Cosmetic Dentistry

If you’re unhappy with the way your smile looks, you don’t need extensive or costly dental work to change it. At Village Dental in Richmond Hill, Georgia, cosmetic and general dentist Nils Anderson, DDS, offers a variety of cosmetic dentistry options to enhance and transform your smile. To learn more, call Village Dental or request an appointment online today.

What is cosmetic dentistry?

Cosmetic dentistry focuses on the appearance and function of your smile. The team at Village Dental strives to make positive changes to your teeth that enhance their shape, size, or color.

Which dental concerns can cosmetic dentistry fix?

Your Village Dental provider may recommend cosmetic treatments to improve your smile if you have:

• Tooth discoloration
• Chipped teeth
• Cracked or broken teeth
• Crooked teeth
• Teeth worn down by bruxism (teeth grinding)
• Misshapen teeth
• Large gaps in your smile
• Teeth that are too long or too short
• A gummy smile

A combination of cosmetic treatments can help you achieve the dream smile you’ve always wanted.

What are the most common treatments in cosmetic dentistry?

Village Dental offers many cosmetic treatments to revitalize your smile, such as:

Bonding

Bonding is a simple, affordable treatment that repairs small cracks or gaps in your teeth. It also helps hide severe tooth discoloration and may even act as a natural-looking filling to repair a cavity.

Teeth whitening

Village Dental uses custom-made whitening trays to brighten your smile by four to eight shades in as little as a few days. At your first visit, your dentist takes impressions of your teeth to create your whitening trays. Once they arrive, you can use the trays with special whitening gel for a few days to remove tooth stains.

Veneers

Veneers are thin ceramic or porcelain shells that bond to the surface of your teeth to change their shape, size, or color. Many people use veneers to achieve a conventionally attractive smile that looks white and uniform.

Inlays and onlays

Inlays and onlays are partial crowns that use the existing tooth as a base to repair damage and strengthen the tooth.

Crowns and bridges

A dental crown is a tooth-shaped cap that fits over your damaged tooth to restore its size and shape. Dental crowns also protect your teeth from further decay or damage and keep your teeth fully functional. They can cover the molars in the back of your mouth or protect the anterior teeth in the front.

If you have a missing tooth, a bridge can restore your smile. Bridges use the two teeth surrounding your socket — the empty space left behind by your missing tooth — to repair the look and function of your teeth.

Whether you want to make minor changes to your smile or completely transform it, Village Dental has the right treatments for you. Call the office or schedule an appointment online today to learn more.