Is your smile everything you would like it to be?
Are your teeth discolored or crooked?
Does your smile match the rest of your image?
Are you ever self-conscious about your smile?
Do you find yourself no smiling in family photos, or covering your mouth when you smile or talk?
If any of these questions have stirred your interest as to what might be possible for you to improve your smile, Dr.Shlafer can help. We have many before and after pictures in the office and on our website that will show you a variety of treatment options.
We all have an image we would like to project in our business and personal lives. If your smile is not projecting the healthy, attractive, professional, and youthful image you would like, Dr.Shlafer can help you create the smile you have always wanted. In an esthetic evaluation, he would take into account elements of the face and mouth that are attributable to naturalism, proportion, and elegance. It is his intention to share with our patients the art of a perfect smile: it is his greatest passion and work.
Come in for a complimentary smile evaluation and discuss the possibilities!
The truth is: you don’t have to go through life with an unattractive smile–we can help you achieve the smile you have always wanted!
Many of us would like to look younger, feel re-freshed or just have some extra self-confidence. Our smile says so much about us. A beautiful, white smile can present you in a younger more vibrant way. Friends and family think you look great, but they can’t quite put their finger on the exact change. It’s a smile makeover!
This process improves the appearance of your smile through one or more cosmetic dentistry procedures, such as whitening, bonding, dental veneers, and tooth implants. There are many things to consider when changing your smile such as your facial appearance, skin tone, hair color, teeth (color, width, length, and shape) gum tissue and lips to develop your ideal smile. Smile makeovers are done for many reasons and customized according to your unique considerations.
What is it that you like or dislike about your smile or teeth?
Some of the aspects of your smile Dr.Shlafer can review with you that could be improved upon are:
- Tooth color: When considering the color of your teeth, keep in mind that dark or discolored teeth may suggest an aged mouth. Silver amalgams fillings that could be replaced with natural tooth colored composite restorations. Whitening is another option that may also improve the color of stained or dull teeth. Tooth color is also important during the evaluation and preparation for porcelain veneers, crowns, bridges, and bonding. Dr.Shlafer is skilled at finding the right balance between finding you a brighter, whiter smile and maintaining a natural look.
- Alignment and Spacing: Teeth that are crooked, overlapping, or have gaps between them can be straightened and aligned, when necessary through orthodontics. This will allow the proper spacing for your new crowns or porcelain veneers.
- Missing Teeth: One or more missing teeth can negatively affect the appearance of your smile–as well as affect your bite and increase your risk of tooth decay. Missing teeth can be replaced with dental implants, bridges, or partial dentures.
- Harmony and Balance: Uneven, chipped, and cracked teeth can be cosmetically bonded to improve appearance. A gummy smile can be re-contoured to help improve the overall look of your smile.
- Fuller Lips, Smile and Cheeks: An unshapely or aging face can be improved or rejuvenated with certain procedures in the smile makeover category.
Dr.Shlafer will work closely with you to develop a treatment plan designed to achieve exactly what you want from your makeover. Get the smile you’ve always wanted, call for your complimentary smile evaluation today!
Cosmetic dentistry offers many options for people that are unhappy with their smiles. If you are one of those people, read on.
- CEREC®: Cerec is a revolutionary way to restore damaged teeth in a single visit. With CEREC® there is no need for Dr. Shlafer to take impressions, no temporary crown, no lab involvement, no return visit for the patient. This restorations is natural looking because it is made of a tooth colored ceramic material. It is metal free–no silver or metal to discolor your smile! This technique allows Dr.Shlafer to be extremely precise and save as much of your tooth as possible
- Dental Implants: Dental implants are artificial tooth root replacements that are used as part of prosthetic (crowns, bridges, dentures) dentistry in order to compensate for tooth loss. Often the result is not only an enhanced smile, but a more youthful appearance, since missing teeth cause the face to collapse, making you look older.
- Dental Veneers: Veneers or porcelain laminates are adhesivsively bonded to the surface of a tooth to correct and repair chips and cracks. Veneers will improve discoloration by changing the shade, or gaps by reshaping and resizing the look of your tooth.
- Smile Makeover: Smile makeovers involve a comprehensive assessment of your smile with Dr.Shlafer to determine what you would like done to improve its overall appearance. Typically one or more cosmetic dentistry procedures will be required, involving several teeth in both the upper and lower arches in order to achieve the look you want.
TOMORROW: Cosmetic dentistry questions.
A Smile Makeover can be appealing for many reasons. Changing aged and broken restorations, achieving a more youthful appearance, or a boost i
n self-confidence might be some of the reasons you may be considering a Smile Makeover.
The goal of aesthetic dentistry is to transform an average smile into a terrific smile. Dr. Shlafer and his team are highly skilled in treatment planning for your new smile. The first step on your way to a new smile is a thorough evaluation with Dr.Shlafer.
So, what makes a smile beautiful? Dr. Shlafer’s patients have terrific smiles with several things in common:
- Teeth that were once crooked are now beautifully straight.
- Gaps that were once present have been removed and the teeth are now evenly spaced.
- Teeth that were discolored and stained are transformed into a younger, sparkling white.
- The gums on your top teeth no longer show. When you smile now, the focus is on your beautiful teeth.
Say goodbye to an uneven gum line. Smiles created by Dr. Shlafer have esthetically pleasing gum line.
The edges of your top teeth smoothly follow the curve of the lower lip.
All these problems can be resolved with esthetic procedures. So even if you weren’t born with a beautiful smile, you can still have one!
Here are just a few of the possible procedures Dr. Shlafer will use to create your new smile:
Tooth whitening: To improve the color of stained, dull teeth. Dr .Shlafer offers two options to achieve superior whitening. The first choice is a 2-hour in office procedure where 3-4 applications of whitening material is applied for instant results. The second option is an in home custom tray bleaching system. Impressions are made ensuring your whitening trays fit perfectly and they are worn at night for 2 weeks, achieving beautiful results. No matter what option you and Dr. Shlafer decide on, you will love your new whiter smile!
Bonding: To repair chipped, uneven and cracked teeth. Bonding is a pain free procedure in which Dr. Shlafer meticulously contours your teeth with a natural tooth colored substance restoring the damaged area.
Composite or Resin Fillings: These are natural tooth colored fillings that are used to replace old silver amalgam fillings.
Dental Veneers: To repair crooked, overlapping, short or gapped teeth. This is a lab related service and generally takes 2 visits to complete.
Dental Implants: To replace a missing tooth. The benefit of this option is to avoid involving teeth on either side of the missing tooth, thus eliminating the need for a bridge. Another benefit of an implant is, it is a permanent, un-removable restoration.
Metal Free Crowns: To repair extensive tooth decay, these all porcelain crowns are made by the finest dental laboratories, selected by Dr. Shlafer personally. Additionally, Dr. Shlafer offers the option of using state of the art Cerec technology. This procedure is performed in our dental office allowing for the completion of your crown in one convenient appointment.
Smile Makeover Treatment Plan:
Dr. Shlafer will consider many factors when deciding on a custom treatment plan for your new smile. He will first evaluate the overall health of your teeth. Dr Shlafer will then consider the spacing between your teeth, and measure the length of each tooth as well as identify your existing tooth color and the new shade you would like to change to. All of these elements will help determine the appropriate treatment plan for your new smile.
