Improve These 10 Cosmetic Concerns With a Smile Makeover

Do you feel like when you look in the mirror, you come up with one more thing to change about your smile? The good news is  - capturing the smile you’ve always wanted just got easier, says Ginger Rome, DDS, at The Dentists at North Cypress in Houston, Texas. Think smile makeover.

What is a smile makeover?

With a smile makeover, you can finally check off all those items from your wish list. Think of a smile makeover as the ultimate smile do-over. Specifically, a smile makeover is a personalized cosmetic dentistry treatment plan that addresses multiple aesthetic concerns.

During the consultation with Dr. Rome, she reviews your dental and health history, does an oral exam, and asks about your goals for transforming your smile. Dr. Rome uses this information to create your smile makeover treatment plan to get your dream smile.

The smile makeover plan specifies the procedures required and maps out a treatment timeline, which takes place throughout multiple appointments.   

Smile makeover Top 10 concerns

Your makeover can transform your smile by enhancing the size, shape, and color of your teeth and gums to transform your smile. The Top 10 smile concerns that a smile makeover can fix include:

1. Dull, discolored teeth - Food and beverage stains and tobacco products often cause discolored teeth.

2. Missing teeth - Injuries and trauma and tooth decay or gum disease may cause missing teeth. Although missing teeth can wreak havoc on your smile, they can also trigger the shifting of your healthy teeth to fill the space.

3. Gapped teeth - Similarly, gaps between teeth can be unsightly, creating a picket fence appearance.

4. Misshapen teeth - Misshapen teeth immediately draw your eye to the anomaly, ruining the aesthetics of your smile.

5. Uneven teeth - When your teeth are uneven, it creates an imbalance in your smile and draws attention to this imbalance.

6. Crooked, misaligned teeth - Misaligned, crooked teeth not only stand out negatively when it comes to the aesthetics of your smile, but crooked teeth make it much harder to keep your teeth and gums healthy.

7. A gummy smile - With a gummy smile, more gum tissue is exposed compared to your teeth. This scenario makes your teeth appear shorter.

8. Receding gums - With receding gums, the gum line slowly shrinks back from your teeth over time, making them appear longer and exposing your tooth roots.

9. Damaged, worn down teeth - Worn-down teeth are a common symptom of bruxism or teeth grinding.

10. Chipped and cracked teeth - Impact injuries, trips, and falls, as well as excessive bruxism and teeth clenching, may also lead to cracked and chipped teeth.

Detailed multi-procedure treatment plan

At The Dentists at North Cypress, the robust smile makeover treatment procedures that permanently “PhotoShop” your smile imperfections include:

Teeth whitening - We use the game-changing KöR Whitening system, providing the best possible product with its door-to-office refrigeration protocol. KöR Whitening’s proprietary whitening gel brightens your smile 16 shades lighter in a single treatment.

• Invisalign® - The Invisalign clear aligner system addresses crooked teeth and improves bite problems in less time than traditional braces. Plus, with virtually undetectable aligners, it’s completely discrete.
• Cosmetic bonding and veneers - Both bonding and veneers can make teeth damage like chips and cracks seemingly disappear. Bonding uses color-matched composite resin to repair chips and cracks, and can even lengthen worn teeth.
• Veneers are the ultimate cover-up - With veneers, your provider bonds wafer-thin porcelain shells to the surface of your teeth to cover up imperfections like chips while transforming the size, shape, and even the color of your teeth.
• Dental implants, crowns, and bridges - Replacing missing teeth includes crowns and bridges and the closest thing to natural teeth – dental implants. With dental implants, we surgically place them in your jawbone for every missing tooth. Once the post heals in place, your provider places a custom crown on top to create your new artificial tooth.
• Gum lifts or gum grafting - For a “gummy” smile, we use a minimally invasive procedure to lift your gum line. With receding gums, we perform a gum graft using tissue from one area of your mouth to treat the recession.

Here at the Dentists at North Cypress, if any of your smile makeover procedures are lengthy or you are fearful or anxious, we provide conscious sedation or inhalant medications.

Are you ready to transform your smile? Contact The Dentists at North Cypress for a smile makeover consultation. Schedule an appointment online or call us today.