Healthy Times Magazine

Discoloured teeth, a gap in your front teeth or a malaligned bite ruins your smile.  Damaged, missing, malaligned teeth cause undue stress on your jaws. Dental caries contribute to chronic inflammation and affect your heart. But despair not! Dental procedures such as porcelain veneers, dental implants and orthodontics whiten those teeth, fill in that gap and level your teeth. Straight teeth and a correct bite facilitate good tooth brushing resulting into healthy teeth and gums. You’ll smile disarmingly, chew your food well and speak better.   Cosmetic surgery offers cosmetic reconstruction, teeth whitening and even full mouth rejuvenation. It doesn’t only improve your looks and smile but your oral health too.

Teeth Whitening

Application of whitening gel whitens your teeth. Light activates the gel and breaks those stubborn stains that have accumulated within the micro- cracks of your teeth. For little more than an hour at the dental chair, the result is an impressively whiter teeth. A maintenance home kit can make the result last for several years.

Cosmetic Bonding

You’ve got tooth chips and cracks? Your dental specialist uses a dental composite – a moldable material from resins and fillers to repair chipped and broken teeth. The gaps between your teeth are filled and your teeth are reshaped. These bonded restored teeth can last up to five years. However, if you’re a coffee, tea or dark cola drinker and smoker it can stain the beautiful results over time.

Stain Proof Solutions

Porcelain veneers are highly resistant to stains. Veneers are thin laminates or shells of porcelain cemented to the tooth’s front surface. These veneers mask stains, cover chips, worn tooth enamel, close teeth gaps and evens unaligned teeth. Maintain it with regular brushing and flossing. The veneers come in different colour and texture that reflect and absorb light producing a natural like effect.

Restoring Back Teeth

Inlays or onlays are employed on cracked or fractured teeth if damage isn’t severe to require a dental crown. Or they’re used on tooth surfaces to strengthen tooth structure and prevent dental caries. They’re either made from gold or porcelain but porcelain is more durable and natural looking.

Crowns

Crowns are utilized for severely decayed teeth, when there isn’t enough structure to support filling and strengthens the tooth after a root canal treatment. If you have a weak tooth with a large filling, a crown can be added to protect tooth from chipping.  A crown is a better option for a decayed back tooth instead of a filling.

Filling the gap

If you have missing teeth, the teeth beside these missing teeth move into these spaces. Trapped food causes decay and gum disease. Consequently, you’ll have a problem biting and chewing. Also, the jaw where your missing teeth use to be would dissolve.

Dental implants can solve this dilemma. Natural looking titanium fixtures are implanted in the jawbone and serves as a substitute for missing teeth. Most of all, it preserves the integrity of your facial structure and teeth function.