Do you know how good smiling is for you? When you suppress your smile, you are also suppressing the release of natural feel-good chemicals such as serotonin and beta-endorphin. You are also suppressing nature’s greatest icebreaker, because people are hard-wired to respond to a genuine with smile with warmth, friendliness and a desire to help.
Here at Wimbledon Dental Care, we want you to get the most out of your smile, with regards to wellbeing in all areas of your life, which is why we offer cosmetic dentistry.
There are several options for cosmetic dentistry, for subtle and extensive work, to help you get the smile you deserve. Let’s take a look at a couple of the treatments we offer here at Wimbledon Dental Care.
Porcelain veneers
These are great little miracles of dental technology for covering up cracks and chips, worn edges, little gaps and minor misalignments. Porcelain veneers are highly durable sheaths that fit over the front of your teeth, and are fixed in place using dental adhesive. In order to have veneers fitted, you need to have a thin layer of enamel removed from your natural tooth. This provides the rough surface needed to fix the veneer on to. It also makes sure that the veneer lies flush with your surrounding teeth. Veneers are custom-made to match the size, shape and colour of your surrounding teeth. You can have one veneer, or all of your teeth covered. The porcelain is very durable so, if you take care of your veneers, they can last for 10 years or longer.
White fillings
White fillings are increasingly being used in place of mercury amalgam fillings, both to fill new cavities, and to replace old fillings when they crack with age. Some people are also choosing to have all their amalgam fillings removed and replaced with white composite ones. With white fillings, you can throw back your head and laugh as loud as you like without anyone being party to your dental history, laid out in front of them in a glint of amalgam metal. Keep your cavities to yourself and enjoy a good laugh again.
If you would like to find out how cosmetic dentistry can enhance your smile, why not pop in and see us for a chat? We are open on Saturday mornings as well as during the week.