Dental Veneers are a Versatile Solution

Dental Veneers are small pieces of porcelain that are used to restore the natural looking beauty of your teeth. They are placed after removing a tiny portion of the tooth enamel, usually not more than a few millimeters and cemented into place so that they are stable. The fact that we do not have to remove a great deal of enamel makes the veneers a much better solution for some kinds of dental problems. Typically dental veneers are used to fix minor problems with your teeth. This can include chips, cracks, and small breaks. They can also be used to correct minor bite related problems and for teeth that have not responded to teeth whitening so that you can have straighter and whiter teeth. With new technology, it is possible to make veneers that are extremely natural looking, doing away with the blocks of fake looking white teeth and replacing them with veneer covered teeth that look extremely realistic. The results are natural looking, dramatic, and beautiful.  Once placed, the best thing about veneers is that they are easy to maintain. You simply need to brush your teeth, as long as you avoid toothpaste isn't excessively abrasive.

Dental veneers are a superior method of correcting minor problems. Some of the reasons for this assessment are well known while other are mostly known by dentists.

Here is why we like dental veneers as a treatment option -
Dental veneers are versatile meaning that they can fix a large number of problems. For example, a number of people use dental veneers to correct the coloring of their teeth. Few of these patients realize that dental veneers can also be used to broaden the smile, and remove wrinkles induced by worn out teeth. When teeth get worn, they lead to sagging in the mouth which creates tiny folds around the nose and in the corners of the mouth. These wrinkles can be easily removed with the help of dental veneers. What we can do is broaden your smile, using bonded porcelain while also lengthening your teeth. This can cause the mouth to be properly stretched over the teeth, and the aging wrinkles to disappear.

Dental veneers are natural in look and feel. Dental veneers have many of the same qualities that the enamel does. It is incredibly hard and incredibly brittle. For a person with veneers what this means is that you will not need to change the foods you eat. You will, however, need to take a few additional precautions when eating food like apples, which are hard to bite into. Taking the time to dice the apples will not only ensure that your veneers do not become broken or fall off, but will also make sure that your teeth do not sustain damage. One common warning we give all our patients is never to use your teeth as a tool. The teeth, with or without dental veneers, are not designed for bottle opening, chip bag tearing, or nail biting. Such activity can and will result in broken teeth and broken veneers. With proper care veneers have been known to last up to 30 years, though the average is around 12.

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Visiting a Family Dentist Should be Part of Your Routine

As a family dentist, we want to be part of your annual routine. We understand how important your teeth are to your daily enjoyment of life.  While you may only think about them when you are brushing and flossing your teeth, they are part of your normal life, far more than it may seem.  For example, if you have dinner with your mother, you need your teeth to smile when you see her, chat about the family and to eat your steak salad.  Without your teeth, these basic activities would be difficult, if not impossible, to do. The challenge is that you only get one set of permanent teeth.  Taking care of them is critical to being able to live a full life, without restriction, as you age.

In our dental office, we want to see you twice a year so that we can clean your teeth and remove plaque and bacteria.  This way, your mouth can remain healthy, and the chance of you developing irreversible health conditions will be minimal. Simultaneously, if you develop a cavity or gum disease, we can treat the conditions right away before they cause you any discomfort.
Why you need a family dentist.

You never know when you or one of your children will have a dental emergency.  A toothache may develop, or someone may crack a tooth.  This is all possible during the course of normal life, and it is important that you have a dentist who can help you quickly.  We can, and we welcome your phone calls.  We offer restorative dentistry so regardless of what happens to your teeth, we have you covered.  Simultaneously, we hope that you visit our dental office for preventative care first so that we can prevent many of these oral health problems from developing in the first place.
The solutions we offer in our family dentist office.

The procedures we offer are as diverse as our patients' needs.  We begin by providing preventative care to keep your teeth healthy.  Next, we offer restorative solutions should your teeth become infected.  For example, we can perform a root canal in order to remove the infected area so that the tooth can be saved.  Once the infection has been removed, we may use a dental crown to protect the tooth and prevent any further damage.  This same solution, a dental crown, can also be used to save a tooth that has been cracked or chipped because it is a cap that surrounds it completely.  Since a crown can be created in a tooth-colored material, we can also use this solution to cover darks stains in your teeth and even change their overall shape or size.  Many of our solutions work exactly like this.  They can be used for restorative care and also as a cosmetic solution.

Some of the other procedures we perform include dental implants and dental bridges to replace teeth that have been lost and teeth whitening to improve the overall appearance of teeth.  Regardless of what your needs are, we can help.

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