Can a Dental Makeover Fix Years of Smile Concerns?

When is it time for a dental makeover? Maybe you used to like your smile, but over the years, life began to wear down your teeth. Chips, cracks, wear, and discoloration can undermine your confidence. When teeth are especially worn or decayed, you might struggle with everyday functions, like chewing, biting, and even speaking. If you want to be happy with your smile once again, explore your makeover options at the Center for Cosmetic Dentistry!

You’ll notice that some dental treatments focus solely on cosmetic enhancements, such as teeth whitening. Others, like dental implant-supported tooth replacements, go above and beyond just looks, helping your smile perform more comfortably each day. Our dentists create a customized roadmap for each patient we see, and we’re excited to do the same for you!

Your Options for a Dental Makeover

A dental makeover is a personalized plan that uses one or more dental treatments to correct imperfections in your smile. Our dentists tailor the results to your concerns, facial features, and health.

The Center for Cosmetic Dentistry offers a wide range of services that can dramatically improve the look of your smile. Some treatments are truly cosmetic, while others provide far more restorative benefits, helping improve speech and bite issues in some cases. Here are some top tools for teeth transformations:

Teeth whitening: This is the most common cosmetic treatment because it’s a simple way to improve a feature of your smile. Our practice offers at-home treatment kits with stronger whitening agents than those available at stores.

Porcelain veneers & crowns: Porcelain veneers are thin shells that go over the front of teeth, cosmetically enhancing their color, shape, and length. Crowns, also made of a durable porcelain, rebuild the structure and appearance of a tooth after it has been severely damaged. Our office has a CEREC machine, which means we can create and place your permanent veneers or crowns in one visit.

Dental implants: These are small titanium posts that secure a functional replacement crown, bridge, or denture. At our practice, we use conventional dental implants and smaller, minimally invasive mini dental implants.

Braces & clear aligners: These are two ways we can correct misaligned teeth, improving the look of your smile while also enabling more comfortable biting and chewing.

What we’ve just discussed is some of the most popular tools in a smile makeover. As we learn more about you as a patient, we customize our smile upgrades to your specific needs.

Real Patient Example of a Smile Makeover

We post before-and-after smile makeovers for our Smile of the Week series on Instagram.

Here is an example of a patient who struggled with his teeth wearing down. This is a common result of teeth grinding, also called bruxism. His front teeth began chipping and became much shorter. As a result of his front teeth changing shape, his speech gradually changed. His bite had effectively collapsed from wear, meaning his jaws closed closer together than they should. This structural change affected both his smile and speech.

We opened his bite and restored all his upper teeth with custom porcelain crowns and veneers, bringing each tooth back to its proper height and rebuilding a stable bite. This made his smile look more proportionate and helped his speech sound clearer again.

Because the patient was having each tooth in the smile line treated, he was able to choose the shade he wanted, so we provided him with a much brighter smile.

Ready To Smile With Confidence? Book a Free Consultation

When you’re embarrassed by the appearance or function of your smile, a dental makeover can restore your confidence and help you look forward to grinning again. Our dentists tailor smile upgrades specifically to what’s interfering with your daily life. As you can see from our patient example, which used a mix of crowns and veneers to restore the patient’s teeth after bruxism, we take the time and care to design improvements that set you up for a healthier, more beautiful smile.

At the Center for Cosmetic Dentistry, we understand how unique your smile truly is. When we explore your concerns and goals, we personalize your smile upgrade to overcome any barrier to smiling. Come in for a free consultation to start your dental makeover journey.

Follow us on Instagram for more Smile of the Week makeovers!