A Smile Makeover is simply anything cosmetic that enhances the look and general appearance of your teeth, it makes you smile more hence the name says a Bootle dentist. The makeover can be done in a dental surgery, a salon or in your own home and even by yourself with a home kit. Home kits can be got from a chemist or the net, they cost as little as £30 and can be done in around 60 minutes. The kit consists of a blank gum shield similar to a sporting shield; you soften it in hot water and then bit down on it to make a mould of your teeth. A bleaching agent is mixed up and placed in the mould, and then it is put back on the teeth and left for 40 minutes. The teeth are bleached white and can last up to a year if you avoid red wine, coffee, tea and anything else that stains the teeth. The salon method is quite popular as well, it costs around £200-400 to do and takes roughly an hour, it involves a gum shield to protect the mouth from the intense light source that reacts with a gel placed on the teeth, the light isn`t harmful but can burn the soft tissue if it isn’t protected. The process is done in 3 x 15 minute sessions, a short rest in between allows the process to cool down. The last method is a Lumineer veneer; these can be fitted very quickly to the teeth to hide misaligned, cracked, chipped and discoloured teeth. There is little preparation involved and the cost is a lot less than conventional veneers.
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Smile Makeovers explained by a Bootle dentist
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Teeth Whitening and the choices. By a Merseyside dentist
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Teeth whitening is now available in various formats, from an easy to apply home kit to a salon based service that is done by a highly trained technician. The other alternatives are the latest in veneers and are called Lumineer’s. The home kit can be bought on the net or in most chemist shops for as little as £30, they come complete with everything you`ll need and instructions. First you`ll need to make a mould with an impression of your teeth in it, this is easy as in the kit you`ll find a blank gum shield to do this with. You bite down on it and then you fill it half way with the whitening agent, you then put it back on your teeth and wait 40 minutes, clean the shield out and you can reuse it later on. The salon way is a machine that produces an intense blue light; this reacts with a gel on the teeth to whiten your teeth back to its natural glory. With both methods you`ll also need to avoid any food or drinks that will stain the teeth again, that way it will last you a year or so. A Lumineer is a new type of veneer; it is made from a tough material that allows the orthodontist to make them thinner than previous veneers. This means that little or no preparation is required saving time in the chair and making it simpler and cheaper. They are also reversible in that they can be easily removed at any time.
Teeth Whitening made easy, by a Toxteth dentist
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
White teeth are all the rage these days, and it doesn’t have to be complicated, painful or even expensive says a Toxteth dentist. A home DIY kit costs as little as £40 and is easy to do yourself, visiting a salon in the High Street is also an option as most now offer whiter teeth for as little as £200-400. Depending on the discolouration either method may well suit you. Veneers are an option as well; with the new Lumineer’s having a set fitted is an easy procedure and takes just a few hours to do a whole mouth. These very thin veneers are tough and long lasting and leave your teeth with no permanent damage, as opposed to conventional veneers that require enamel to be shaved off the tooth. Let’s take a look at what the salon offers to the client. A mobile technician will prepare your teeth by inserting a soft gum shield in your mouth, and then they coat a gel onto your teeth and shine a blue intense light source onto the teeth. The gel reacts with the tooth`s natural enamel and blends the colour cells of the enamel to produce a white coating. This is done in 3 x 15 minute sessions, allowing for a cooling off period in between. You`ll need to stick to a strict diet sheet if you want it to last though, so no more red wine or artificially enhanced food dyes or cocktails. You can eat and drink anything white, but not strongly coloured.
Lumineer’s are they really that good? Aintree dentist advises
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Lumineer’s are the latest thing to come out of dental advances, they are a cosmetic solution to the age old problem of misaligned, discoloured, chipped and cracked teeth, says Aintree dentist. Made from a newly designed formula, which includes Porcelain, they are so tough and hard wearing that they come in a super thin format. Unlike conventional veneers, which are also made from Porcelain, these particular veneers can be fitted straight onto the teeth without any preparation work. Most Lumineer’s can be fitted by a dentist in their surgery, and in your lunch hour as they take less than 30 minutes to adhere to the teeth. Although they are very thin, they still cover all the aforementioned cosmetic problems that a lot of people have. With normal veneers a lot of preparation work is needed to enable the thicker veneers to be fitted properly. The teeth are shaved of their enamel and the veneer then replaces that enamel, which means that unless you want to lose the tooth entirely, you can only ever have a veneer fitted to it. The Lumineer lasts around 20 years compared to 10-15 for the conventional veneers. If you need any other work done on the tooth, then with the Lumineer it is quite easy to have it lifted off to enable this to be done, then you can either leave the tooth as it originally was or have the Lumineer re-fitted. That is one of the main advantages along with the reduction in cost.