Your smile is a curve that sets everything straight, including the personal and professional aspects of your life. Studies show that smiling enhances your mood, improves well-being, and produces more pleasure in the brain than delicious, decadent chocolate. Smiling in front of friends, family, and colleagues also makes you look younger and more welcoming. Therefore, if you avoid smiling, you are actually depriving yourself of wonderful perks.
How Cosmetic Dentistry Benefits Your Smile
You only live once, and you should spend it with a confident smile on your face. Our cosmetic dentist in Southern California can transform your teeth by addressing these issues and more:
1. Align Crooked Teeth
According to the American Association of Orthodontists, around 4 million Americans are wearing braces, and the number has doubled in the United States between 1982 and 2008. Traditional braces ensure a straight smile, but if you are worried about the unsightly metal, Invisalign® Clear Braces is a modern solution. These "invisible" and customized aligners straighten teeth discreetly. Unlike traditional metal braces, you can remove these orthodontic appliances when eating or drinking colored liquids. However, you must wear them for a minimum of 20 hours a day to encourage tooth movement. For more information, check 7 Invisalign Tips for a Seamless Experience.
2. Address Broken Teeth
Chipping or cracking a tooth can result from accidents during sports. Most times a broken tooth is a consequence of chewing on ice, eating hard candies, and other damaging habits. Dental services that may repair broken teeth include cosmetic bonding, zirconia crowns, and dental implants. The appropriate treatment depends on the severity of damage.
3. Treat Gum Disease
Gum (periodontal) disease is a leading cause of tooth loss among adults. The American Dental Association estimates that 75 percent of adult men and women have some form of periodontal disease. This serious bacterial infection stimulates your immune system, creating inflammatory cells that harm the supporting bone around your teeth.
Besides minimizing your risk of tooth loss, your periodontist is concerned with the inflammatory aspect of gum disease. Multiple systemic risks are associated with inflammation, which may trigger the following:
-Cardiovascular disease
-Type 2 diabetes
-Respiratory illnesses
-Osteoporosis
-Dementia
-Low birth weights
The mouth truly is a window to your overall health. Our mission is to treat the oral cavity while protecting your general health.
4. Provide a Better, More Natural-Looking Alternative to Metal Fillings
Metal fillings, also known as dental amalgam, helped address tooth decay for many decades. While some dental practices still offer amalgam fillings, a study suggests that it may be the end of the road for this treatment due to the alleged health effects of mercury in the dental substance.
Most patients with silver fillings have them on teeth that rarely show when smiling. However, they do show when one speaks or eats. As such, a growing number of adults who had metal fillings when they were younger come in to replace their dental amalgams with composite resin — a tooth-colored alternative to metal fillings. Making this simple switch can change your smile drastically. Composite resin also addresses misshapen teeth, chips, and gaps.
5. Whiten Stained or Discolored Teeth
Teeth whitening is a popular cosmetic dentistry treatment for a crystal-clear reason: it makes your smile brighter and more attractive than ever. Tooth discoloration develops because of lifestyle habits such as smoking, drinking dark-colored beverages, and taking certain medications. Yellow-looking teeth can also directly result from your genetics.
You may be tempted to purchase over-the-counter whitening trays, strips, and toothpaste, but these options come with several pitfalls. Toothpaste does not stay in contact with your teeth long enough to make a significant difference and often contains weaker whitening agents. Over-the-counter devices can produce uneven results, cause gum irritation, and spur tooth sensitivity if the whitening agent is too strong.
Here at Cunning Dental, our ZOOM! professional teeth whitening lightens your smile effectively. We will provide you with a ZOOM! home-use touch-up kit, which includes custom-fitted trays that will help you maintain your desired results.
6. Replace Missing Teeth
Restoring missing teeth is not only crucial to your oral health, but it also improves your complete well-being. Missing teeth induce bone recession due to the lack of pressure and structure from a lost tooth. The rest of your teeth may begin to migrate, causing you to lose up to 25 percent of your jaw bone within the first year. As a result, you can develop a hollow-looking facial structure and increase your risk of losing more teeth. Thus, there are both medical and aesthetic advantages to replacing one or more lost teeth.
Top dentists in Southern California consider dental implants as the best solution because the titanium post takes the place of your missing tooth root, and the dental crown affixed to it appears, acts, and feels like your natural teeth. If you are missing several teeth, All-on-4 dental implants or implant-supported dentures can restore your smile's beauty and function.
7. Reconstruct a Broken Smile
The goal of full mouth reconstruction treatments is to harmonize your oral anatomy by comprehensively addressing your dental care needs. By using a variety of restorative treatments, a full mouth reconstruction replaces or repairs a complete set of upper and lower teeth. The astounding aesthetic benefits aside, the dental procedures under its umbrella also help manage oral infections associated with extensive tooth damage. Furthermore, this treatment targets existing oral health problems, including tooth decay and gum disease. After a full-mouth restoration, you can enjoy your healthy and gorgeous smile for many years to come.
Schedule Your Cosmetic Dentistry Consultation
Cosmetic dentistry can accomplish wonderful things for your smile and relieve many common problems discussed above. If you are interested in improving the appearance and functionality of your teeth and gums, call our cosmetic dentist in Southern California at 855-328-6646 to schedule your appointment. Cunning Dental offers general and cosmetic dentistry to patients in Montclair, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, the Los Angeles metro area, the San Diego metro area, and the surrounding cities.
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