Veneers: Your Solution to the Visible Signs of Aging
Is your smile making you look older than you’d like? Our dentist in Charlotte may be able to help you retain or maintain your youthful appearance through the use of dental veneers.
Dental veneers instantly cover up many cosmetic dental issues that may make you look older, and are a popular choice for patients looking for a smile enhancement since they’re a fast and effective treatment.
These cosmetic dental issues include:
- Broken or chipped teeth
- Severe discoloration or uneven spots that cannot be resolved with professional whitening
- Gaps in between your front teeth
- Unevenly-sized teeth
- Pointed or unusually shaped teeth
What Causes a Smile to Age Prematurely?
Our teeth work hard to bite and chew over the years, and all this hard work takes its toll on teeth. Over time, teeth can chip, fracture, drift out of place, become stained, and more – and these can all detract from the youthful appeal of your smile.
What’s more, the enamel on our teeth thins as we age. Enamel is a tough white coating that protects teeth. A yellowish tissue, known as dentin, sits just beneath the enamel. As the white enamel thins, it allows the yellow dentin to become more visible. Yellowing teeth due to enamel loss can cause you to look older.
Loss of enamel also weakens the tooth, leading to an increased risk of fractured and broken teeth. In fact, people over the age of 50 are more likely to have cracked teeth than are younger people.
Unfortunately, once enamel is gone, it is gone forever. For many people, the only solution is dental veneers.
Certain environmental factors and behaviors can affect teeth as we age. Eating or drinking acidic foods and beverages, such as citrus fruits and orange juice, wears away enamel. Teeth grinding (bruxism) accelerates wear down the back teeth, but it can also chip or flatten the front teeth.
Some health conditions, such as diabetes, can discolor teeth or cause tooth decay. Certain medications taken by older adults, such as drugs for high blood pressure, can discolor teeth.
Many of the cosmetic issues associated with aging are difficult to treat. Teeth whitening works well to remove stains in most cases, for example, but stubborn stains associated with medication use or other factors may not respond as well. Dental crowns can address chipped or misshapen teeth, but dental crowns require extensive work.
Dental Veneers: An Instant Solution to an Aging Smile
Dental veneers offer a quick, pain-free solution to a wide variety of cosmetic dental issues that affect older adults, such as stained, discolored, misshapen, and slightly crooked teeth. Veneers are your key to anti-aging, as they create a perfectly aligned and stunning smile, and puts a fresh face on old dental work.
Veneers are very thin sheets of porcelain or composite resin that your dentist bonds to the visible surfaces of your front teeth. These thin wafers look and feel like the natural surface of your teeth. Dental veneers are a permanent solution to the cosmetic issues that cause premature aging, thereby helping you look as young as you feel.
The process starts with an evaluation in which you and your Charlotte dentist will determine if dental veneers are right for you. Next, we’ll prepare your teeth your teeth by removing a small amount of enamel to create enough room for the veneer. We’ll then create impression of your teeth, and send this information to a dental laboratory where dental technicians create your veneers. When your veneers are ready, you’ll return to our office where we will bond them to the front surfaces of your teeth.
For more information on the cosmetic benefits of veneers, consult with Skyview Dentistry. Our dentist in Charlotte has advanced training and experience in the creation and placement of dental veneers, so you are always assured of the best possible outcome. Connect with Skyview Dentistry today to erase the signs of aging tomorrow.