Different Types of Cosmetic Treatments

Having beautiful-looking teeth and gums is a sign of good oral health. Cosmetic dentistry is a domain of dentistry that focuses particularly on improving the aesthetics of your teeth and gums. It includes various treatment processes such as oral cleaning, filling cavities, teeth whitening, getting dental crowns, bridges, and veneers, bonding, aligning misaligned teeth, etc.

What are the most common Cosmetic Dental Procedures?

• Teeth whitening: Improper brushing techniques, consumption of colored foods and drinks, chewing tobacco, etc., usually lead to discoloration of the teeth. A thin layer of microbes accumulates, making them look yellowish-brown in color. This layer can be removed using teeth whitening techniques, restoring the teeth back to their natural shade.
  
  
• Bonding: Bonding is a method of applying a photosensitive composite resin onto a tooth surface, shaping it according to the contour, and hardening it using a special curing light. It can be used to reshape and resize misshapen or chipped teeth, reducing the excessive space between teeth, etc.
  
  
• Invisalign: Invisalign can help properly align misaligned teeth like spacing, crowding, overbite, underbite, etc., instead of braces.
  
  
• Artificial restorations: Several dental appliances can be used to restore one’s oral aesthetics. Some of them are as follows:
  
  

Crowns: They can be used to restore misshapen, chipped, and broken teeth to their ideal shape. Also, they help to hold a tooth that has got a root canal treatment intact.

Bridges: They are tooth-like structures made up of ceramic and are used to replace missing teeth.

Veneers: Veneers are thin wafer-like structures that are bonded onto the frontal surface of teeth. They can be used for several purposes, such as changing the shape, size, and length of a tooth, improving the appearance of discolored teeth, getting rid of excessive spacing between teeth, etc.

Inlays and Onlays: They are custom fabricated dental appliances that are used to fill cavities and cover the surface of a tooth.