Oral health is always your dentist's top priority when caring for your smile. That's why our team focuses on eliminating existing tooth decay, treating gum disease, and preventing future issues. But when we've achieved those goals, we're also enthusiastic about enhancing your smile.
So, if we view general dentistry as the science behind your teeth, then cosmetic dentistry imbues your smile with beauty and harmony. Dr Nguyen and her team in Highgate Hill are skilled providers of custom-planned cosmetic dental services.
At Be Well Dental, we ensure our offerings fit your personal smile goals. To help you understand how we accomplish that ambition, we offer this complete guide to our cosmetic dentistry services.
- Smile Makeover – A Complete Approach
- Professional Teeth Whitening
- Composite Restorations – Tooth-Coloured Fillings
- Composite Restorations – Dental Bonding
- Porcelain Restorations – Dental Veneers
- Porcelain Restorations – Dental Crowns and Bridges
Our Highgate Hill cosmetic dentists are excited to meet new patients and learn how we can help create their dream smile.
Smile Makeover – A Complete Approach
While we welcome any patient who wants a specific procedure to solve one particular issue, we feel that we can provide the most beneficial and efficient approach through a smile makeover. By assessing your smile needs as a whole, we can establish a plan to give the best results with the least-invasive treatment options, especially where a simpler solution may exist.
Your smile makeover strategy will offer a mix-and-match approach, using a unique combination of these cosmetic dental services.
Professional Teeth Whitening in Brisbane, QLD
Tooth stains are among the most common complaints people have about their teeth, and our prescription-grade whitening treatments are an effective place to start your smile restoration journey. This treatment uses an oxidizing compound that breaks up stains on teeth so that the whiter underlying enamel is more visible.
Teeth whitening is most effective on extrinsic or surface stains, which result from:
- Coffee and tea, especially black coffee and dark teas
- Tobacco use
- Red wine
- Cola and dark-coloured soft drinks
- Acidic foods like tomato sauce
- Brightly coloured berries, especially blueberries, blackberries and currants
- Curries and foods containing turmeric
When we've eliminated these stains, we can determine if your teeth are the shade you desire, or we can take the next steps towards improvement.
Composite Restorations – Tooth-Coloured Fillings
While professional teeth whitening handles superficial stains, your teeth may still suffer from more stubborn intrinsic discolouration, which exists below the surface. A common cause of this is old-fashioned silver dental fillings. Because tooth enamel is opaque, metallic fillings become more and more visible over time as your enamel thins, darkening your smile.
But our Highgate Hill dental team can make those fillings disappear by replacing them with modern composite dental fillings. These are resins combined with glass particles that we may tint to match your tooth shade exactly. Tooth-coloured fillings treat dental decay without diminishing your tooth's natural beauty.
Composite Restorations – Dental Bonding
The composite material that makes such attractive fillings can also address other intrinsic tooth stains. Instead of treating it as a filling material, Dr Nguyen can sculpt it on individual teeth to cover surface issues and change your tooth's shape.
We call this procedure dental bonding, and it can correct the following problems:
- Tooth discolouration
- Chipped teeth
- Minor tooth cracks
- Oddly-shaped tooth
- Uneven tooth spacing
- Different length teeth
Dental bonding is popular because we can complete it in-office during one appointment. It is also less costly than other restorations but with a shorter lifespan.
Porcelain Restorations – Dental Veneers
The same surface issues we correct with dental bonding will also respond to dental veneers. This option uses a lab-created porcelain piece that we integrate into your natural tooth so that it appears seamless.
Veneers are the Rolls-Royce of restorations for the front-facing surfaces of your teeth. They are made from a high-quality ceramic material, a peerless mimic of perfectly white tooth enamel. As a result, they resist tooth stains and are durable enough to last a decade or longer.
Porcelain Restorations – Dental Crowns and Bridges
While dental bonding and veneers focus on tooth surfaces, a dental crown restores a tooth on all sides. We offer this option for more damaged teeth or when a dental veneer is insufficient to truly correct the problem. At Be Well Dental, we use only the best porcelain crowns crafted in a precision lab from expertly created images of your teeth.
A dental crown looks great and can restore your ability to chew and safeguard your remaining natural tooth for many years. In fact, if you maintain your smile, your dental crowns can last fifteen to twenty years.
We Are Cosmetic Dentistry Experts in Highgate Hill, QLD
A healthy, beautiful smile is a tremendous asset to every life. So if you've looked in the mirror and wish to improve something in the appearance of your teeth, our dentists are here to help.
We encourage you to contact our dental practice to arrange a consultation, so you can learn first-hand that the sky's the limit with a smile makeover plan from Be Well Dental.