Fairlington Dental

People choose cosmetic dental procedures for various reasons – to repair a defect such as a malformed bite or crooked teeth, to treat an injury, or just to improve their overall appearance. For these and many other reasons, cosmetic dentistry has become a vital and important part of the dental profession and one of the fastest growing areas of dentistry. For example, tooth-whitening procedures have tripled over the past five years.

Common cosmetic dental procedures can be performed to correct misshapen, discolored, chipped or missing teeth. They can be used to change the overall shape of teeth that are too long or short, have gaps, or simply need to be reshaped.

Cosmetic dentistry procedures include:

• Restorative Dentistry – Various things can cause teeth to become crooked or jaws misaligned, including thumb-sucking or a traumatic injury. Some conditions are inherited.
  • Cerec 3D
  • Water Lase
  • Lava Impressions
• Bonding – A tooth-colored material that looks like the enamel of your teeth and used to improve the color of a tooth, or close unsightly gaps.
• Cosmetic Contouring – A relatively simple procedure that can correct crooked, chipped, cracked, and even overlapping teeth.
• Crowns & Bridges – Synthetic caps, usually made of a material like porcelain, that can be placed on the top of a tooth to restore its function and appearance, attach bridges, cover implants, or prevent a cracked tooth from becoming worse.
• Specialty Dentures – Lightweight dentures that mimic the look and feel of natural teeth. Most dentures are made from a combination of metals and synthetic material such as acrylic resin, and can be either partial or complete sets.
• Cosmetic Fillings – Alternative, natural-looking materials to conventional silver-colored fillings made from porcelain and composite resins, which are colored to match natural tooth enamel.
• Grafts – Small pieces of tissue taken from other areas such as the palate and surgically implanted to correct severe gum disease, cover exposed roots, stop bone loss and gum recession, and even reduce pain-causing root sensitivity.
• Implants - Synthetic structures that are placed in the area of the tooth normally occupied by the root. Implants are sometimes a viable alternative to partial dentures.
• Invisalign ® – Invisalign’s® invisible, removable, and comfortable aligners will give you the beautiful straight teeth you’ve always wanted. And best of all, no one can tell you’re wearing them. Invisalign is great for adults and teenagers.
• Veneers – Special thin laminates, called veneers, used to cover stains, correct discolored, worn down, cracked and chipped teeth, and close unsightly gaps between teeth.
• Teeth Whitening – Whitening procedures have effectively restored the smile of people with stained, dull, or discolored teeth.
• Bleaching – Bleaching and non-bleaching products are the two basic kinds of whitening products available today.
• Chipped, Cracked, and Worn Teeth – Special thin laminates, called veneers, can often be used to correct discolored, worn down, cracked and chipped teeth. Veneers can also be used to close unsightly gaps between teeth.
• Old and Unsightly Fillings – Newer kinds of fillings made from composite resins and porcelain can restore unsightly fillings.
• Ridge Augmentation – If you lose one or more permanent teeth, an indentation may result in the gums and jawbone where the tooth used to be.
• Before & After Photos – View some of Fairlington Dental’s before and after pictures to get a few of what cosmetic dentistry pricedures can do for you, your smile and how you look to others.