Cosmetic Dentistry

Cosmetic dentistry and plastic surgery both blend health care with artistry and beautification. However, before we can beautify a person’s smile, we must have a complete understanding of your dental makeover, not just an appreciation of, beauty. Some of the first people to understand beauty were not health care specialists, but rather, artists. Great painters […]

What can cosmetic dental work do for your self-esteem that all the pots of cream and eyeliner on Madison Avenue can’t? While we agree with the ad men that esthetics motivate how people see us, value us, and respond to us, true natural beauty has to do with good health, not technique with a make-up […]

< p>Most dentists will agree that dental crowns are at the heart of general dentistry. They’ve all studied crowns in dental school, and some have done their best work replacing missing teeth and saving the rest. Research has given them the wherewithal to achieve virtually ideal restorations. They are natural looking, comfortable and stable in […]

Have you ever smiled in the mirror and wondered what if? What if your teeth were less prominent, or just a bit more even, or maybe that missing tooth was back in place? Below you’ll find the “What’s In A Smile” quiz. It helps you play “What if” and then focus on what the mirror […]

There’s a bright new trend in cosmetic dental offices these days: more people are scheduling appointments because they want to, not because they have to. Restorative dentistry just isn’t the same anymore. In the past 15 years we’ve seen the development of materials and procedures we could only dream about before. And if you know […]

We all suspect that how we look makes a difference in our lives. Think of the days when everything is going fine – that’s a day you’re feeling good and probably looking good. In our teens, looks are everything. But as we get older, we tend to take our appearance for granted, and rely instead […]

Throughout history, dentists have tried to recreate the function and beauty of natural teeth when tooth structure has been lost. Restoring function used to be the main goal of a dentist because prior to the 1970’s, dentistry lacked the proper technology to achieve fine esthetics as well as function. Dentists could only predictably offer patients […]

Cosmetic dentists aren’t all white coats and Novocaine. There is both art and science in a dentist’s day. Case in point: what appears to be more or less routine restoration of missing or broken teeth – dental crowns and dental bridges – is akin to principles of architecture. Think of the arch of your mouth […]

When you decide to have crowns done, especially if they involve your front teeth, you will want to be able to give your input regarding how the final crowns will look. One way to do this is with temporary dental crowns. When your teeth are prepared for crowns, the dentist will place temporary dental crowns […]

Maybe the reason we find an eight-year-old’s gapped teeth smile so adorable is…we know it’s not permanent. Soon the grown-up teeth will be poking through, clean and new. All part of the mouth’s natural evolution. It’s not often that nature gives us a second chance, but when it comes to teeth it does just that. […]