A perfect smile can fill you with extra confidence. Cosmetic dentistry is a field of dental science that helps you get just that. Cosmetic dentistry procedures and dental appliances are specially designed for the restoration and recreation of a perfect smile. Cosmetic dentistry can help people with an abnormal smile due to stained or misaligned teeth and provides a makeover for the teeth.

Dental problems that hinder a perfect smile

A smile can be unattractive due to various dental problems. Some of them can be taken care of with proper dental hygiene but some are too relentless to be treated on your own. Cosmetic dentistry and orthodontics deal with such problems through specially designed treatments and procedures to ensure you have a perfect set of sparkling white teeth for a dazzling smile.  Problems that hinder a perfect smile are listed below.

• Stained teeth: Stained or discolored teeth are the most common reason for an unappealing smile and annoy many working people as they experience a reduction in confidence due to it.
• Cracked or fractured teeth: Sometimes, due to an accident or grinding of teeth, one of your teeth might get cracked or partially fractures. This spoils the natural shape of the tooth and makes the smile look unattractive
• Crooked or crowded teeth: Due to some childhood carelessness, your permanent set of teeth may get affected and come out crooked or get crowded at one place. This results in an abnormal smile.
• Uneven gum contours: Sometimes, due to genetic or other reasons, teeth fail to erupt fully from the gum tissues. The gums end up covering up large areas of the teeth and give you a gummy smile.
• Lost teeth: Teeth can be lost to an accident or decay. If you lose a tooth, it not only troubles you with chewing, biting and speaking but also spoils your smile.

Cosmetic dentistry procedures that can improve your smile

Cosmetic dentistry provides you with procedures and dental devices that can treat the dental problems that are a barricade to your perfect smile.

• Enamel shaping and dental bonding: Enamel shaping and dental bonding is the process where minor damages of the front teeth are repaired by sanding the enamel to level the teeth from chips and then applying resin-based bonding material to reshape the teeth, restore the lost color of the tooth, and fill up the gaps between teeth.
• Veneers: Veneers are tooth-colored shells that are attached to the surface of the teeth to enhance or restore the shape of an improperly erupted tooth or a fractured tooth to attain perfect alignment of the teeth.
• Orthodontics: Orthodontic appliances like braces or Invisalign ® can be used on the teeth to realign crooked or crowded teeth. Braces and retainers can be used to mend a protruding jaw and help you get a perfect smile with no crooked teeth.
• Gum contouring: For the treatment of a gummy smile, a gum contouring surgery has to be performed on the teeth. Gum contouring requires removal of extensive gum tissue from your teeth to make the white enamel and crown of the teeth more visible when you smile.

If you are unsatisfied by the look of your smile or are dealing with irremovable stains, visit our dentists at Downtown Dental, Calgary to get info about the procedures that work for your condition.