Aesthetic dentistry
Cosmetic dentistry.
Bonding, contouring, veneers and whitening, chosen after an examination rather than off a menu.
People choose aesthetic dental procedures for various reasons. To repair a defect such as a malformed bite or crooked teeth. To treat an injury. Or simply to improve their appearance. Whatever the reason, the goal is the same one: to restore a smile the person is happy to use.
Which technique is right for you depends on a dental exam, and on a good many factors besides the tooth in front of us, starting with your overall oral health.
Common procedures
Four ways a tooth gets changed.
Esthetic dentistry can correct misshapen, discoloured, chipped or missing teeth, and change the overall shape of teeth that are too long, too short, gapped or simply in need of reshaping.
Veneers
Ultra-thin coatings placed over the front teeth, which change their colour or their shape. Veneers have been used to correct unevenly spaced, crooked, chipped, oddly shaped or discoloured teeth, and they are the procedure most people mean when they say they want a different smile.
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Bonding
Tooth-coloured material used to close gaps or change the colour of a tooth. Usually one visit, and the least invasive thing on this page.
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Contouring and reshaping
Straightens crooked, chipped, cracked or overlapping teeth by reshaping what is already there rather than covering it.
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As the term implies. The fastest-growing procedure in the discipline, and the one most often done for its own sake.
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When it is more than a veneer
Dr. Kimberly A. Farrell, DMD
An early aptitude in maths and science blended with a love of artistry, which developed into an interest in dentistry, that place where art and science meet. Cosmetic cases that turn out to need crowns, implants or a rebuilt bite do not leave the building.
- Diplomate, American Board of ProsthodonticsProsthodontics is the discipline of rebuilding teeth, not just resurfacing them.
- Certificate in Prosthodontics and Implant Surgery, UConnWith a Master’s in Dental Science, and published in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry.
- Fellow, American College of ProsthodontistsAlso of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics and the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics.
- Assistant Clinical Professor, UConnShe volunteers there twice a month, alongside the practice.
The other treatments
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