Ask These Questions Before Seeing a Cosmetic Dentist

If you are visiting our cosmetic dentist office to discuss a smile makeover or what you don’t like about your smile, you are in luck.  We have a variety of procedures that we can use to transform a dull and ordinary smile into something spectacular.  Before we can get started, we will need to know more about you and what you are trying to accomplish.  As such, we recommend asking yourself these questions first:

How white do I want my teeth?  This is entirely up to you.  With our in-office whitening procedures, we can whiten by more than eight shades in one visit, transforming both smiles and confidence in the process.  It is, however, important that you know ahead of time how white you want to go so that you are pleased with the results. 

Is the right amount of gum showing?  When you smile, it is normal to see some of your gums.   However, some people have too much gum tissue, and that tissue needs to be surgically removed in order for the proper amount of teeth to show. 

Do my teeth look like the right size?  It is fairly normal for teeth to come in either too big or too little.  As a result, they can look like an odd size compared with a persons’ smile.  If your teeth look out of place, we have procedures that can help to change their shape.

Do my teeth need to be perfectly straight?  We have multiple ways to straighten teeth, but which one we use needs to be based on what your goals are.  If your goals are to deal with a few problem teeth, we can treat them while leaving the other teeth intact.  If, on the other hand, you mainly want to straighten all of your teeth, you may need more of an orthodontics treatment. 

Are there any other imperfections I want to be corrected?  Make a list of what you don’t like about your teeth and bring it with you to your appointment with a cosmetic dentist.  That way you can go over everything in detail and discuss the various methods for treating what you don’t like.  This will ensure that you and your dentist don’t miss anything. 

Modern technology has improved to the point where full smile makeovers are possible.  It is rare to find anything about your teeth or your smile that cannot be corrected with the skilled hand of a cosmetic dentist.  Even crooked teeth, broken teeth, stained teeth, and chipped teeth can all be fixed in a way that looks completely natural.  That is perhaps one of the best things about cosmetic dentistry.  When done correctly, you can’t tell that any work was done – it simply blends in.  In fact, many patients won’t even remember which teeth had issues that need to be corrected.  Ask anyone that has a tooth-colored filling which teeth had a cavity, and they are unlikely to be able to point it out.  To learn more about your options, call and schedule an appointment. 

A Painless Dentist Perfects The Art of Administering Anesthesia

As a successful painless dentist, one of the techniques we have mastered is the ability to give painless injections. Let’s face it, there is nothing quite as scary as the injections which must be given as part of local anesthesia. From a patient's point of view, the doctor or anesthesiologist, inserts a large needle into their mouth and proceeds to give them an injection in the gum or cheek. This is literally the stuff some people's nightmares are made of. Even for those without a phobia this is a daunting prospect and one that virtually all patients walk into the office dreading. A successful shot without pain and the subsequent numbing can do wonders to ensure that the patient continues to get the dental care the need regardless of the fear. A bad shot can have exactly the opposite effect. 

Being a painless dentist involves mastering the art of the anesthesiology. Knowing how much to give a patient, what kind of anesthesia to administer, and delivering this while alleviating the pain and fear of receiving shots are hallmarks of what we do every day. Our patients long told us that a painless start, keeping the injection comfortable, is what they would like to see, and we have since perfected it.

The perfect shot, of local anesthesia, begins with empathy. Some dentists have become extremely busy or have simply lost the ability to address a patient's fears. Taking the time to show empathy and demonstrate caring goes a long way to removing the fear a patient has, as well has it humanizes the dentist and makes the rest of the treatment easier as well. From making sure to address all your fears to ensuring that you are completely comfortable, our painless dentist seek to make your experience at the clinic truly stress-free.

Before we ever advance to the stage of giving you an injection, in the gum or check, we will ensure that your area is completely numb. If you have been to the dentist before you know, this is the stage where we dab your check or gum with a solution, and it slowly loses its sensation. This is known as topical anesthesia and is designed to take away all feeling from the area it affects. What this allows us to do is to give you a local anesthetic shot in the area, which lasts longer. Typically you will not feel any pain when we give you this injection as the topical anesthesia will work to ensure the absence of pain. We will let you sit with the solution doing its work for several minutes, or until you are completely numb. 

Once you are very numb, in other words, unable to feel the site, we will give you the local anesthesia through an injection, which you will not feel at all. Your painless dentist will ensure that you have sufficient amounts of the anesthesia in your system to last for the entire surgery and will monitor this carefully.