If you have discoloration, you may be tempted to hide your smile from the world. But we can help! With cosmetic dentistry, we can help your smile shine by removing teeth stains, or possibly masking them with dental bonding. In today’s blog, Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA, talks about helping your smile with professional teeth whitening. We can also mask stains and reshape teeth with a same-day dental bonding procedure!
The Factors Behind Dental Discoloration
What causes teeth stains to form on the surfaces of your smile? You could develop surface stains due to issues like a high amount of sugar in your diet, and frequent brushing and flossing, as these factors can create plaque buildup that make discoloration visible. Drinks with dark pigments, including coffee, soda, red wine, and tea, could discolor the teeth too. You could also develop discoloration due to tobacco products.
You could also develop more stubborn intrinsic discoloration, which forms beneath the enamel, caused by factors like injury to the teeth, fluorosis, or the use of certain medications. Our team will assess the type of stain and the severity to choose the best solution to brighten your smile, often in as little as one visit.
Teeth Whitening
For most surface stains, we will provide professional teeth whitening. This can offer a more dramatic and longer-lasting result than most store-bought trays and toothpastes, so you can enjoy a smile that really shines. Following treatment, you can improve how you brush and floss, eat a healthier diet, and drink plenty of water to help your new results truly last. Don’t forget about seeing us for a cleaning, so we can remove buildup and then polish your smile too!
Dental Bonding
If you have intrinsic discoloration that may not respond well to traditional whitening methods, we could mask them. With dental bonding, we will apply the same composite resin we use for our fillings, shading the material to blend with the tooth and the rest of your smile too. This is applied to the teeth and cured under a light, so in one visit we can mask stains and help your smile look brighter. Bonding can also correct misshapen teeth, filling gaps between the teeth, and repair minor chips and cracks too.
If you have any questions about how we help smiles with cosmetic dentistry, or if you want to find out more about professional teeth whitening or dental bonding, then contact our team today to learn more.
Dental Impressions Offers Cosmetic Dentistry
Our team wants to help treat discoloration and make your smile shine, and we can even address other cosmetic imperfections in only one visit. To schedule an appointment for a cosmetic treatment, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
