Beautiful smile is an asset and everyone wants it. Beauty of smile follows certain principles which involves right proportions, extent of tooth display at rest during smile, shape of teeth and color of teeth. What is pleasing is not necessarily “white”. There are many procedures in dentistry which help create beautiful smile some of these procedure are orthodontic tooth movement ( braces), Gum contouring, Veneers, Crowns, inlays, jaw surgeries to move jaw position and bleaching and fabrication of denture. All these techniques are used either alone or more often in combination to achieve desired results. Careful planning. See our smile gallery to see examples of some of these procedure and its results.
Some common questions?
What is a crown ?
Crown in a simple term nothing other than a cap.. It involves removing tooth structure all around tooth and covered with this cap. It is used to protect and restore tooth which has lost tooth structure as a result of decay. It is also used to reinforce tooth when it is heavily filled ( restored) . It is also used to straighten rotated teeth to change shape and size of tooth.
Crowns are made up of Gold, Ceramic ( porcelain) and porcelaine fused to metal. Full ceramics crowns are generally used for the front of the mouth because their ability to reflact and transmit light similarly to that of natural tooth structure.
What is a veneer?
Veneers are thin shells of porcelain normally placed (cemented-bonded) to the underlying tooth structure. They change shape, size and shade of the tooth. Normally it involves removing small amount of tooth structure. Their beauty comes from their ability to reflect light in the same manner as natural tooth.
What is an inlay/onlay?
These are ceramic restoration used to replace your silver fillings when they exceed certain size. They are bonded to the tooth just like veneers.
What is a gum lift?
It is a procedure by which gum position is moved up to expose more tooth structure. It changes proportion of tooth displayed. |
