Dental Laminates Can Improve Your Smile

If you are looking for a solution that will improve your appearance – try dental laminates.  In our dentist office, we treat patients throughout New York that are looking to change how they look - namely their smile.  This is understandable considering that both men and women state that an attractive smile is the best quality that someone can have, and people with a beautiful smile are even more likely to be hired for a new job or to get a raise.  In a highly competitive world – your smile matters.  But what if your teeth are yellow, stained, damaged, or a funny shape? In this case, you can visit our cosmetic dentist office for treatment.

Technology has continued to improve to the point where there are few if any, aesthetic issues with your teeth that we cannot correct.  Whether you have gaps in between your two front teeth, they are crooked or are dull in appearance – we can help.  Even if your teeth are too small for your appearance, we can correct that too.  For this reason, we recommend that you schedule a consultation so that we can examine your teeth and gums, take x-rays and create a treatment plan that will address all of your needs.

Very often, we recommend dental laminates.  This is a diverse solution that works well to restore damaged teeth or to correct aesthetic challenges.  Laminates are bonded to the surface of your natural teeth, so you do not need oral surgery to take advantage of this option.  This means that your recovery time would be far less than if you were to use dental implants to replace your current teeth.  In most cases, this is unnecessary because we can keep your current teeth in place and simply change their appearance.  By leaving them, your roots and tooth structure remain intact, giving your jawbone the stimulation it needs to avoid resorption.  However, if you do need to have a tooth replaced, we can provide you with implants along with your dental laminates.

To create laminates in the perfect size, shape, and shade, we will being by making an impression of your teeth, taking measurements and reviewing a shade card with you.  That way you can select a shade of white that you are comfortable with.  Everyone has their ideal shade of white, so we want to make sure that your laminates fit within your expectations.  While they are being created in the dental lab, we will go to work preparing your teeth.  Since they are bonded to the surface of your teeth, we will remove a portion of the enamel before doing so.  This will ensure that they lay flat and that your teeth do not look overly large.  Since this is often done before your dental laminates are ready, we will secure a temporary set to your teeth to protect them while you wait for the final version to be finished.  Once done, we will remove your temporaries and permanently bond your laminates in place. This will give you a beautiful and natural-looking new smile.

Tooth Colored Fillings Can Restore Your Tooth

Tooth colored fillings are one of those essential components to a dentist visit. When you have cavities, we have to work to remove the decay and then replace the portion of the enamel that we have removed. In addition, the decay tends to eat away some of the enamel, which also has to be replaced. Most people understand that a cavity is caused by bacteria, which leaves a small hole in the tooth. What most of our patients, who come in for dental fillings, do not know is that much of the time your teeth can repair themselves with the help of the minerals in saliva, fluoride, and water. Saliva contains vital minerals like calcium and phosphate, which the enamel can use in self-preservation. However, over the course of time the repeated introduction of food acids leads to a depletion of the natural mineral necessary to sustain a tooth. Often you may notice a white spot on the tooth when this is happening. The bacteria, which occurs naturally in your mouth, forms a thin layer of film over the teeth known as plaque. Every time starchy foods or sugars are introduced to the teeth, the bacteria in this plaque produces acid. Eventually, the acid wears the enamel down, and you find yourself needing Tooth colored fillings.

When it comes to dental fillings, we are passionate about constantly improving the technology that makes dental fillings even better for our patients. There are a number of people who remember that not so long ago when we used to place fillings they were made of metal or amalgam. Today there are a number of different options, including white fillings. Tooth colored fillings can be the same color as your natural teeth, which means they are barely even seen. This allows us to fill teeth closer to the front while giving you a better looking filling. The innovation, however, continues.

A few years ago a laboratory at the University of Maryland Dental School developed a new type of filling that not only fills in the cavity but also works to ensure that if there are any residual bacteria left in the cavity, the filling will kill it. To do this, the filling incorporates silver nanoparticles and ammonia. These two components are both known to kill bacteria. Enamel has the ability to heal itself, and with the help of this new technology we would be able to encourage this healing so that the tooth can replace the tissue lost to decay. While there is still a lot of testing that needs to be done on this technology, and some concerns with the use of silver nanoparticles with regard to how they relate to the overall wellbeing of a person, we are definitely on the road to creating solution that work to kill all bacteria and give the enamel the opportunity to heal naturally.

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