Sex Life - All You Need To Know About A Smile Makeover Cosmetic Dental Treatment

Almost any correction can be made by the application of dental treatments. Sometimes only a single treatment is required and sometimes a combination is used.

The dentist will first of all do a consultation with you to find out what you would like to change, and also to make recommendations.

The following is possible under a private cosmetic dentist:

A missing tooth may be replaced

Broken teeth or chipped teeth can be repaired

Crooked teeth can be straightened

Gaps can be closed, although some people love gaps

Stained teeth can have whitening treatments

A seemingly perfect smile can still undergo teeth whitening treatments if required.

One of the main dental treatments is the use of porcelain veneers, porcelain crowns and porcelain on lays.

Veneers are thin porcelain covers that are in simple terms glued onto the front surfaces of the teeth.

Veneers is a popular treatment used by celebrities and now becoming a popular request by one and all. They give a very natural look and can dramatically change the length, width, color and shape of a tooth.

Porcelain crowns and on lays are similar in that they offer a stain resistance transforming effect on the smile.

If you are interested in veneers then you may feel a little nervous about what to expect. The cosmetic dentist will fully understand this.

After the consultation you will have agreed on the style you wish to achieve and so the cosmetic dentist will take an impression of the teeth. This does not hurt. You simply bite onto the material and viola, the impression is made.

This is sent to the dental laboratory. They will make a wax model of how repaired teeth are going to look. From this model the lab creates veneers, crowns, inlays and on lays made of porcelain that will make the patients new teeth. Firstly a temporary set is sent along to be fitted.

Some cosmetic dentists will ask for the wax up model from the lab so that the patient and dentist can examine it and approve it. However some dentists will simply send the impression to the lab and ask for the porcelain crowns or veneers to be sent straight to the dental practice.

The dentist proceeds with the treatment. If veneers are being fitted then a fine shaving will be taken from the front of the tooth surface to make space for the new veneer. If its a crown the outer layer of the tooth will be removed, again giving room for the new crown to be fitted with perfection.

The temporaries are fitted and two to four weeks later the new porcelain teeth are ready to be fitted.

Some cosmetic dental surgeons use the following technologies. Many of them embrace digital computer based technologies.

The intra oral camera is a small camera which will take an image of the teeth, enlarge it onto a monitor via a computer system which can then be saved and referred to as treatment progresses.

Digital Imaging will allow the smile makeover to be transposed digitally onto a monitor which will show you how the finished treatment will look before treatment even begins.

The wand is a computer controlled anesthesia devise that enables injections to be given painlessly.

Computerized Jaw and Bite Analysis System allows the cosmetic dentist to specifically measure your bite heights which means that the newly fitted veneers crowns inlays or on lays fit perfectly.

After the dental treatments, like any standard dental treatment there may be some discomfort or sensitivity for a couple of days. Over the counter medication such as ibuprofen may be used if required.

Generally the feel good factor experienced overcomes any mild discomfort.