The Most Common Cosmetic Dental Procedures for a Beautiful Smile

Aesthetics is one of the most valuable things nowadays. Cosmetic procedures, including dental ones, improve your appearance, boost your self-esteem and show the best impression. 

Due to this reason, many people visit our cosmetic dentist in Kendall, looking for a smile makeover in South Miami. 

We will tell you the most common procedures that will make your smile more beautiful!

What is Cosmetic Dentistry?

The field that improves the appearance of your smile is called cosmetic dentistry. If you are looking for a smile makeover in Kendall, you may benefit from our teeth whitening, dental veneers, Invisalign, and more.

The Most Common Cosmetic Dental Procedures

  • Teeth Whitening

It consists of applying a bleaching product over your dentition to improve the shade of white. The product is carbamide or hydrogen peroxide.

To do it, our dentist in South Miami will retract the patient’s lips to have a better view of their dentition. The doctor will add a resin over the gum line to protect the gingiva since the peroxide burns it. Next, they will apply the bleaching agent over the front surface of teeth with a pen or a brush and let it act for twenty minutes.

After the first application, the dentist will wash the product and apply it again for another twenty minutes. 

Nowadays, there is a blue light that some dentists state speeds and improves the procedure; however, if you look for a smile makeover near you that involves whitening, we recommend undergoing it without the light. The latter only increases the cost, but there is no scientific evidence that it improves the results.

Finally, the dental professional will apply a desensitizing gel to alleviate the soreness, which is one of the possible side effects. Patients feel tooth sensitivity in many cases, but the gel plus over-the-counter painkillers treat it.

  • Porcelain Dental Veneers

Porcelain dental veneers are small shells of porcelain that a doctor places over the visible surface of teeth to improve their appearance. Among the defects you may mask with them, you can find the following:

- Small teeth

- Discolored teeth

- Dents or chips

- Crooked teeth

- Oddly shaped teeth

In some cases, your dentist will file down the enamel of teeth for the veneers; in others (with newer systems), enamel removal is not required. 

Then, they will scan your mouth for 3D imaging of your teeth and manufacture the veneers. Some dentists place temporary veneers until permanent ones are ready. 

Once they are ready, your doctor will evaluate fitting and cement them. 

  • Invisalign

If you are looking for a dentist near you to align your teeth, you may ask about Invisalign. It is a system that consists of clear aligners that a patient wears for an estimated amount of time until their teeth are in the correct position. 

Before creating the trays, your dentist will scan your mouth to analyze the occlusion.

Among the problems Invisalign may fix, you can find the following:

- Overbites

- Underbites

- Crossbites

- Crooked teeth

- Gapped teeth

On average, treatments with this system last from 12 to 18 months, but it will depend on the severity of the malocclusion. We recommend it for aligning your dentition and improving your self-esteem without wearing metallic devices (like traditional metal braces).

Contact Us Today 

If you made it this far, now you know about three cosmetic dental procedures that will improve your smile and appearance overall. You may contact our dental offices since we have a complete team of specialists who can help you.


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