If you want a whiter smile, you want it now and you want it to be permanent. Cosmetic dentistry treatments deliver on both fronts, but it’s important to have a conversation with your dentist about the treatment that is best for transforming your teeth. Here are just some of the ways to get a whiter smile, whether you’re ready to invest in a big transformation or stay small.
1. Teeth Whitening
The most obvious way to get a whiter smile with cosmetic dentistry is with professional teeth whitening. These treatments are carried out using high-concentration peroxide gel to destroy stain molecules and can be done in the dentist’s office or in the comfort of your own home with customized trays and whitening formula to get the job done. Above all, personalized dental care like this – instead of attempts at teeth-whitening on your own with over-the-counter products – means all safeguards are taken to reduce irritation and mistakes and the results are long-lasting.
2. Porcelain Veneers
Not everyone is a candidate for professional teeth whitening, and that can be a bummer when you have finally decided that this is the procedure for you. However, there is always another way to get the whiter smile you’ve always wanted, along with other flawless features: porcelain veneers.
Veneers are a major investment in your smile, and they pay off. When teeth are carefully designed in size, shape, length, and color and customized to complement your skin tone, face shape, and other features, they look natural. Plus, that revitalized smile also makes you look younger, happier, healthier, and more competent. Veneers deliver white teeth and then some.
3. Tooth-Colored Fillings
If you have been walking around with silver fillings in your mouth, you’re probably a little self-conscious about them. This type of restoration can be transformed into a stronger solution that doesn’t affect the color or condition of the tooth the filling is in. Having an amalgam filling replaced with a composite tooth-colored filling delivers a smile that is whiter, healthier, and noticeable only for its beauty.
4. Porcelain Crowns
When some people say they want whiter teeth, they mean they want a few teeth to look better, to blend into the rest of their smile instead of stand out. A tooth infected in childhood that’s always been gray, a stained tooth that’s brownish and stands out – problems like these can disappear with a custom porcelain crown.
A crown is customized in size, shape, and shade to fit precisely over the tooth in question and adjusted until it is snugly in place and looks completely natural. Crowns make teeth stronger and never fail to impress on the cosmetic level too.
5. Basic Dental Care
Careful brushing at home and regular professional dental cleanings makes your smile shine and sloughs away bacteria, food, and build-up that can discolor your teeth. Cosmetic dentistry can work magic, but so can basic preventive dental care carried out by you, your hygienist, and your dentist.
If you want whiter teeth, talk to Dr. Chi Fu and his dental team at Chester Hill Dentistry in Rye, NY, and find out what’s most beneficial for your smile. Contact us to schedule your consultation.