Posts Tagged ‘smile makeover’

Traditional braces have been long been the requirement in orthodontics until recent developments brought about retainers and invisalign braces. Today we will compare Invisalign braces versus traditional orthodontics or braces.

Invisalign isn’t appropriate for complex bite problems or different cases of misalignment. Traditional wire and bracket braces are typically used for those complex problems.

Invisalign is commonly used to correct the following dental problems:
- Overly crowded teeth. When there is not enough room in the jaw for all of the teeth to fit comfortably or normally (one to five millimeters).
- Widely spaced teeth. When there is too much space between the teeth due to abnormal growth of the jaw or shifting of the teeth due to missing teeth (one millimeter to five millimeters).
- Overbite/overjet. When the upper teeth bite over the lower teeth.
- Crossbite. When the upper and lower jaws are misaligned, causing one or more upper teeth to bite on the inside of the lower teeth, on either the front and/or sides of the mouth.
- Mild relapse. After traditional braces have been removed, when some relapsing tooth movement has occurred.
- Invisalign may also be a treatment alternative for certain simple malocclusions (bite irregularities)

Invisalign aligners are removable, which allows great freedom for eating, drinking certain beverages, brushing and flossing. You should only drink water with them on, in order to avoid staining the aligners. Even though they come off, they still must be worn for at least 20 hours a day in order to reposition the teeth successfully. So yes that means you will still have to sleep with them in, unless it’s a cat nap. Typically you will use about twenty to thirty aligners for the upper and lower teeth to complete the treatment, which lasts on average about a year. Different alignment problems take different times. Each aligner moves the teeth in increments as small as .25 millimeters to .33 millimeters.

You might wonder, how do they create something so precise? They use computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing processes at the Align Technologies dental lab. These are based off of teeth impressions and are always custom made.

Don’t get too excited, traditional braces will still be used for things such as
- Crowding and spacing greater than five millimeters.
- Skeletal malocclusions.
- Discrepancies involving centric-relation/centric-occlusion (how the upper and lower jaw joints and jaw muscles close together).
- Teeth that are severely rotated.
- Open bites in the front and back of the mouth that need to be closed.
- Teeth that are severely tipped.
- Upper or lower jaws with multiple missing teeth.

Porcelain Veneers

Your smile is one of the first things people notice about you. When your smile has imperfections it makes it harder to have the greatest self confidence you can have. Not only can a smile makeover make you more confident but it can make you appear younger and more full of life. Porcelain veneers could be the way for you to get the perfect smile that you have always dreamed of.

Veneers resist staining and help your smile appear full and bright.

They can fix gaps, chipped teeth, overlapping, shading problems, and other conditions. Porcelain veneers can be placed on as many of our patients teeth as necessary, not just the front teeth. We offer payment plans and credit options so that our patients can have as many options available to them as possible. Please contact Dr. Tim Clavin at his Saint Paul Cosmetic Dentist Office today to find out more about your options.

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When performing a smile makeover we take many things into consideration like skin tone, hair color, teeth shape, teeth width, gum tissue, facial appearance, and lips among other things. Nature doesn’t give us a customized smile but the innovations in cosmetic dentistry can.

When thinking about a smile makeover you can think about changing the color of your teeth, fixing missing teeth, creating a fuller smile, fixing alignment and spacing issues, and fixing chipped and cracked teeth.

If you would like to improve your smile contact Dr. Tim Clavin at his Minneapolis Cosmetic Dental Office today. We offer free consultations and can even show you what your new smile could potentially look like. We want to work with you so that you love your smile.

Smile to Stay Healthy: 5 Reasons to Say Cheese

1.    You appear younger when you smile. Smiling can take years off of your appearance.

2.    Smiling gives off an aura of success.  People who smile get different reactions from those around them.

3.    If you are in a bad mood smiles can help you see the glass half full.

4.    A smile can help lower your blood pressure and boost your immune system. This can help improve your overall health.

5.    Smiling reduces stress and helps us to calm down. Too much stress can really hurt your body. Smile and help reduce your stress.

Would you like to improve your smile? Contact my Minneapolis Cosemetic Dentist office today. We can help you get the smile that you deserve.

Similar Materials: Metal Free Crowns

From the previous entry on our blog, you can see that we can dramatically change a patient’s smile.  This picture is  of the same patient after we replaced the previous  dentistry with metal free, all ceramic crowns.  The symmetry that can be achieve and a natural appearance in addition to improving his smile  can result in a very healthy, young appearance.