Aesthetic Dentistry

WEBVTT 00:00:07.243 --> 00:00:08.900 I believe esthetic dentistry is, 00:00:08.914 --> 00:00:14.186 in the old days and even today sometimes, we used to use different types of crowns. 00:00:14.187 --> 00:00:15.956 We used to use silver crowns, gold crowns. 00:00:15.957 --> 00:00:17.700 We used to put silver fillings in. 00:00:18.057 --> 00:00:21.742 Nowadays, everything that's done in the patient's mouth 00:00:21.743 --> 00:00:23.829 should be esthetically pleasing. 00:00:24.143 --> 00:00:27.457 Esthetics is a little different than cosmetic or smile dentistry. 00:00:27.743 --> 00:00:30.156 So esthetically means when you put it in 00:00:30.157 --> 00:00:32.528 and you look in your mouth, and they put a filling in there, 00:00:32.529 --> 00:00:36.099 you really shouldn't see the filling because it's esthetically pleasing. 00:00:36.100 --> 00:00:38.299 You can do white crowns, you can do white filling, 00:00:38.300 --> 00:00:41.500 you can do porcelain, you can do zirconium crowns. 00:00:41.629 --> 00:00:46.085 Basically, it's all white services or all tooth-colored restorations. 00:00:46.086 --> 00:00:48.800 Any form of that is basically an esthetic service. 00:00:48.943 --> 00:00:52.600 Veneers are like contact lens effect over tooth. 00:00:52.943 --> 00:00:57.186 But the problem with the veneer, sometimes you don't have the strength. 00:00:57.700 --> 00:00:59.870 Sometimes over time, you get the line that forms 00:00:59.871 --> 00:01:03.043 around the edge of veneer, and sometimes they'll pop off. 00:01:03.271 --> 00:01:05.970 I've seen a number of patients that have veneers done in other offices, 00:01:05.971 --> 00:01:10.657 they come to me to re-bond and then redo or consider a crown. 00:01:10.871 --> 00:01:13.240 A veneer is just the surface of the tooth. 00:01:13.314 --> 00:01:15.443 A crown is basically the same thing. 00:01:15.700 --> 00:01:18.800 It's white, beautiful restoration, it's different compositions. 00:01:19.129 --> 00:01:21.685 The thing about the crown, you have more control of the color, 00:01:21.686 --> 00:01:24.040 you have more control of any rotation. 00:01:24.500 --> 00:01:27.543 If there's any sort of orthodontic issues or little rotation, 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:29.229 you can correct all that. 00:01:29.230 --> 00:01:33.156 You have much more flexibility and variability with a crown, 00:01:33.157 --> 00:01:35.086 a full crown than you do with a veneer. 00:01:35.329 --> 00:01:37.071 We do zoom bleaching here, 00:01:37.514 --> 00:01:39.071 and it's a service that 00:01:40.571 --> 00:01:42.956 they get the best bang for the dollar, so to speak, 00:01:42.957 --> 00:01:44.385 that you can get them in the office 00:01:44.386 --> 00:01:46.929 within two or three sessions in the office, one appointment. 00:01:47.214 --> 00:01:49.271 They get up to 8-10 shades brighter 00:01:49.643 --> 00:01:51.557 depending on the color of their teeth. 00:01:51.757 --> 00:01:54.571 That's the best and the easiest dollar to spend on that. 00:01:54.743 --> 00:01:58.428 We have what we call in our profession, the dreaded black triangle disease. 00:01:58.429 --> 00:02:01.413 So if you smile, as you get older, your gums pull back, 00:02:01.414 --> 00:02:03.943 and you got a black triangle in between your teeth. 00:02:04.543 --> 00:02:05.843 It can be as simple as that, 00:02:05.844 --> 00:02:10.543 or it can be as major as with our patients here, 00:02:10.829 --> 00:02:11.870 full mouth reconstruction 00:02:11.871 --> 00:02:15.129 or just taking care of the front part of your smile zone. 00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:19.114 It can be to something very minimal to something very major. 00:02:19.243 --> 00:02:23.428 But sometimes the more natural tooth structure I can keep 00:02:23.429 --> 00:02:25.857 and get the perfect results that I want, 00:02:26.443 --> 00:02:27.840 that's ideal for me.