SMILE MAKEOVERS

Almost every person is the candidate for a smile makeover, as very few people are born with the perfect smile. Every person has a great scope to enhance their smile and get that ‘wow ‘factor. To accurately determine your smile makeover you need to schedule a consultation with your dentist. Most of the smile makeover candidates are in overall good health, but have multiple aesthetic concerns and functional issues with their teeth and gum and want to treat them.

Smile makeover is a possibility for everyone whether young and old. With the advancement of dentistry ‘Age is just a number'. Smile makeovers are customized to the needs and expectations of every individual and so there is no age limits to the cosmetic procedures.

Not all the celebrities are born with the perfect smile. Majority of them get ceramic/porcelain veneers or laminates fixed on their teeth to get their dream ‘Hollywood Smile’. This gives them the desired shape, size, color and alignment of their teeth. Some of them go for teeth bleaching/ whitening for a bright white smile. And some go for invisalign aligner treatment.

The most common procedures which are done routinely in smile makeovers are:

• White tooth color fillings/ Composite bondings.
• Porcelain/ Ceramic veneers
• Porcelain/ Ceramic crowns
• Teeth whitening

Invisalign orthodontic treatment to correct alignment problems with your teeth.

This depends on the type of treatment you are willing to undergo- whether cosmetic procedure or a restorative procedure. For instance:

• Tooth-colored fillings: Composite resin fillings take just one visit to your dentist to complete. It takes 30-45 min for the procedure.
• Teeth whitening: It is just a single sitting procedure and takes about an hour and half. It is a in office bleaching procedure where you get a whiter, brighter and a healthier-looking teeth.
• Porcelain/ Ceramic veneers: Porcelain veneers usually require two to three visits to the dentist to complete the treatment. The procedure gets completed in a week’s time. On day 1 we take the impressions of your teeth and on day 4 the veneers are cemented.
• Porcelain/ Ceramic crowns: The crowns usually take two visits to the dentist. On day 1 we take the impressions of your teeth and day 4 the crown is cemented. For the interim period temporary crown is put so that you can chew normally.

Since you have spent your time and money in improving your smile, it is important that you maintain the amazing results. Below are some general rules to follow:
• Visit your dentist for regular dental checkups and cleanings every 6 months.
• Maintain good daily oral health habits at home with regular brushing and flossing twice a day.
• Use a non-abrasive toothpaste especially if you have dental veneers to prevent against scratching the surface of dental restorations.
• Avoid eating hard, sticky substances or chewing on ice which can damage certain tooth restorations.

I Dr Suprriya B Bhatia went through my own Smile Makeover at the age of 19. This transformed my personality from an under confident person to a happy and confident one. I realized the huge value of this treatment and wanted to contribute to other peoples’ lives. Thus I became a dentist. Using updated expertise, latest generation materials, global standard sterilization we have managed to transform the lives of our patients from across the world (69 countries to be precise, in the last 19 years) and continue to do so. This is our signature treatment and we welcome you for it.

Yes, Veneers can give you a brand new smile. They are custom-made thin shells that cover the front surface of your teeth. They change the color, shape, size and alignment of your teeth. And help in fixing problems with tooth spacing, crooked teeth, and discolored teeth. They offer a conservative approach to changing a tooth's color or shape or size.

No! Most patients do not complain of pain or discomfort at all during treatment. This is because the procedure is minimally-invasive and the preparation of the tooth is very conservative. Required for veneers only removes a thin layer of enamel from your teeth. Also the procedure is done under local anesthesia and once you are numb, you shouldn’t feel any pain.

The restorative dental procedures mainly focus on replacing and repairing the damaged teeth thus taking care of the functional aspect of your teeth. While the cosmetic dental procedures focus on the shape, size, color and position of your teeth and gum, thus taking care of their aesthetic aspect.

Veneer treatment does not damage your natural teeth by any means. In fact, it protects your natural teeth from tooth decay/cavities. Since the veneers are bonded directly to your natural teeth, they add to the strength as well as aesthetics of your natural teeth. They also provide the additional benefit of being stain resistant, which means that they do not discolor unlike your natural teeth.

Yes dark gums can be treated by the gums de-pigmentation procedure. They are safely lighten to the classic pink color. Gum de-pigmentation, also known as gum bleaching, is a procedure to lighten or remove black spots or patches on the gums consisting of melanin pigment. The procedure takes 20-45 minutes depending on the color and size of the dark patch. We will give you local anesthetic to make the procedure as comfortable as possible. This is a very common procedure which is done routinely in our clinic. With the coming of lasers the procedure has become bloodless and painless and heals up quickly.

Yes, smokers can go for smile makeover treatment. In fact a smile makeover can become a motivating factor in such patients to quit the habit of smoking.

For smokers a professional teeth whitening can effectively reduce tooth stains caused by smoking and result in a much whiter, brighter smile. However if the habit is continuing, the teeth can again discolour, so porcelain/ ceramic veneers or crowns can be done as a permanent solution. Veneers and crowns are resistant to stains, so smoking will not affect them.