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A smile can be the most eye-catching feature of your face.
Even a subtle change can make a big difference in the way
you look and feel. Techniques, like the ones listed below,
can create a stunning smile with minimal changes to your existing
teeth.
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See our Smile Gallery for examples
of ways we can improve smiles.
| Whitening is
a very popular procedure in cosmetic dentistry. It
is a simple, effective, permanent technique for obtaining
a dazzling, whiter smile at home in a matter of days. |
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Bonding is simply
adding a little tooth coloured material to "fill
in the blanks." One of the most frequent uses
of the bonding technique is to fill in a gap between
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| Enamel Shaping (Contouring)
is the process of shaping natural teeth to improve
their appearance. Shaping can be used to correct minor
cases of crowded or overlapping teeth, smooth rough
edges, or make small adjustments to the shape of a
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Veneers are laboratory
fabricated, porcelain facings that are bonded to the
front surfaces of teeth to whiten teeth, close spaces,
straighten teeth, or repair chipped or worn teeth.
The veneers are only about 1 mm thick (the thickness
of a fingernail). That same thickness is "shaved"
off the natural tooth surface so when the veneer is
bonded to the tooth, the tooth doesn't feel or look
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| Caps (Crowns) are
rarely used for cosmetic correction any more, since
the advent of veneers, but in some cases a crown may
be necessary for a particular tooth. A tooth with
a bad fracture or
a large filling that is
breaking down, or has decay around it, may be a candidate
for a crown instead of a veneer. This patient has
veneers on top, but one of the front teeth had a large
filling and had to be crowned. |
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White
fillings replace silver or gold fillings
with a more natural looking tooth-colored material.
Since teeth are translucent, dark fillings cause
the whole tooth to appear darker when viewed from
the side. Replacing older dark fillings with white
fillings will keep your smile glowing!
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