Porcelain laminate veneers allow your dentist to predictably enhance your smile. When you want to light up the room with a "Hollywood" smile, these strong, durable restorations may be your treatment of choice.

Veneers often represent the ideal treatment for patients with misshapen or crooked teeth, severe discolorations, and various other aesthetic imperfections. Created and customized specifically for you at a dental laboratory, veneers are thin slivers of porcelain your dentist will bond right to the surfaces of your front teeth. Two visits and aspirations of beautiful teeth are all that's necessary to start you down the road to a better smile.

WHO'S A CANDIDATE?

Those with crooked teeth or severe stains

Individuals who desire a more youthful appearance

Patients whose previous treatment has not achieved their aesthetic goals- Those desiring a whiter brighter smile

FAST FACTS

Veneers resist staining

Porcelain veneers are fabricated in a dental laboratory

Veneers are durable, lasting for decades

Bonding is a simple treatment that your dentist can use to fix chipped teeth, lighten their color, and even make over your smile. Either your front or back teeth can be bonded. Treatment is fast, allowing your dentist in one visit to give you a more youthful smile and replace old metal fillings with an aesthetic material that should last for years.

WHO'S A CANDIDATE?

Patients with chipped teeth or minor discolorations

Those with small gaps or spaces between teeth

Anyone who wants to replace metal fillings with aesthetic restorations

FAST FACTS

Direct bonding is virtually undetectable

Bonding is so painless, no anesthesia is required

Economical option for smile enhancement

Crowns or "caps" are designed to look and feel like natural teeth, and they can be the best option when you desire a more dramatic change in your appearance. Using crowns, your dentist can significantly lighten the shade of your teeth, correct spacing that porcelain laminate veneers cannot, or achieve beautiful esthetics. Particularly if your teeth have been more severely damaged. Uptown Dental uses Bruxzir crowns.

Bridges (a restoration similar to a crown but for multiple teeth) are used to provide a lasting replacement to missing natural teeth. Your dentist will either cement them in a place as a "fixed" restoration or attach them to the adjacent teeth as a "denture", not just to replace missing teeth but also to prevent additional loss of "pink" gum tissue.

WHO'S A CANDIDATE?

Those with crooked teeth or severe stains

Patients receiving root canal therapy

Patients who need a replacement for tooth or teeth

FAST FACTS

Crowns and bridges require two or more visits to your dentist

Crowns and bridges are made in a dental laboratory

These restorations can be durable, lasting for extended periods of 5 to 15 years

Crowns and bridges allow patients to eat, talk, and function normally

Dental implants can replace missing teeth much like an orthopedic surgeon can replace a deteriorating hip. Your dentist will anchor the implant in your jawbone, where it will later retain an artificial tooth (or crown). Growing numbers of patients elect to receive implants in order to regain the ability to bite, chew, and talk naturally, and to smile with confidence.

Dentures are also an option when it is impossible to restore your natural teeth, With options ranging from full to partial dentures, your dentist can change almost anything in your smile. Over time, your denture may need to be adjusted due to the natural changes you mouth undergoes as you age. Often, dentists can make necessary adjustments or repairs in a single visit.

WHO'S A CANDIDATE?

Patients with missing front or back teeth

Patients with teeth that must be removed

FAST FACTS

Nearly 70% of the US population at the age of 35 has lost at least one permanent tooth

Healing times for dental implants vary from patient to patient but take approximately six months

Dentures and implants require multiple office visits to ensure their proper fit

With proper cleaning and follow-up, the implant can last indefinitely

Implants and dentures support your lips and cheeks, creating a more youthful appearance