What makes a beautiful smile?

1.Line Angles
In a beautiful smile the teeth are angled towards the middle of the body.

2.Symmetrical Gums
Without symmetrical gums, beautiful teeth can look like a beautiful picture with an average frame. Symmetry of the gums can be achieved with laser gum contouring.

3.Beautiful Centrals
A youthful, beautiful smile starts with long, white, gorgeous front teeth.

4.Golden Proportions
Both artists and scientists alike have noticed that beautiful things in nature have what we call the gold proportions. Beautiful veneers are made with this in mind, so your teeth have perfect visual harmony.

5.Color & Shape
The shape and color of our teeth should be in harmony with the shape of our face, eyes, and skin tone. All these things should be considered in the design process.

Look 10 Years Younger in One Day!

A Beautiful Smile makes a difference and so does a bad one. Unlike fine wines, our smiles do not improve with age. As we age our teeth lose their luster and it's not just about teeth. As time moves on, our lips become less plump and gravity draws our upper lip down covering our upper teeth.

Every day more and more people are having their smiles transformed to enhance their overall appearance. Choosing the right dentist to perform these aesthetic procedures can save you years of unnecessary dental repair, as well as time and money.

Sedation Dentistry

1. Oral Sedation is a safe and effective way of relieving the fear and anxiety associated with going to the dentist
2. Dentists have used oral medications for many years to relieve fear and apprehension associated with dental appointments
3. It works well for most patients allowing them to relax and have little or no memory of their dental appointments (partial or total amnesia)
4. Its easy, you take a pill one hour prior to your dental appointment
5. Some patients are so relaxed that they sleep right through their dental appointment. When someone is relaxed they will feel less tired after a long dental appointment.
6. Patients are so relaxed and comfortable, that a large amount of complex treatment can be accomplished in a single appointment
7. People who have trouble getting numb are often helped by Oral Sedation Dentistry
8. If you are scared of needles, sedation dentistry can help you
9. People who have difficulty controlling movements, such as Parkinson’s Disease or Cerebral Palsy are often helped by oral sedation
10. The dentist can complete more dental treatment of higher quality, in a shorter period of time, on a patient who is relaxed

Laser Gum Surgery for a Beautiful Smile

LASER GUM SURGERY CAN CREATE A BEAUTIFUL SMILE
The shape, color and appearance of your teeth can easily be changed to create a beautiful smile with modern cosmetic dentistry techniques, such as tooth whitening, tooth-colored fillings, dental implants and porcelain veneers. However, most people are not aware that a Cosmetic Dentist also can create a beautiful smile with subtle changes to their gums using soft-tissue lasers that recontour the gum-line. Recontouring of your gums can drastically change and improve the natural balance of your smile.
The soft-tissue laser is one of the newer dental tools available to the Cosmetic Dentist. It can be used often without any anesthetic to reshape your gums painlessly to give a beautifully sculptured smile that would be the envy of a Hollywood movie star. Laser gum surgery may be appropriate for you in the following situations:
• Teeth appear small or short
• Gums appear large and dominate your smile
• Gum tissue appearance is different on each side of your mouth
• Overall balance between gums and teeth is not proportional
• Gum contours around teeth are not correct or uneven
When you smile, very little gum should be visible. The majority of your smile should exhibit your beautiful teeth, with just a hint of gum showing above the teeth. Each tooth should have a nicely arched and contoured gum-line above it. The soft-tissue laser offers a painless, minimally invasive, non-anesthesia surgery that is an extremely successful method of obtaining a beautiful smile.
A beautiful smile created with soft-tissue laser surgery is accomplished simply by rebalancing the amount of gum tissue that is exposed in relationship to the amount of tooth structure that is showing and recontouring the gums around each tooth to appear balanced. Patients having soft-tissue laser therapy heal quickly and without the discomfort associated with traditional periodontal gum surgery done with anesthetic. Additional information regarding cosmetic dental procedures may be found at
www.centurysmile.com

Are you brushing right?

The first step is to choose a good toothbrush. You always want to use a soft brush with a small head. A soft brush is hard enough to remove plaque and soft enough not to damage your teeth or gum.
The next issue is to choose a good toothpaste. In general any toothpaste that contains Fluoride will do the job, unless you have a special need that is determined by your dentist. Two of the best brands of toothpastes are Colgate Total and Crest Multicare.
The first rule of brushing is to start from a specific location and work your way to the opposite side and all the way through the whole mouth so that you end where you started. This way you won’t miss any area. Also usually a pea size of tooth paste is enough. A good brushing should at lease take 2 minutes and ideally around 4 minutes.
There are many different techniques for brushing your teeth but one of the most popular ones is described here:
Hold the brush with a 45 degree angle toward the teeth and the gum. Gently press against the gum so the tips of the bristles go in between the gum and the teeth. Then apply lateral vibration for a few times and roll down the brush to sweep the plaque away from the teeth and the gum. Repeat this motion 6 to 10 times and move on to the next area of 2 to 3 teeth. If your mouth is full of foam, spit out and continue brushing. Your brushing is completed when you have brushed all the surfaces of your teeth and not when your mouth is full!
On chewing surfaces, short strokes will work best to get the plaque out of the grooves and pits. Also when brushing the front teeth from inside, hold your brush vertically to be able to reach the teeth better.
As far as frequency of brushing is concerned, ideally you want to brush your teeth after each meal. But if you can t, brush at least twice a day after breakfast and before going to bed.

Dental Financing

Dental Financing - there are many dental treatment payment plans available through various finance companies.

Finance Your Veneers Over the Years!

The biggest obstacle that gets in the way of major dental work is money. You either have it up front or you don't! There are different wants and needs relating to your smile. Want based dentistry is most often cosmetic and with any esthetic procedure, there is an out of pocket expense that has to be paid up front to the dentist.

Dental Financing companies have been popping up everywhere to cash in on the makeover boom. More and more people will do anything to get a new smile. The great news is you the consumer have options. Two of the biggest companies in the dental financing biz are Dental Fee Plan and Care Credit. Both are large companies that have thousands of dentists referring patients to their service. Are they the only companies will to loan you money for dental work. No. There are finance companies owned by banks and there are independent dental finance brokers that work with multple lenders that have a little more flexibility to shop around and find you the best interest rate.

Is Dental Financing Worth It? Should You Wait?

The biggest question to ask yourself is: "How important is my smile and how will having a better or improved smile affect me? There can be thousands of different answers to this question. The first that comes to mind is increased self esteem and confidence. Smiles affect both our personal and professional lives and have a dramatic effect on how people perceive your personality. We finance many other goods and services, cars, homes, furniture etc. so why not make an investment in yourself? Makes sense, because the biggest asset anyone has is themselves!! If you can afford a monthly payment and it will not cause undue hardship on your personal finances, dental financing may be worth taking a look at.

What Kinds of Dental Treatment Can Be Financed?

Most dental finance companies will loan you money for most cosmetic procedures. Porcelain veneers, dental implants, orthodontics, invisibles braces and restorative dentistry procedures can be financed.

How Do I Get Financing for Dental Treatment if I Have Poor Credit History?

So, if dental financing is the answer to getting your treatment completed and you have bad credit you'll have to get a co-signer. There are multiple lenders in the market and some focus on helping people who have had bad credit history get financing for a variety of reasons, not just for dental care. Some banks may decline your application but others may approve you, except that you'll probably be paying a higher interest rate. Shop around, money is money and you will be paying regardless of what dental financing company you go with. Interest rates today are still relatively low compared to previous years. Make sure you get a competitive rate if that's the path you choose to follow. With a co-signer you may increase your chances of getting approved and have the option to exercise the loan for your dental treatment.