Cosmetic Dentistry In-Depth

Bonding is a versatile treatment that corrects small chips, cracks, gaps, or misshapen teeth using composite resin. While bonding can be completed in as little as 30 minutes, it may take longer for multiple teeth or more extensive restorations. The material is sculpted to match the natural contours of your tooth before being cured and polished for a flawless finish.

Dental implant restorations provide a reliable and durable solution for missing teeth. If you already have dental implants placed, we offer custom crowns and bridges designed to restore function and aesthetics. These restorations help you chew and speak comfortably while preventing shifting and maintaining the structure of your jaw.

Implant restorations are crafted to blend naturally with your existing teeth. Your gums contour around them just like they would with real teeth, creating a seamless appearance. Once your restoration is placed, you can eat, speak, and smile with confidence.

Even minor imperfections in your teeth can significantly impact the quality of your smile. Small chips, gaps, slight misalignment, or unevenly sized teeth can all play a role. Porcelain veneers are a long-lasting, cosmetic solution that transforms your smile by covering imperfections with thin, durable ceramic shells.

To ensure a perfect fit, a small amount of enamel is removed before bonding the veneers. The result is a natural, symmetrical, and stain-resistant smile that lasts 15–20 years or more with proper care.

Porcelain veneers are thin shells made of porcelain. They resemble small shells and are made to be bonded to the front surfaces of your affected teeth. To fit properly over your teeth, a small amount of your tooth enamel needs to be removed—this aids in preventing a bulky feeling and a more natural look.

The use of porcelain provides many significant benefits. The material is fairly strong and can last 15 to 20 years, or longer, with proper care. It is stain-resistant and can even resist stains better than your natural teeth. Finally, porcelain looks exactly like your real teeth. We can stain porcelain to perfectly match the color of the rest of your teeth. It also reflects light in a similar manner to natural enamel. Once bonded into place, your smile is completely transformed, leaving you with a beautiful smile everyone will take notice of.

When cavities or fractured teeth are too large to be repaired with a traditional filling, inlays and onlays provide a strong and conservative solution.

• - Inlays restore decay between the cusps of a molar.
• - Onlays (partial crowns) extend over one or more cusps to restore damaged chewing surfaces.

We always use tooth-colored materials like ceramic or composite resin to ensure a seamless blend with your natural teeth.

Inlays and onlays are designed to treat cavities in the chewing surfaces of your molars. Inlays treat cavities in the crevices, between the cusps. Onlays, also called partial crowns, treat cavities that affect the cusps of the molars. Both inlays and onlays are known as indirect fillings. This means that they are made in a lab from an impression of your mouth rather than cured inside of the cavity. They both can be made from many different materials, including composite resin, metal, gold, and porcelain. Porcelain provides the greatest aesthetic benefits, blending in perfectly with the rest of your natural tooth structure, providing you with a seamless restoration.

A missing tooth can affect more than just aesthetics—it can lead to facial structure collapse, premature wrinkles, and a loss of vertical height that contributes to an aged, "witch-like" profile. Bridges provide a fixed, long-lasting solution to missing teeth.

• - A traditional bridge is supported by crowns on the adjacent teeth.
• - A bonded bridge may be a more cost-effective, minimally invasive alternative to an implant.

Replacing missing teeth prevents shifting, preserves facial structure, and restores full chewing ability.