Cosmetic dentistry focuses on improving the appearance of your teeth, gums, and smile. It includes a range of procedures designed to enhance the aesthetics of your smile, such as whitening, veneers, bonding, and reshaping.

• Teeth whitening: A procedure to lighten the color of your teeth and remove stains.
• Veneers: Thin shells of porcelain or resin applied to the front surface of the teeth to correct imperfections.
• Bonding: A tooth-colored resin applied to fix chips, cracks, or gaps.
• Crowns and bridges: Restorative treatments to restore damaged or missing teeth.
• Clear Aligners: Clear plastic aligners used to straighten teeth without the need for traditional braces.
• Smile makeovers: A personalized combination of cosmetic treatments to enhance the overall appearance of your smile.

CEREC is an advanced dental technology that allows us to design, create, and place custom crowns, veneers, inlays, and onlays in a single visit. This state-of-the-art system ensures precise, durable, and natural-looking restorations.

Traditional veneers and crowns often require multiple visits, messy impressions and temporary restorations while waiting for a lab to create the final product. With CEREC technology, we use 3D imaging and milling to craft your custom veneers or crowns in just one appointment, eliminating the need for temporaries.

The entire process typically takes about 1–2 hours. During this time, we’ll prepare your tooth, digitally design your restoration, and mill it on-site before bonding it securely to your tooth.

Yes! Same-day veneers and crowns made with CEREC technology are crafted from high-quality ceramic materials that are strong, durable, and long-lasting.

Yes! At our office, we use Advanced Technology to give you a preview of your new smile before the procedure begins. Using advanced digital scanning and design software, we can create a 3D model of your teeth and simulate how the veneers will look. This allows us to show you a close representation of the expected results.

With this technology, we can also make adjustments to the design in real-time, ensuring you are completely satisfied with how your smile will look before we proceed with creating and placing your veneers. This makes the process smoother and gives you peace of mind, knowing exactly what to expect from your smile makeover.

By offering this cutting-edge technology, we provide a quicker, more accurate, and more personalized experience for our patients!

The process is minimally invasive and performed with patient comfort in mind. We use advanced digital scanning technology to eliminate the need for messy impressions, and we provide local anesthesia to ensure a pain-free experience if necessary.

Most people are candidates for cosmetic dentistry, as long as they have good overall dental health. If you have serious dental issues like gum disease or cavities, your dentist will need to address those before proceeding with cosmetic treatments. A consultation will help determine the best approach for you.

The longevity of cosmetic treatments depends on the procedure:

• Teeth whitening can last 6 months to 2 years with proper care.
• Veneers typically last 10-15 years.
• Bonding may last 5-10 years, depending on wear.
• Crowns can last 10-15 years with proper care.

Most cosmetic dental procedures are minimally invasive and do not cause significant pain. Anesthesia is typically used for procedures like bonding, veneers, and crowns. Any discomfort during recovery is usually mild and temporary.

Cosmetic procedures are typically not covered by insurance since they are considered elective. However, some treatments that also have functional benefits (like crowns, bridges, and some orthodontics) may be partially covered. Our team can help verify your benefits and work with you to ensure you receive the care you need.

To maintain your cosmetic results:

• Practice good oral hygiene by brushing twice a day and flossing daily.
• Avoid foods and drinks that stain teeth (like coffee, tea, and wine) if you’ve had whitening or veneers.
• Wear a nightguard if you grind your teeth.
• Schedule regular dental check-ups to ensure your treatments stay in good condition.

Veneers are thin, custom-made shells placed over the front of your teeth to improve their appearance. They are ideal for correcting chips, cracks, stains, or gaps and can give your teeth a more uniform and polished look.

With our advanced CEREC technology, you can get same-day veneers. The process typically takes about 1-2 hours from start to finish. Here’s a breakdown of the steps:

1. Consultation and Preparation: During your appointment, your dentist will take digital impressions of your teeth using CEREC’s advanced 3D scanning technology. This step is quick and doesn’t require traditional molds.
2. Design: The CEREC system uses the impressions to create a 3D digital design of your custom veneer, which is then sent to a milling machine.
3. Milling: The machine fabricates the veneer from a block of ceramic material. This typically takes 15-30 minutes.
4. Fitting and Bonding: Once the veneer is created, it will be fitted, adjusted for proper fit and appearance, and then bonded to your tooth.

Since the entire process is done in one visit, you can leave with your new veneer on the same day. This is a significant advantage over traditional methods, which often require multiple visits and temporary restorations.

Bonding is a procedure where tooth-colored resin is applied to the tooth to fix chips, gaps, or minor imperfections. It’s typically faster and more affordable than veneers, but veneers offer a more durable and long-lasting solution for more significant aesthetic improvements.

A smile makeover is a personalized treatment plan that combines multiple cosmetic dental procedures to improve the overall appearance of your smile. It can include a combination of whitening, veneers, bonding, and even orthodontics, depending on your needs and goals.

Yes, procedures like Clear Aligners are popular options to straighten crooked teeth without traditional metal braces. In some cases, veneers or crowns can be used to improve the appearance of crooked teeth.

Cosmetic dentistry treatments, like veneers, crowns, and bonding, are designed to last for many years with proper care. However, they are not permanent and may need replacement or maintenance over time, especially if there is wear or damage.