Cosmetic Dental Servcice

Teeth Whitening

In-Office Whitening

In our office, we use professional strength whitening products to noticeably whiten your teeth during one office visit. Our trained staff will make you feel comfortable while they guide you through the steps of in-office whitening. As a bonus, we provide you with our take home whitening system so that you can touch up your teeth as you deem necessary. What this means for you is a quick, effective professional whitening in one office visit.

At home whitening

We also offer whitening that you can take and do at home. We will fabricate custom trays and provide the whitening material that you will use in your trays daily, usually for 2 weeks. The concentration of the whitening agent is lower in the take-home material than in the in-office material.

Porcelain Bridges

A fixed bridge is a non-removable dental restoration used to replace one or more missing teeth by joining an artificial tooth permanently to adjacent natural teeth or dental implants. Dental bridges can be made using ceramic, resin, porcelain or various metals. Porcelain bridges tend to be more aesthetic and we can make them in our office using CEREC technology, which often times allows us to fabricate the bridge in one appointment.

Porcelain Crowns

A dental crown is a tooth-shaped “cap or helmet” that is placed over a tooth to protect it and restore its shape and size, strength, and function while at the same time improving its appearance. The crown, when cemented into place, fully encases the entire portion of tooth that lies above the gum line. Crowns can be made from different materials. In our practice, we mill all-ceramic crowns out of solid porcelain blocks that match the shade or color of the patient’s teeth utilizing CEREC technology. All of this is accomplished in a single visit so there is no need for a temporary crown or 2nd visit to complete the restorative process.

Porcelain Inlays/ Onlays

Inlays and onlays are an indirect technique used to fill cavities or correct structural defects in teeth in order to restore proper function and structural integrity. Conversely to fillings which are placed and shaped inside your mouth, inlays and onlays are designed and fabricated (milled) outside the mouth using Cerec technology, and then bonded in place.

Porcelain Veneers

A veneer is a thin layer of material placed over a tooth to improve the aesthetics of a tooth or to protect a tooth’s surface from damage. There are two main types of materials used in dentistry to fabricate a veneer: composite(bonding material) and dental porcelain. A veneer may be directly placed (built-up and sculpted in the mouth) using composite material, or indirectly fabricated by a dental technician in a dental laboratory, and later bonded to the tooth at a separate appointment. They can also be fabricated in-office using Cerec technology.

Tooth Bonding

Tooth bonding is the application of a tooth colored resin material using dental adhesives and a specialized curing light which activates and hardens the material within seconds. The procedure gets its name because the materials are bonded to the tooth. Bonding is typically used for cosmetic purposes to improve the appearance of a discolored or chipped tooth. It is also used to close spaces between teeth, to make teeth look longer or to change the shape or color of teeth, similarly to veneers. Bonding can also be used as a cosmetic alternative to amalgam fillings, or to protect a portion of the tooth’s root that has been exposed when the gums recede.

Gum Contouring

Gum contouring also known as gingivoplasty sculpting is a way to reshape the gum around teeth. Gum recontouring can be used sometimes when a person is not happy with their “gummy smile” that makes their teeth look short or boxy. If you have an uneven gumline that is too high in some places and low in others, strategically removing gum tissue through contouring can make your smile look more uniform. Gum contouring can also be used to remove gum overgrowth after braces.