Many of us feel unhappy about the way our teeth look. Some of us want to get back that youthful look or be rid of unsightly stains, chips or cracks. Many patients with heavily filled teeth or with silver fillings close to the front of the mouth find these silver/black amalgams embarrassing in social company.

Patients with cosmetic problems, both large and small, mow how a much larger number of treatments available to help them. Advances in modern techniques and materials have enabled us at SkourasDent to give our patients their smile back. Below are a selection of the possibilities open to us and some examples of their use.

 Veneers 

A veneer is a thin covering on the front surface of the teeth, usually the upper front teeth. Veneers can be made out of a number of materials and can be either made in the lab or constructed in one visit in the surgery. Which type of veneer is best depends upon the individual clinical circumstances. Veneers have a wide range of applications including closing gaps, changing the colour of teeth and improving the appearance of slightly twisted teeth.

                                    White fillings

Large silver/black fillings can now be a thing of the past. Modern fillings can be matched so close to your natural tooth colour that they almost “disappear”. There are  a wide number of advanced materials available ranging from the composites which are completed in one visit to the porcelain inlays which are made in laboratory and usually require a second appointment to fit. The inlays tend to be used in the larger cavities. These materials enable your tooth to look like a “virgin” tooth again.

                                        Crowns

Crowns are used when the amount of natural tooth remaining is too small to hold a filling. Crowns can also be used to correct the alignment of seriously tilted or rotated teeth and  teeth which have been badly broken. Sometimes the crown is held on by a post inserted into the root canal of a tooth. Today’s crowns are extremely realistic copies of the shape and colour of a natural tooth. Advanced materials mimic not only the shade of the tooth but also thw way light reflects from real teeth. After your teeth have been shaped by the dentist, moulds are taken and the crowns constructed in a laboratory on special casts. At a second appointment these finished crowns are simply cemented onto

                                        the tooth preparations.