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Vancouver Centre for Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry
A team of talented, dedicated professional dentists led by Edward Lowe DMD, serving Vancouver. Cosmetic dentistry, with care and understanding. Call (604) 683-2483. They say that the eyes are the gateway to your soul, but the eyes only tell half the story. Before you even say a word, your heart is communicated through your smile. A beautiful smile radiates confidence, sincerity, warmth, and affects the way you interact with the world. Our team of talented, dedicated professional dentists will be delighted to consult with you and design an outcome suited to your specific desires. With esthetic tools such as Invisalign invisible braces, porcelain veneers and crowns, white fillings, and bleaching at their disposal, you can be certain that your smile makeover will be life-transforming. Renew your confidence, rejuvenate your spirit, and explore the endless possibliites an attractive smile and dazzling teeth can bring...because you deserve it.
Vancouver Cosmetic Dentistry Cosmetic dentistry is an important part of overall dentistry. In some cases, people elect to have cosmetic dentistry performed in order to improve their smile and overall appearance. In others, cosmetic dentistry is chosen in order to reverse or repair a defect that, while not harmful to overall health, has a negative impact on appearance. Moreover, some procedures can improve oral problems, such as a bite.Many treatments are used to treat teeth that are discolored, chipped, misshaped, or missing. Cosmetic surgery can reshape teeth, close gaps, restore worn or short teeth, and even change the length of teeth.
Common cosmetic dentistry procedures include:Whitening and Bleaching - procedures used to whiten teeth.
Bonding - tooth-colored material used to fill in gaps or change the color
of teeth.
Veneers - placed over the front teeth to change color or shape of your teeth.
Veneers are used on teeth with uneven surfaces or are chipped, discolored,
oddly shaped, unevenly spaced or crooked.
Contouring and reshaping - a procedure to correct crooked teeth, chipped teeth,
cracked teeth or even overlapping teeth in a single session.
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Porcelain Veneers Teeth that are badly stained, shaped or crooked may be improved by a veneer placed on the surface of the affected teeth.Veneers are thin pieces of porcelain or plastic cemented over the front of your teeth to change their color or shape. Veneers are used on teeth with uneven surfaces or are chipped, discolored, oddly shaped, unevenly spaced or crooked. Little or no anesthesia is needed. Veneers have a longer life expectancy and color stability than bonding, and highly resist permanent staining from coffee, tea, or even cigarette smoking.
Veneers are usually made by a dental lab technician working from a model provided by your dentist. Veneers are usually irreversible because it's necessary to remove a small amount of enamel from your teeth to accommodate the shell.
Porcelain veneers can mask undesirable defects, such as teeth stained by tetracycline, by an injury, or as a result of a root-canal procedure, and are ideal for masking discolored fillings in front teeth. Patients with gaps between their front teeth or teeth that are chipped or worn may consider porcelain veneers.
Typically, veneers entail at least three appointments with your dentist: diagnosis and treatment planning, preparation, and bonding.
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Teeth Whitening and Zoom in Office
The National Institutes of Health estimates that more than 10 million Americans have TMD, or problems affecting the jaw joint and/or muscles.
As we age, the outer layer of enamel on our teeth wears away, revealing a darker tissue underneath, at the center of the tooth around the nerves and blood vessels. Smoking, drinking coffee, tea, and wine, and even taking certain medications as a child such as tetracycline also contribute to loss of brightness in your teeth.
Normally, our mouths cover tooth enamel with a clear colorless, yet sticky, layer of protein known as pellicle. But food stains stick to this protein, ruining our white smiles. Known culprits include soy sauce, berries, curry, coffee, red wine, and tea. These foods easily stain teeth. Extremely hot or cold liquids are especially harmful to the whiteness of your teeth, because they change the temperature of your teeth. This expansion and contraction allows stains to more easily penetrate your teeth. Foods that are slightly acidic open up the pores of the tooth enamel, allowing stains to more easily move into your teeth.
Vancouver Cosmetic Dentistry
Dentist: Edward Lowe, DMD
601-1200 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6Z 2C7
(604) 683-2483
e-mail: drlowe@axion.net
Office Hours:
Monday
- Thursday
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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