Falling out of love with your smile can happen in an instant. You have an accident or take a blow to the mouth and end up with damaged dental work, broken teeth, or missing teeth. You never have to live with any of these setbacks. Every oral health problem is fixable – every problem. There is a restorative dentistry solution to correct your damaged teeth so you can fall in love with your smile that looks even better than before.
1. Dental Implants
Missing teeth? They’re a big problem, no matter where in your mouth they appear. Not filling in the holes in your smile allows for neighboring teeth to shift to fill the space, which could lead to tissue damage and misalignment. Plus, other teeth will try to do the work on the missing tooth, leading to pressure in the wrong places and, ultimately, enamel erosion and damaged teeth. A dental implant takes time, but it is a permanent solution to a missing tooth (or teeth) that restores your smile both above and below the gum line.
2. Porcelain Tooth Crowns
Embarrassed about that one brown, stained tooth that mars every smile you give, that stands out and announces, “This person doesn’t take care of their teeth.” You know you’re not that person, and you don’t have to live with an unsightly tooth that steals the beauty of your smile as a whole. A porcelain tooth crown is customized in size, shape, and color to fit over the problem tooth and complete your smile. Whether it’s a front tooth or a molar, this restoration is a solution to your biggest smile woes.
3. Porcelain Tooth Inlays and Onlays
If you have a damaged or decayed tooth with a problem that’s too big for a filling but too small for a crown, the problem can be corrected with the in-between solution – porcelain tooth inlays or onlays. An inlay covers the entire chewing surface of a tooth while an onlay covers that same surface and at least one cusp of the tooth. This restoration gives you a robust smile again that works better and makes you want to smile.
4. Tooth-Colored Fillings
You don’t need to have a cavity to benefit from tooth-colored fillings. Sometimes it’s not how your smile looks but how it works that’s causing you difficulties. You may have an open space between two teeth that needs filled in, or a small crack that needs to be covered over, or minor discoloration that requires a chairside upgrade. Tooth-colored fillings are color-matched to your smile to correct the little things that drive you crazy and test your love for your smile.
5. Full Mouth Reconstruction
Are you living with a truly worn-out smile? Are your teeth breaking down, discolored, and unsightly in many ways? Full mouth reconstruction is about not only making your teeth look better but feel better and work better for a complete smile makeover. Full mouth reconstruction can correct everything from worn teeth to altered speech, difficulty eating to chronic jaw pain, loose teeth to bleeding gums. Fix your worn-out smile and you’ll love how you look.
Take time for some self-care this Valentine’s Day and learn to love your smile again. Contact Dr. Michael J. Wei at his Midtown Manhattan dental office to schedule your consultation.
