A Teeth Whitening Procedure Can Get You Ready for Graduation Day

Get ready for the camera with a teeth whitening procedure.  After four years of hard work, it is time for graduation and your photo-worthy moment.  As your family descends upon the school with their smartphone and digital camera in hand, you will be spending the day smiling and posing.  Whitening your teeth ahead of time will help you to enjoy your pictures a little more. We understand that this is a busy few months with turning in final homework, preparing your resume, packing up your student housing, etc.  Fortunately, you can improve your smile with an appointment to our office, without taking a lot of time away.  A teeth whitening procedure is easy to complete, the results are stunning, and you can do it in time for graduation.

Why so many college students need a teeth whitening treatment.
Graduating with a college degree is hard work.  That work is often fueled by late-night study sessions where jugs of coffee and energy drinks are consumed, and candy bars opened.  Sugar, caffeine, and energy products may be necessary to help you to stay awake, study, and get the grades you need.  However, they are not good for your teeth.  These products can leave your teeth stained and yellow, something that will age you.  As a result, many college students leave for school with healthy and white teeth, only to graduate with plaque buildup and stains.  We want to clean and whiten your teeth right away so that you can walk into the next phase of life with a beautiful smile.

Plan for your future and schedule a teeth whitening procedure.
To fully understand why you should whiten your teeth, you should know about recent studies.  To determine the impact of a beautiful smile on a persons' career, studies have been completed.  It turns out that people with a beautiful smile are more likely to be hired by a prospective employer.  Granted, this is if all other things are equal so whitening your teeth doesn't mean that you should apply for the CEO job.  It does mean, however, that if you were going after the same job as a college grad with a similar resume, the person with the more attractive smile is more likely to be hired.  Once the job is yours, people with a more attractive smile are more likely to get a raise as well.

Once you have decided to whiten your teeth, you must determine how you will do so.  We recommend that you skip the store –bought whitening products because they don't work very well. They can do a good job at removing the surface stains, but most people have deep stains that are below the surface of the enamel.  In order to remove them, you need a professional grade solution – our solution.  When the whitening gel is applied to your teeth, it will penetrate below the surface of the enamel and start the process of oxidization.  This is where the molecules change to reflect less light, appearing colorless and giving you a stunning smile.

Dental Implants  >  Cosmetic Dentist

How Dental Implants are Placed in the Jawbone

Most people know dental implants are tiny prosthetics that are used to create a new fake tooth. Few people, outside of patients who have received one, are aware of just how great a dental implant can be. For starters, dental implants are based on a simple grounding philosophy. Since the root of the tooth is the grounding for the tooth, the dental implants we use provide the same level of strength and security to the new dental crown that we place over them. Additionally the root has a very important and symbiotic relationship with your jawbone, which works to help in stabilizing the tooth itself. Our tiny titanium implants mimic this relationship perfectly. What this does for you is it creates a circumstance where your new fake tooth is strongly grounded in an implant that is literally a perfect non-biological imitation of your root. As such you can eat anything that you would normally eat, without fear of causing unnecessary damage to your new implant or crown. This also means that you do not have to engage in special cleaning activities. Simply brush your teeth, and floss, like you would normally do and the new tooth will also get clean.

Did you know that dental implants come in two different types? Most people, even those who have dental implants, are usually not aware of this fact. There are two types of dental implants because in order for a traditional dental implant to be successful there is a prerequisite for the jawbone to be healthy. The jawbone and the dental implant have a symbiotic relationship, which means the jawbone has to have sufficient density, or bone mass, to sustain and support the implant. We will typically find this out during our initial consultations and examinations, where we will take x-rays. If your jawbone can sustain an implant, we will use the traditional implant. Also known as an Endosteal implant, this implant is a cylindrical shaped device, often a screw, made of titanium. It is inserted directly into the jawbone for maximum stability and to ensure the relationship between the two.

For other patients, however, they may not have the jaw bone density that is required to place an Endosteal implant. In cases like this the patient, you, have one of the two choices. You can have reconstructive surgery on the jaw to make it stronger and able to withstand and support the implant. The other option, for those that do not want to or cannot undergo reconstructive surgery, is to use an implant known as a Subperiosteal implant. A Subperiosteal implant functions much the same way as an Endosteal implant, with one notable exception. A Subperiosteal implant is placed into the gum but not into the jawbone. It is placed on top of, or slightly above the jawbone itself. This provides the security and stability that the dental crown needs, without putting added pressure on the already weakened jawbone. The initial examination will tell us what kind of implant you need, and we can make sure you have all the information you need to make a decision.

Teeth Whitening  >  Cosmetic Dentist