Tempe Porcelain Veneers & other Dental Services
Your smile is one of your greatest attributes and one of the first things noticed by others when meeting for the first time. No matter how you define your "ideal smile", our staff can help you attain it.
In some cases, a smile makeover can be realized in as few as three short office visits. In many cases, "Instant Orthodontics" can straighten and realign crooked teeth in just a couple of visits. Cosmetic options include bonding, porcelain veneers, and whitening.
Don't settle for less than you deserve - a world class smile!
Tempe Porcelain Veneers
Of all the methods available today for changing and improving the look of your smile, veneers are among the most popular and successful with our patients. The process involves removing a small amount of tooth structure to make room for the veneers. The dental lab then fabricates the veneers from impressions. After placement, the veneers look like natural teeth. Some advantages of Tempe Porcelain Veneers over bonding include increased longevity, and resistance to staining.
Implant Dentistry
An implant is a man-made replacement for the root section of a missing tooth. A titanium implant is placed in the bone of the jaw after a space has been drilled. After the bone grows around the implant, a crown or bridge can be placed.
Implants give the needed support for replacement teeth without putting pressure on the natural teeth surrounding it. Dental Implants can be inserted for a single tooth or a group of missing teeth.
Implants contribute to improved comfort, appearance, speech for the patient. They also eliminate the need for humiliating dentures.
Smile Design
Smile Design is a conservative, non-aggressive way to rejuvenate your smile. Veneers work well for tooth reshaping and resizing. Veneers are an attractive way to rejuvenate your smile because they achieve a natural look with very conservative tooth preparation (shaping). A small amount of natural tooth structure is removed when veneers are bonded into place and the virgin strength of the tooth is recaptured as well. We have found that this is the treatment of choice for smile enhancement if more than whitening is needed.
Bonding
The best use for bonding is to repair slightly chipped, discolored, or misaligned teeth. Bonding involves placing tooth-colored composite material onto the tooth. The advantages of bonding is that it is inexpensive and an ultra conservative way to restore a tooth. Bonding will discolor and is easier to break, however.
Non-Metal Fillings
By intercepting the potential of fracture before experiencing symptoms of hot/cold sensitivity and biting pain, new conservative treatments like tooth-colored fillings or porcelain bonded restorations are preventing the side effects of toothaches and broken teeth. Using a proactive rather than reactive approach to amalgam replacement is a choice many patients are happy to have.
Sheldon Sullivan, DDS - Providing cosmetic dentistry and sedation dentistry to the Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler and Phoenix, Arizona areas.
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