Maintaining Your Flawless Smile with Porcelain Veneers Porcelain veneers are a great investment for those of us who need a little extra help to have a flawless smile. A veneer is a thin piece of porcelain that is adhered to the surface of a tooth to alter the appearance, size or shape of the tooth. Veneers are not intended to …
Do 6 Month Braces Actually Work? Memories of youth are often lit up by the light reflecting off of someone’s metallic braces. Traditional treatment with those monstrosities lasted for years and was really crippling to self-esteem during that formative time. Worse yet, if you didn’t get to have braces in your youth, thoughts of finally straightening your teeth as an adult …
Silver or Tooth Colored Fillings: Explaining Your Options Cavities are just a part of life. When you need a filling, there are two options: tooth colored fillings and silver fillings. Tooth Colored Fillings Tooth colored fillings are technically “composite” fillings, meaning that the material used to create the filling is made of a type of resin. This resin includes elements …
How to Avoid Clearing the Room Everyone has had an experience with a close-talker. His unnerving nearness is eclipsed only by his use of breathy words to tell you about…wait, what was he saying? Nobody knows; they were all too busy holding their breath and devising an exit strategy. Don’t be that guy; avoid social calamity by knowing what causes …