We have a variety of ways to "makeover" your smile into a beautiful Hollywood Smile!! Many times, we will use one or more of the following techniques:
BLEACHING: This procedure can dramatically whiten your teeth easily while you are at home, at work, or while you sleep! Bleaching gets rid of deep discoloration in teeth, as well as years of stain from smoking, foods, beverages, and yellowing caused by natural aging of teeth. We use custom-made soft rubber mouthguards that evenly coat your teeth with a special American Dental Association approved bleaching gel. You do this simple procedure at home for 1 to 2 hours each day. In as little as 5-7 days, we have seen teeth brighten 8 to 14 shades lighter !
COSMETIC BONDING: In most cases of crowded, chipped, gapped, discolored, or unsightly teeth, we can bond a special composite resin tooth colored material over the teeth, covering up most defects. This procedure is also used to close spaces and gaps between teeth. Many times, we can bond crooked teeth and it will give the illusion that they look straight, without doing braces! We call this "Instant Orthodontics" . Bonding is an easy procedure and is done in one appointment. Bonding may require periodic polishing and can occasionally stain or chip, but it is a relatively economical and conservative treatment.
PORCELAIN VENEERS: This is the ultimate in Hollywood dentistry . These laboratory-made porcelain shells are custom made to fit the front surface of your teeth. The beauty of this procedure is that it covers and masks out even the darkest stain, shadow, or other defect completely! Porcelain veneers are used for the same reasons as bonding, and although they are more expensive, they are much stronger and much more stain resistant and durable. Many Hollywood stars and fashion models with white dazzling smiles have porcelain veneers or porcelain crowns.
PORCELAIN CROWNS: We now have the ability to make a lifelike all porcelain crown that looks so close to a natural tooth, it's hard to tell the difference. Crowns provide needed strength and are done on weak or broken teeth, or teeth with large old fillings.. They also do a beautiful job of masking out everything underneath.
COSMETIC RECONTOURING: This is a great corrective procedure for evening out irregular or chipped edges on upper and lower teeth. We can painlessly reshape the tooth edges with special instruments to soften your smile, getting rid or crooked, jagged, or uneven edges. Sometimes crooked teeth that may look like they need braces can be magically transformed into a beautiful even set of healthy teeth with a quick Cosmetic Recontouring procedure. It is very comfortable and economical.
WHITE FILLINGS IN BACK TEETH!: We can replace old, unsightly silver fillings in back teeth that show when you talk or laugh. Old silver fillings age over the years, eventually corroding and turning black. The new posterior composite resin fillings are as strong as the old silver ones, yet they don't corrode, and they blend in with your natural tooth color. Get rid of that old silver "metal mouth", and have a new young natural look.

ORTHODONTICS: Crooked, crowded teeth that are too severely out of line to correct with bonding, veneers, crowns, or recontouring, may need braces instead. Orthodontics is a popular procedure even with adults. It now is done with "clear" braces and isn't the hassle that many people think it used to be. Many of our adult patients have undergone orthodontics and love the results.
BAD BREATH TREATMENTS: Once you get a smile makeover, don't forget to check your breath. Bad breath can be a real social turn off! We have new breath products available to tame many mouth odors. These toothpastes and rinses breakup the bacterial sulfur compounds in your mouth that cause bad breath. We also go over special oral hygiene techniques to keep mouth odor away.
DENTAL CLEANINGS: The quickest and easiest way to brighten your smile is to have them cleaned and polished! Stain builds up over time and toothbrushing won't get it all off. A professional dental cleaning uses hand instruments and a special abrasive cleaning paste to polish up your smile. Hard to clean stains and tartar can gently and painlessly be removed with our ultrasonic cleaning wand to make your mouth squeaky clean and fresh!


IMPLANTS: If you have a missing tooth, sometimes an implant can be placed. This is a metal "socket" that is surgically placed in the jaw. We can then attach a crown to the implant. These are excellent, time tested restorations that look, feel, and function like real teeth.

BRIDGES: Another way we can replace missing teeth to restore a "broken" smile, is with a variety of bridges. A bridge is a false tooth that fills in a missing tooth and attaches to the adjacent teeth. It "bridges" the gap. The latest type of bridge procedure involves a non-metallic, porcelain/composite bridge called the Targis/Vectris bridge. These bridges have great esthetics with no metal shadows and require minimal tooth preparation. It is essentially a false tooth attached to the tongue side of the adjacent two teeth. The attachment is completely hidden and smooth to the touch. It feels like a real tooth and you do not take it out.

HIDDEN CLASP PARTIAL DENTURES: Unlike most partial dentures you may have seen, we now have the technology in many cases to hide the metal clips that hold them in place. In some cases we can make "claspless" partials, and in others we have partials with flexible rubber-like tooth-colored clasps for maximum esthetics.

LIFELIKE DENTURES: Replace your old worn dentures with new youthful, natural looking dentures. We can change your tooth color, shape, size, and other features to give you a younger, more beautiful smile.

There are so many things that can be done to improve your smile and appearance. So why let time and age take its toll? Call us for an appointment for a SMILE CONSULTATION so we can go over your specific situation and see what we can do for you!

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