Your smile says so much about you - What's yours saying? 

Missing teeth, ill fitting dentures, crowded teeth and incorrect bite can cause the face and jaw to be incorrectly aligned. Whether looking to rejuvenate your smile, match to your existing smile or totally reinvent your smile, your specialist restorative or cosmetic dentist should ensure that your teeth, gums, lips and face all complement each other. This could involve implants, crowns, veneers, bridges, gum re-contouring, white fillings and cosmetic whitening. The results can be amazing and life changing for some people!

A quick guide to perfect smiles:

Veneers

Veneers can be used to correct crooked teeth or to improve a discoloured, tired or ripple edged teeth. Beautiful and natural looking, strong and stain resistant, high quality porcelain veneers can be used to fix just one or multiple teeth. There various different types of branded veneers from Lumineers which can be bonded to the teeth with no drilling to Californian Veneers which are custom fabricated in a Californian laboratory to uniquely fit each client.

Bonding

For a short, crooked, broken, chipped or decayed tooth the dentist can apply a colour matched composite resin compound over the top of it. The problem tooth is gently filed to allow adhesion and a special light is then used to harden and bond the resin to the tooth underneath.

Crowns

Crowns which are sometimes called caps can be used to make a crooked smile look straighter, in place of veneers. They are custom made to repair broken or damaged teeth and sometimes to cover an implant. The existing tooth surface is reduced and covered with a crown made from porcelain or another durable material.

Cosmetic Contouring

If your teeth are uneven, pointy, or have ragged edges cosmetic contouring may be for you. The dentist can create the smile you want sometimes by simply shaving away small areas of the teeth.

Gum Re-contouring

If teeth appear shorter than they should or if one tooth is longer than the rest it may be that gum coverage is a problem. Re-contouring is a minimally invasive way to correct the gum line and enhance the smile.

Implants

Implants are a safe and permanent way of replacing missing teeth or restoring a smile. Titanium anchor posts are implanted in to the jawbone and the covered with a natural looking crown on top.

Bleaching / Tooth Whitening

Professional in office tooth whitening is an effective way of whitening the teeth and brightening your smile. The hygienist will de-scale and polish away superficial stains first and then a
lightening agent will be applied to the teeth and then a special lamp will be used to optimize results. Take home reservoirs and whitening gel are also an option.

White Fillings

White composite filling material sticks firmly to the tooth giving it strength. By replacing old silver amalgam fillings with white fillings or inlays you can restore the natural healthy appearance of the tooth and when colour matched correctly the white filling can appear invisible. Replacing silver fillings with white ones can be the first steps to creating a beautiful smile.

Dentistry is evolving; it's more than just drilling and filling. It's about listening to and educating individuals about good oral and general health and offering choices. Beautiful Smiles can be created for everyone no matter what age you are or how bad you might think your teeth or dentures are good dentists can work wonders to reinvent your smile. Our experience has shown that sometimes people do not bother talking to their dentist about how they feel about their teeth, because they think that nothing can be done, some have had poor treatment already and others think it could be considered slightly vain to want a nice smile.

Orthodontics

Braces and aligners are a way of straightening teeth and perfecting smiles Invisalign¨ is a clear aligner system that is custom moulded to fit you. The virtually invisible aligners gradually reposition your teeth into a smile you'll be proud of. Invisalign¨ has been effective in giving hundreds of thousands of people amazing new smiles. Most people won't even notice you are in treatment and it wont disrupt your lifestyle. Tracey Bell has recently treated model and TV presenter Abby Clancy with Invisalign¨. Abby said she never used to smile and show her teeth in photo shoots before, but now she has far more confidence and loves her perfect smile!

Tracey Bell says, It is not just about physical beauty it's about putt ing that spring back in your step and smiling on the inside. Emotive beauty is a powerful thing and if there is something about your smile, no matt er how big or small, that bothers you, fixing it could make a big difference to how you feel about yourself.

Tracey Bell has clinics in Isle of Man, Liverpool and London specialising in cosmetic dentistry and age perfecting aesthetic treatments, she is a speaker for the BDA, a member of the BACD and regularly writes for Private Dentistry and Aesthetic Dentistry Today.

Tracey has her own brand of cosmetic dentistry called SmileScription for more information go to http://www.traceybell.co.uk/ or call 01624 613323