Cosmetic Dentist – Morgan Hill, CA
Bring Your Smile Goals to Life
Discolored, chipped, or gapped teeth can take a major toll on your self-esteem. Luckily, you don’t have to settle for a smile that you don’t feel fully confident about. As a skilled cosmetic dentist in Morgan Hill, CA, Dr. Jenny Hong brings a passion for artistry and an eye for detail to help you bring your smile goals to life here at Timeless Smiles Morgan Hill. Schedule your cosmetic dentistry consultation today by giving our dental office a call.
Why Choose Timeless Smiles Morgan Hill for Cosmetic Dentistry?
- Proud Member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
- Digitally Preview Your Results Beforehand
- Minimally Invasive Treatments & Composite Veneers
Veneers
Veneers are often considered the most conservative way to transform everything about your smile at the same time. With these thin ceramic shells or composite shells, we can instantly cover up the front-facing surfaces of your teeth and make practically every imperfection disappear. Whether you’d like to conceal stubborn stains, fix slightly misaligned teeth, or make misshapen teeth appear even, veneers can provide natural-looking, long-lasting results in as little as two appointments.
Metal-Free Dental Crowns
When a damaged tooth needs repair, the last thing you want is to broadcast that fact with a dark metal crown. At Timeless Smiles Morgan Hill, that won’t be an issue, as we offer completely metal-free dental crowns that will be seamless in your smile. Each crown is customized to fit comfortably over your tooth and is made from materials that mimic tooth enamel in nearly every way.
Cosmetic Dental Bonding
If you only need to fix one or two small flaws in your grin, cosmetic bonding can be an easy solution. We’ll color-match some composite resin to the exact shade of your enamel, sculpt it over the offending blemish, and harden it with a special ultraviolet light. The process rarely takes over an hour, but the results can last for several years.
Teeth Whitening
As many as 80% of Americans wish they had a brighter smile, but most over-the-counter teeth whitening products barely make a difference. Our dental office is happy to clear away stubborn tooth stains and discoloration with KoR in-office whitening, which uses an effective bleaching agent that is proven to be less sensitive while delivering dramatic results. We can also provide Opalescence take-home kits that lead to the same results after a couple of weeks of daily use.
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Gum Recontouring
Sometimes, your issue with your smile may stem not from your teeth, but from your gums. Overgrown gum tissue can lead to a “gummy smile,” which may appear uneven. Dr. Hong can create a more balanced grin with a treatment called gum recontouring. By pre-planning your smile design and the position of your future teeth. She’ll carefully trim the excess tissue to even out your gumline and reveal more of your pearly whites in a precise and predictable manner.
Virtual Smile Design
We understand if you’re hesitant to commit to a cosmetic dentistry treatment when you don’t know if you’ll be satisfied with the results. Our virtual smile design technology can help you decide whether you’d like to go through with a particular service. With it, we can digitally alter a current photo of your grin to reflect how it would look after receiving veneers, bonding, or any other cosmetic treatment. This way, you can feel more confident about the choice you’re making for your smile.
Understanding the Cost of Cosmetic Dentistry
Payment can always be a bit of a sticky subject with patients, and this is especially true in the case of cosmetic dentistry. Aesthetic procedures typically aren’t covered by insurance, which means that patients worry a bit more than usual about whether they’re going to be able to afford these services.
Thankfully, there are plenty of budget-friendly cosmetic procedures for you to choose from, and we’ll work with you to help you get your dream smile without breaking the bank. If you want to know more about how you can make this kind of care affordable, here’s some information that could potentially help you.
What Cosmetic Dental Service is Right for Me?
First of all, it’s important to realize that there are a variety of cosmetic dental treatments for you to choose from. Each procedure is priced differently, which means that you have a good chance of finding a procedure that will fit your budget.
Direct bonding, for example, is capable of making small changes to your smile within a single appointment and happens to be the most affordable method of beautifying your teeth. If you’re unhappy with the color of your smile, teeth whitening is also a fairly low-cost treatment.
However, the results of these procedures usually only last for a few years and are slightly limited in what they can achieve. Invisalign is a bit pricier, but it can drastically and permanently change the alignment of your smile. Then there are veneers; they can completely change the appearance of your teeth but are undoubtedly on the higher end of what your treatment can cost.
How Cosmetic Dentistry Can Be an Investment Worth Making
Cosmetic dentistry is capable of completely changing the way that your smile looks, making a massive impact on how you feel about yourself. The confidence that beautiful teeth affords you can improve how you perform in both the personal and professional spheres of your life.
It’s sometimes difficult to quantify the benefits of cosmetic dentistry, especially when compared to something like a filling or a root canal. However, they’re just as real—a beautiful smile can make a noticeable difference in how you feel day-to-day.
How to Make Cosmetic Dentistry Affordable
Given that you aren’t going to be able to count on your dental insurance plan to cover cosmetic dentistry, you might have to pursue other options in order to make the care that you receive from us affordable. You may be interested in financing, which can split the cost of your care into smaller monthly payments.
We often work with CareCredit and Alphaeon Credit, both of which afford patients who qualify financing for cosmetic care. Many of their terms involve little or no interest, which means that you don’t lose anything by taking advantage of what they have to offer.
If you want to talk to us about this or any other financial option available to you, give us a call and we’d be happy to schedule you a consultation.
Cosmetic Dentistry FAQs
How Do I Know If I Need Cosmetic Dentistry?
Generally speaking, if you have any problems with the appearance of your smile, or anything that you’d like to change, you could benefit from cosmetic dentistry. If you have discolored teeth, teeth whitening could give you a smile up to eight shades whiter within a single appointment. Cosmetic dentistry can also help you to look younger, undoing some of the changes that may have happened to your teeth with age.
If you have any oral health problems, it may be necessary to address them before getting cosmetic treatment. Once you do that, however, you can use cosmetic dentistry to deal with just about any aesthetic problem that you could have with your smile.
What’s the Difference Between a Crown and a Veneer?
These two treatments are confused often, and it’s easy to see why. Both involve covering the teeth will small pieces of dental work, often made of ceramic, to cover up various imperfections.
That said, there are notable differences between the two. Veneers are thin porcelain shells designed to layer onto the front of the tooth. This requires you to remove less enamel in order to replace them, and it makes them ideal for changing the appearance of your smile. However, veneers aren’t necessarily the best way to increase the structural integrity of your tooth.
Dental crowns are small ceramic “caps” that can be placed on top of the tooth, covering it on all sides. This means that they’re capable of dealing with more substantial damage than veneers can, though you’ll need to remove more enamel to make room for them.
Generally speaking, crowns are better suited to restorative care while veneers make more sense for treating purely cosmetic issues.
What Can I Do About My Gummy Smile?
Have you ever felt like your gums take up too much of your smile? As it turns out, there are a few ways to deal with this issue. Dental crowns or veneers can make your teeth appear longer, causing your smile to seem more balanced. Orthodontic treatment could be helpful if your gummy smile is due to an underlying issue with your bite. And if it seems like you really do have a bit too much gum around your teeth, gum recontouring can be used to remove excess tissue.
When you meet with us for your consultation, we’ll talk to you about what course of treatment could be best-suited to your situation.
How Can Cosmetic Dentistry Improve My Oral Heath?
People are often interested in straightening their crooked teeth for purely cosmetic reasons. However, using Invisalign or veneers to align your smile entails several health benefits as well.
For one, straight teeth are easier to clean, which means that you’ll have an overall reduced chance of developing gum disease. If your teeth are aligned, it also means that you’re putting less pressure on your jaw, mitigating any risk of developing TMJ disorders. All told, cosmetic dentistry won’t just help you look good—you’ll be able to feel your best as well.
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