Cosmetic Dentistry

Dental Bonding is among the easiest and least expensive cosmetic dental procedures. The resin used in bonding can be shaped and polished to match the surrounding teeth. Bonding benefits both your oral health and improves your appearance by repairing damage, minor flaws, and irregularities in the surface of your teeth. This process is a wonderfully effective and affordable way to make cosmetic improvements to your smile.

Botox® is composed of botulinum toxin, a form of a purified protein used to treat a number of cosmetic and dental issues. It is injected into the facial muscles and blocks the nerve transmission to those muscles. As a result, the dynamic motion in the skin is relaxed, allowing wrinkles to smooth and disappear. Common injection sites include the forehead, the area between the eyebrows, the corners of the eyes, and the sides of the chin.

Like all veneers, composite resin veneers are used to improve the overall appearance of teeth by changing their shape and color. Composite resin veneers are ideal for quickly and effectively treating multiple cosmetic dental issues including stained teeth, crooked teeth, chipped or cracked teeth, or to fill in gaps between existing teeth.

The composite white filling is an increasingly popular alternative to the traditional silver amalgam filling. Unlike amalgam fillings, composite fillings are virtually invisible, and our team at Dental Care at FishHawk Commons can shade them according to the color of your teeth, creating a perfect match and giving you a beautiful, white smile!

Cosmetic contouring, also called enameloplasty or tooth reshaping, is a minor and relatively inexpensive procedure that sculpts the tooth into the desired shape. It is useful for making minor corrections in a tooth's size and shape.  Since enamel doesn't contain nerve endings and doesn't grow back, the procedure is painless, yet produces instant, permanent results.

Dental bridges literally bridge the gap created by one or more missing teeth. A bridge is made up of two or more crowns for the teeth on either side of the gap with a false tooth or teeth in between. These false teeth can be made from gold, alloys, porcelain, or a combination of these materials. Bridges can restore your smile, prevent further tooth misalignment, and aid your ability to chew comfortably.

For patients looking to regain the youthful fullness of their face, dermal fillers are a safe and effective way to decrease the wrinkles around the mouth and eyes, plump the lips, and soften facial creases. A faster and less expensive alternative to a surgical facelift, dermal fillers have a similar effect without the recovery time.

If you are dissatisfied with the appearance of your teeth, but the problems are not severe enough to necessitate serious orthodontic treatment, Lumineers may be the solution you've been seeking. Lumineers may be suitable for teeth that are chipped or cracked, stained, discolored, misshapen, worn or slightly crowded. They're digitally designed to be ultra-thin (about as thin as a contact lens), so they can be applied seamlessly over your teeth,without grinding, shaving or drilling, to deliver a natural-looking smile. This technique is best used with patients who have spacing in their smile and only minor tooth rotations. Lumineers can transform the quality of your smile in just two easy visits

Porcelain veneers are wafer-thin, custom-made shells of tooth-colored materials designed to cover the front surface of teeth to improve your appearance. These shells are bonded to the front of the teeth, changing their color, shape, size or length. These veneers are a popular option because they mimic the light reflecting properties of natural teeth.  Dental veneers can also provide relief from the tooth pain associated with worn enamel.

A smile makeover is a process of improving the appearance of your smile through one or more cosmetic dentistry procedures, such as:

• Dental veneers
• Composite bonding
• Implants
• Teeth whitening

Some of the components taken into consideration include your facial appearance, skin tone, hair color, teeth (color, width, length, shape and tooth display), gum tissue and lips. Smile makeovers are performed for many reasons and customized according to your unique considerations.