We recently talked about teeth whitening, but did you know in addition to removing stains, we can also repair teeth and address esthetic issues with the shape too? In today’s blog, your Astoria, NY, dentist talks about how we can transform one or more teeth in a single visit with dental bonding and cosmetic contouring procedures.
Getting Started
First, we want to talk to you about your esthetic issues, and what results you would like to see. Our team will then use advanced digital imaging to examine your smile and identify the factors behind your cosmetic concerns, and assess the severity of them. From there, we create a personalized treatment plan to correct them and bring relief. If you have multiple concerns, then we could use bonding or contouring, or both in the same visit, to help transform the appearance of your smile.
Dental Bonding
The bonding procedure enables our team to restore smiles with the same composite resin we use in our tooth-colored dental fillings. The process takes one visit, and begins with the administration of a local anesthetic to keep you comfortable. Next, we remove any decay and then clean the tooth. We etch the surface and then apply the composite resin to the outer structure. The material can be shaded to blend with your smile seamlessly. We shape and sculpt the tooth as the material cures under a light. The last step is to polish the teeth, a step that helps ensure a bright appearance.
We could use bonding to mask permanent teeth stains, the sort that may not respond to whitening strips. Our team could also close unsightly gaps between your teeth, lengthen the ones worn down by teeth grinding, and even reshape malformed teeth too. We can also repair minor cracks or chips too. To ensure your new results blend with the brightest version of your smile, we could offer professional teeth whitening beforehand as well.
Contouring Your Smile
Dental contouring doesn’t require us to add new materials to the tooth. Instead, we actually remove material from the outer structure by gently sanding and buffing small segments of structure. For example, we can correct the appearance of a very minor chip, or smooth our rough patches, grooves, or pits in the outer structure. We could reshape overly large teeth, and dull sharp, pointed, or jagged portions as well. If you have any questions about our approach to cosmetic dentistry, then contact our team today.
Interested in Cosmetic Dentistry?
Even if you have multiple issues with your teeth, we could potentially help in only one visit. To learn more about offering lifelike repair and improvement for your smile, then schedule a consultation by calling Jeffrey Leibowitz, DDS, in Astoria, NY, today at 718-728-8320.
