Cosmetic

Porcelain veneers are a common recommendation for people who want to improve their smiles’ appearance, especially if that appearance is affected by multiple different issues. Designed to mimic the healthy, natural appearance of a tooth’s front surface, a porcelain veneer is bonded to this surface after the tooth’s enamel is lightly prepared. Their unique ability to transform a tooth’s appearance with minimal changes to its healthy, natural structure can make veneers the ideal solution for fixing a number of different tooth issues, often simultaneously.

The size and shape of a tooth

Some concerns with your tooth’s structure may be cosmetic in nature, but they can have a potentially serious impact on several other aspects of your oral health. Discrepancies to the size and shape of your tooth’s structure are among these, and can include worn-down teeth surfaces, light cracks, slightly misshapen or deformed teeth, and more. In many cases, one or more porcelain veneers can be designed and placed on the appropriate teeth to restore your smile’s healthy, symmetrical appearance. By minimizing the overall extent of treatment needed to correct your smile, you can also improve the long-term health and integrity of your natural teeth.

The tooth’s color and shade

When teeth lose their shine and luster after years of exposure to food and beverages, cosmetic teeth-whitening can often brighten their appearance in a highly conservative manner. However, if a tooth becomes discolored for other reasons, teeth-whitening may not have satisfactory results, especially if the discoloration occurs beneath the tooth’s semi-translucent enamel. Porcelain veneers can be designed to closely match your healthy tooth structure’s natural, blemish-free color, shine, and appearance. In some cases of tooth discoloration, one or more veneers may offer a minimally invasive solution to improving your overall smile.

The tooth’s structural integrity

Because a veneer can completely transform a tooth’s visible surface, it can often have more benefits than just improving its appearance. Dental porcelain is often used for other, more involved restorations, such as custom-designed dental crowns, for its high durability. When a porcelain veneer is used to treat a cracked, worn-down, or otherwise structurally blemished tooth, it can both improve its appearance and restore its strength and structural integrity.

Learn how veneers can fix your smile

By transforming the visible appearance of your tooth, a porcelain veneer can fix a number of different aspects of its health and appearance almost instantly. To learn more, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.

Smile improvement isn’t always the same, and sometimes, it isn’t what you expect. For example, some cosmetic concerns might be more complex to address than they seem at first, while others might be corrected with faster and more simpler treatment than you would expect. With porcelain veneers, we can often create a smile makeover plan for patients with a wide range of different cosmetic concerns. What makes porcelain veneers the best option for many smiles isn’t just their lifelike appearance, but also their ability to address multiple concerns at once with less complicated treatment.

When your teeth stains aren’t on the surface

Teeth stains are among the most common types of cosmetic smile concerns, and when they’re on the surfaces of your teeth, they can often be erased simply with professional teeth-whitening. However, if the stains and discoloration of your teeth occurs underneath their semi-translucent tooth enamel, then teeth-whitening won’t be effective at improving their appearance. Porcelain veneers, which are thin, lifelike shells of dental porcelain, can be customized to match the exact color and shade of your healthy, natural tooth structure. When placed on the surfaces of your teeth, they can address concerns such as severe tooth discoloration and more in almost an instant.

When a tooth only has minor damage

Tooth damage is the type of cosmetic concern that affects not only your tooth’s appearance, but also its overall structural integrity and the balance of your bite. Improving the appearance of a chipped, cracked, worn-down, or otherwise damaged tooth can sometimes be achieved with a porcelain veneer, which can help you avoid having to place a full dental crown over the tooth. By avoiding the crown, you can restore your tooth and improve its appearance while minimizing the amount of tooth structure that has to be prepared for your treatment.

When one or more teeth are slightly out of alignment

Porcelain veneers are designed to improve the appearance of your smile as a whole, which is why they focus on improving your entire tooth’s appearance and not just a specific concern. The nature of their treatment makes them a viable option for addressing several concerns, including slight tooth misalignment that can make your smile seem crooked. Unless orthodontic treatment is required, slightly crooked teeth may be improved with strategically placed porcelain veneers, allowing you to avoid more lengthy orthodontic treatment.

Learn if veneers are your smile’s best option

If your smile needs improvement, porcelain veneers may be the best option for achieving the results you want in a minimally invasive manner. To learn more, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.

Porcelain veneers have long been a popular solution for addressing cosmetic dental concerns of all types. Unlike other cosmetic dental treatments, which are typically designed to address one or two highly specific issues, porcelain veneers are designed to take a more complete approach to improving a tooth’s appearance. This involves completely restoring the tooth’s visible front structure with a highly lifelike, durable, custom-designed shell of dental porcelain, known as a veneer. Besides making them more versatile, the unique ability of porcelain veneers to completely restore your tooth’s visible structure can also have several important benefits for improving other aspects of your oral health. (more…)

When you pose for pictures, how comfortable are you with the idea of showing your teeth? If you are ready to move past closed-mouth selfies and other situations where your smile is reined in by self-conscious feelings, you should know that cosmetic improvements can be more accessible than you might expect. Our North Hollywood, CA dentist’s office is able to correct flaws that concern the shape, size, and color of teeth. All of these issues can actually be treated through a single procedure, the placement of custom porcelain veneers. After teeth are carefully measured and prepared for the placement of these restorations, we can have custom shells created and affixed in order to give you a stunning smile improvement! The porcelain material used to craft veneers is remarkably strong, so you can count on those results to last. (more…)

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What a person suffers from a gummy smile, this could impact how the teeth look and in some cases, point to the presence of a serious oral health concern. Fortunately, our cosmetic treatments include a contouring option meant to reshape the gumline and improve overall smile symmetry. In today’s blog, your North Hollywood, CA, dentist looks at the benefits of gum contouring with dental lasers.

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When you have multiple issues with the beauty and function of your teeth, then your Burbank, CA, dentist is ready to help improve your smile’s beauty with lifelike porcelain veneers. Creating these restorations with precision, we help address multiple concerns and restore not only the beauty of your smile, but overall health and function too.

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Just because you have crooked, crowded, and overlapping teeth, doesn’t mean you have to resort to metal orthodontics. In fact, your North Hollywood, CA, dentist can correct minor and advanced cases of misalignment with a series of clear aligners. In today’s blog, we’re going to look at the benefits of the Invisalign® system.

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Ready for a transformed smile this summer? Your Burbank, CA, dentist is ready to help remove your teeth stains with two unique teeth whitening treatments, one you can use from home and another available at our office. Which one is right for you, and what steps can you take to help avoid future discoloration?

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