On your wedding day, you’ll be smiling from sun up to sun down. Make sure your teeth are up for the challenge. Score a dazzling smile with a few simple tricks and a secret weapons.
Nothing is more stunning than a beautiful bride in a beautiful dress with a beautiful smile. If you are getting married, what better way to prepare for your big day than having your teeth whitened? Remember…those photos will last forever.
Q1. I’m interested in changing the shape of my teeth. What options are available?
Several different options are available to change the shape of teeth, make teeth look longer, close spaces between teeth or repair chipped or cracked teeth. Among the options are bonding, crowns, veneers, and recontouring.- Dental bonding is a procedure in which a tooth-colored resin material (a durable plastic material) is applied to the tooth surface and hardened with a special light, which ultimately “bonds” the material to the tooth.
- Dental crowns are tooth-shaped “caps” that are placed over teeth. The crowns, when cemented into place, fully encase the entire visible portion of a tooth that lies at and above the gum line.
- Veneers (also sometimes called porcelain veneers or dental porcelain laminates) are wafer-thin, custom-made shells of tooth-colored materials that are designed to cover the front surface of teeth. These shells are bonded to the front of the teeth.
- Recontouring or reshaping of the teeth (also called odontoplasty, enameloplasty, stripping, or slenderizing) is a procedure in which small amounts of tooth enamel are removed to change a tooth’s length, shape or surface.
- Each of these options differ with regard to cost, durability, “chair time” necessary to complete the procedure, stain resistant qualities, and best cosmetic approach to resolving a specific problem. Talk to your dentist to see if one is right for you.
- Having your teeth whitened is relatively inexpensive and can produce amazing results, but it’s not for everyone.
- Teeth whitening does not produce the same results on all types of teeth discoloration.
- Someone with yellow-tinted teeth would probably have great results with bleaching, while someone with gray-tinted teeth might be disappointed because they don’t bleach as well.
- If you have tooth-coloring fillings and / or crowns and bridges, they will be darker after your teeth are bleached because they don’t lighten with the whitening process.
- A person with gum disease should not get their teeth whitened.