From whitening and brightening your teeth with teeth whitening techniques and masking blemishes with veneers, to addressing tooth wear with careful composite bonding and aligning teeth with braces – it’s more straightforward than ever to correct what you don’t like about your smile. But what if there’s more than one thing you’re looking to improve about your teeth and gums? This is where smile makeovers come in. Specifically tailored to address multiple cosmetic imperfections, a smile makeover offers a combination of treatments and has the potential to be life-changing.
Your smile makeover will be guided by your expectations of treatment and the health of your teeth and gums. In some instances, treatment to address issues like cavities or gum disease will need to precede a smile makeover, as good oral health is paramount before any cosmetic dental procedure takes place. Once we are satisfied that your teeth and gums are in good health, we can go ahead with planning every detail that will contribute to the beautiful smile which meets realistic expectations and suits you as an individual.
Every patient has their own version of what a smile makeover means to them. Whilst one individual might wish to improve the shade of their teeth and close a small unsightly gap with veneers or composite bonding, another may be looking for full reconstruction with treatment such as dental implants.
Here are a few examples of the most common concerns we treat as part of a smile makeover for patients:
To us, a smile makeover is a fine art. With the diligent evaluation of your teeth and face, and with a view to achieving pleasing composition and harmony, we can produce fantastic results that benefit both your confidence and appearance.
The first stage of any smile makeover treatment is for your dentist to pinpoint what it is you dislike about your teeth and gums. This means asking you the right questions, so we can get the answers that will allow us to carefully plan the process leading to a new and beautiful smile. We will gather diagnostic information, perform detailed assessments and produce a thorough report analysing the health of your smile and the aesthetic improvements we can make. During a follow up appointment, we will discuss our findings with you, and outline your options, so that you can make an informed decision about how you wish to proceed.
Some of the attributes we will consider when performing a thorough assessment include:
Regular checks-ups and good at-home care are absolutely key in maximising the results of your smile makeover. Meanwhile, there are certain cosmetic procedures that will warrant some maintenance in the form of top ups. For example, following whitening, teeth will inevitably begin to discolour again overtime, often due to dietary factors; and so you may wish to do a top-up treatment.
There are a number of techniques we use to give you a visual representation of what your smile could look like after a smile makeover. After your oral health evaluation, we may create a wax mock-up of your teeth, which not only gives us the opportunity to receive your thoughts and feedback before treatment starts but can also be used to test how this may function within the mouth.
We may also have recourse to the following:
Thanks to Digital Smile Design, we’re able to plan and perform treatment even more efficiently than before, and with unparalleled accuracy.
Digital Smile Design software allows us to take high definition 3D photographs of your mouth, which are then digitally manipulated to show you a projection of what your new smile could look like before treatment even starts.
In carefully planning and reviewing the variety of possible treatment outcomes with you, we can more closely meet your expectations of treatment based on the feedback you give us. Digital Smile Design also removes the need for multiple adjustments and fittings, giving us precise measurements from the very start of treatment.
At every stage of your smile makeover journey with Oatlands Dental Lounge, you can expect a meticulous approach to detail and dedication to delivering the best we can. It’s our philosophy that there should always be a definitive end goal in sight, and this is made possible with thorough planning, effective communication and a genuine desire to provide predictable, realistic, functional and cosmetic treatment outcomes.
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