeth. To get a straighter and healthier smile, your dentist can recommend using Invisalign or veneers.

• Chipped, uneven, cracked, or broken teeth

Besides affecting your smile, a damaged tooth also interferes with your oral bite function. The dentist can suggest veneers, bonding, dental crowns, and fillings to enhance your teeth’s appearance and stability.

• Unshapely or Aging Face

If you have unshapely, aging, or a sagging face, smile makeover treatments such as orthodontics and maxillofacial surgery can refine your facial muscles and improve your smile.

Stained or Discolored Teeth

Teeth stains and yellowing is a common problem among millions of individuals globally. To whiten or brighten your smile, the dentist can recommend dental veneers, crowns, or teeth bleaching.

Whatever your condition is, your dentist will work with you to determine the best solution. It’s worth noting that a smile makeover can consist of more than one procedure. Furthermore, most of these procedures have both cosmetic and functional benefits.

Types of Smile Makeover Treatments

To rejuvenate your smile, your dentist can use any of these procedures:

• Teeth Bonding

It’s one of the most performed dental procedures. It can correct tooth stains and repair minor tooth damage such as teeth cracks and chips. Dental bonding is also used to restore or improve size, shape, or length.

• Dental Implants

Implants are the best solution for replacing any missing teeth. An implant is fused to the jawbone of the missing tooth, providing stability, strength, esthetics, and functionality of a natural tooth.

• Dental Veneers

A veneer is a thin shell or coating that is attached to a tooth to repair damage or improve appearance. Veneers can also close tooth gaps or make your teeth even. Veneers can correct chipped, stained, cracked, or fractured teeth.

• Dental Crowns

A cap/crown is placed on a tooth to improve the appearance, strength, and protection of a fractured, broken, or severely stained tooth. It’s also used to cover an implant, support a dental bridge, or cover a tooth after root canal therapy.

• Teeth Whitening

If you have minor tooth staining, your dentist can recommend an in-office teeth whitening procedure to whiten or brighten your smile. Alternatively, you can use whitening strips, toothpaste, and other over-the-counter teeth whitening products. In-office teeth whitening offers the safest, fastest, and most effective results.

Benefits of a Smile Makeover

• Improves your oral appearance and functionality
• Improves your self-confidence and quality of life
• Promotes your oral hygiene and health
• The results are long-lasting
• Treats underlying dental problems

Schedule Your Appointment Today

Are you ready to reinvent your smile? Contact Sharon Dental Group today for smile makeovers, dental care, and treatments.