When it comes to enhancing your appearance, you would like to feel more confident, but the idea of making invasive, irreversible cosmetic changes can intimidate and deter you. For example, veneers may look realistic and hold up durably, but once you get this treatment, you can’t undo it; you must have veneers for the rest of your life! Fortunately, you can improve your smile’s appearance without undergoing invasive treatment. Here are some procedures available to give you more confidence with minimal or no damage to your teeth.
Teeth Whitening
Some flaws lie just beneath the surface, including coloration. Over years of drinking coffee, eating tomato sauce, and having chocolate, the enamel or outer shell absorbs deeply pigmented particles that build up and cause a yellow or dull color on your teeth. Even some types of medications like tetracycline can change the shade of your teeth and do not respond to many types of whitening treatments.
Certain dentists offer KOR professional whitening products that use a strong concentration of bleaching agent that penetrates deep into the tooth for more thorough and effective brilliance.
White Spot Treatment
Before clear aligners like Invisalign came along, and even today, traditional bracket braces have often resulted in strikingly white spots on teeth. This shade clearly doesn’t match the rest of the enamel and indicates minor calcification or demineralization. This same result can happen if you’ve ingested too much fluoride in your childhood. However, normal teeth whitening treatment doesn’t address this type of color discoloration!
White spot treatment or Icon resin infiltration allows your dentist to restore your enamel’s natural color before teeth whitening treatment can be done to enhance all your teeth simultaneously.
Metal-Free Restorations for Damaged Teeth
Whether through a dental injury or decay, your teeth may have suffered more dramatic damage. In this case, you have a few options to bring back your smile’s radiance using minimally invasive techniques. Primarily, if you have chipped a tooth, you might consider using cosmetic bonding or tooth-colored fillings to restore it. This material contains only dental plastic and ceramic particles—no metals or amalgam. It is shaded to match or improve the dentition color and can be shaped in a way that looks natural and beautiful without removing anything else from your tooth structure.
Although your dentists are trained to perform invasive procedures if necessary or desired, they want to meet your needs and preserve as much of your natural smile as possible. If you would like to stick to minimally invasive treatments, you may have plenty of options available to achieve the smile of your dreams!
About the Practice
Beach Dental puts patients first in every way. We only recommend treatments that are consistent with your needs and goals. If you require more advanced or invasive treatment like dental implants, Invisalign, or veneers, each of our dentists has more than 20 years of experience and training, meaning you’re in excellent hands. However, we are happy to perform more minor procedures like teeth whitening or tooth-colored fillings as well! If you want to improve your smile, don’t hesitate to contact us online or call our office at 631-325-0731 to schedule an appointment, whether you’re coming from Westhampton Beach, East Quogue, East Moriches, Manorville, or Westhampton.