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Am I a Better Candidate for Veneers or Teeth Whitening?
Dental care focuses on keeping your teeth and gums healthy. How your teeth look also factors into your oral health, both as an indication of underlying dental issues and as an influence on your self-confidence. Cosmetic dentistry helps minimize aesthetic dental problems to leave you with a beautiful smile.
This type of dentistry has many different methods to improve how teeth look, including dental veneers and teeth whitening. Both methods can help with similar issues, but to determine which is best for your teeth, we need to examine why they’re used, how effective they are, and which offers the best solution for you.
Dr. Roge Jacob and Dr. Magdalena Azzarelli of Hillsdale Dental Care offer a full scope of cosmetic dental services for patients in San Jose, California. Here’s how porcelain veneers and teeth whitening works to improve your smile.
Problems treated with cosmetic dentistry
The enamel, dentin, and cementum that form the layers protecting the nerves and pulp in your teeth can directly affect their appearance. Cosmetic dentistry can address several problems in how your teeth look, including:
Discoloration
This includes changes in enamel color when teeth are stained by foods, drinks, smoking, oral disease, or other problems.
Cracked and chipped teeth
Often a result of injury or decay, minor cracks or chips in your teeth can affect both their look and function.
Malocclusions
Misaligned or misshapen teeth (malocclusions), including gapped and crowded teeth, as well as overbite, underbite, and crossbite, can happen as teeth develop.
Teeth whitening basics
Teeth whitening allows makes the enamel of your teeth whiter through the application of bleaching agents in gels, strips, and specialized toothpaste. Teeth whitening is available in the form of an over-the-counter kit or a professional in-office whitening treatment — where we guarantee optimal whitening results with Opalescence™ Boost.
Carbamide and hydrogen peroxide are common active ingredients used to remove stains and brighten teeth. They’re used on extrinsic stains (those that affect the outer layer of teeth), and in-office treatments allow for a stronger dose of bleaching agents in a safe environment.
Benefits of dental veneers
These thin porcelain shells cover the visible surface of your teeth. They can help cover stains and other discoloration and also hide cracks, chips, gaps, and misshapen teeth.
Determining whether you’re a better candidate for veneers or whitening depends on your dental problem. Stained teeth can often be managed with teeth whitening, while intrinsic (discoloration inside the teeth) stains, misaligned, chipped, or cracked teeth are best treated with veneers.
Cosmetic dentistry in San Jose, California
To have your teeth examined and find out what solution is best for your needs, schedule a visit with our team at Hillsdale Dental Care in San Jose, California, today.
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