In order to put your best foot forward, be it socially or professionally, a charming and warm smile is a quintessential need. However, if you have crooked and stained teeth, not only does it affect your image adversely, but also, it might take a toll on your self esteem as well. Are you suffering from low self esteem courtesy your bad teeth? Well, pretty much like all aspects of medical science, dentistry also has advanced by leaps and bounce and of late you have numerous solutions to fix your teeth, courtesy modern technology. There are many procedures in cosmetic dentistry
to make your smile beautiful.
Smile Design and Computer Imaging: Now, before you go ahead and do the changes in your teeth, and pay substantial amount on it, you might as well check it virtually to see whether it suits you or not. With computer imaging the doctor first takes digital images of your teeth, makes necessary alteration on them virtually and showcases your new smile for you. This way you exactly get to know what your revised smile will look like. If you feel confident that exactly that’s the way you want it, you can very well go ahead and do so.
Teeth Whitening: Stained and yellow teeth can restrict your ear to ear smile that can brighten up the room. Well, with advanced teeth whitening techniques you can get your pearly beam, which will brighten up your look almost immediately. Bleaching agents are used on the enamel to brighten it up. Of late numerous fast whitening techniques are available such as BriteSmile and Zoom where a mild hydrogen peroxide gel is used on your teeth to brighten it up using a blue lamp.
Periodontal Plastic Surgery: This treatment is a perfect pick if you have irregular gum structure and want to correct that. The procedure is surgical and the extra gum tissues are removed to give you an even smile. However, you might not at all require the surgery so, gave a word with your orthodontist before you go ahead.
Porcelain Crowns, Veneers and bridges: If your doctor suggests you veneers and bridges ask him about porcelain one. These procedures use dental porcelain, with the look and feel of natural teeth. These give you a very aesthetically pleasant smile because of the natural look.
Waterlase Dental Laser: The Waterlase Dental Laser gives you a painless alternative to dental drills, minus the heat, the sounds, and the uncomfortable vibrations. This technology uses spraying of atomized water along with laser. The procedure works fantastically for cavity removal, teeth whitening, periodontal care, tooth filling etc. Another add-on of this feature is that it last extremely long as compared to other procedures.
Digital Bite Evaluation: A specialized machine is used for this purpose and allows your dentist to evaluate poor occlusion. This condition can be associated with bruxism or nighttime grinding of teeth, TMJ or Temporomandibular Teeth Disorder etc. The treatment improves your bite alignment and modifies the shape of your teeth mildly to do so.
Digital X Ray: This high tech tool helps in your smile design and captures digital teeth image which can be further evaluated on a computer screen. You dentist can take a look at it from 360 degrees and figure out the problem and hence the required treatment. The image can be sharpened, colorized, examined from different angles to create a perfect smile design. Another great feature of this tool is that it gives you 90% more exposure as compared to regular x ray device.
With these advanced dental technologies, you can bid your farewell to crooked teeth and smile your way to success in work and personal life.