When you have issues with the overall appearance of your smile, you should consider talking to our team. With cosmetic dentistry, our team can brighten and even reshape your teeth. In today’s blog, your Kansas City, MO, dentist talks about how we boost your smile with one or more of our cosmetic treatments.

Starting with Your Cosmetic Consultation

To get started, our team will conduct a detailed examination to assess the cause and extent of your cosmetic concerns. We also talk top you about your hopes for your smile, and how we can help. With this information, we will plan the procedure in detail and help you on the oath toward a bright and beautiful smile, even if you have multiple esthetic issues that need attention!

At-Home Teeth Whitening

Professional teeth whitening can brighten your teeth by several shades, and can offer results far more dramatic and long-lasting that store-bought systems can provide. With our at-home system, our team will first see you in-office so we can take impressions of your bite and create a set of custom plastic trays. You then take these trays home with you, along with multiple plastic syringes filled with a powerful bleaching gel. At home, you add gel to the trays and wear them for a set amount of time, usually about an hour. This is repeated daily for a period of a week to ten days, and your teeth could be eight shades brighter! In addition, you can keep the trays and any leftover gel for touch-ups as needed.

Dental Bonding

Our team could also tackle multiple cosmetic issues with dental bonding. Using the same composite resin that comprises our tooth-colored fillings, we can mask multiple cosmetic concerns at once. When we apply this to the teeth, we can repair chips and cracks, lengthen worn down teeth, mask teeth stains, and even close embarrassing gaps between the teeth. The process only takes one visit, and the material is color matched to blend with your tooth structure and your smile as a whole.

Cosmetic Contouring

We could also contour the teeth to address minor cosmetic issues in one visit. This involves sanding and buffing the outer structure to address imperfections, including the appearance of minor chips, overly large or misshapen teeth, and even sharp or pointed portions of the teeth. We can also smooth out the pits, grooves, and rough patches in the teeth too, again all in only one visit.

Gum Contouring

If you have a smile that shows off too much gum, then this could make teeth look small or uneven and make you feel self-conscious about your smile. Fortunately, we can also contour the gum line! Wirth advanced laser technology, our team can gently trim away the excess tissues and reshape the gum line. The process offers a more attractive smile and takes only one visit. The lasers also reduce the risk of bleeding, soreness, and swelling, and you can return to your normal activities after about a day of rest.

Invisalign® and iTero®

Our team can also correct your uneven smile with cosmetic orthodontics. Invisalign® uses clear aligners made from a BPA-free plastic material to gently shift your teeth into proper position. To create them, we use a digital iTero® scanner to quickly and comfortably obtain clear images of your smile from multiple angles. We then combine these images to create a 3D impression of your bit, so experts in a lab setting can design and craft your aligners. When they are ready, you will start wearing a set for 20 to 22 hours a day over a period of two weeks, and then repeat the process as your smile is shifted into proper positions, offering better alignment, a more attractive smile, and improved oral health and bite function. These are also removable and easy to clean and maintain, and the systems usually only take a year to see optimal results, while braces could take two.

If you have any questions about our cosmetic treatment options, or if you would like to schedule a visit with our team to learn more, then contact our team today. We look forward to helping you smile with confidence and enjoy better oral health.

Schedule An Appointment to Improve Your Smile

We want to help you smile with confidence by correcting your cosmetic imperfections, including misalignment, teeth stains, and even misshapen teeth, sometimes in as little as one visit. To schedule an appointment with the team at Delightful Dental Care in Kansas City, MO, call our office today at 816-942-7669.