Cosmetic Services
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. New techniques like whitening, bonding, enamel shaping, veneers, and white fillings allow us to create a beautiful smile with, at times, only minimal changes to existing teeth.
We offer a full range of the latest cosmetic services to cover or correct gaps, stains, chips, cracks, exposed roots, and crooked teeth and to keep you smiling beautiful for years to come. With specialized training in orthodontics and cosmetic techniques, our dentists at Bayview Village Dental can improve the comfort, aesthetics and function of you smile. Please call the office to schedule a consultation visit with one of our doctors to discuss any concerns you have about your smile today.
Our cosmetic services include:
• Bonding
• Porcelain veneers or “Instant Ortho”
• Exceptional Tooth Whitening
• All porcelain Crowns and Bridges
• Gum recontouring (soft tissue laser)
• INVISALIGN® Orthodontics
Bonding is a procedure where tooth-coloured composite resin material is placed to "fill in the blanks." One of the most frequent uses of the bonding technique is to fill in a gap between front teeth.
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 "thicker".
Teeth Whitening is a very popular procedure in cosmetic dentistry. It is a relatively easy and effective technique for obtaining a dazzling, whiter smile, at home, in a matter of days.
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.
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 tooth.
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