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New Dental Procedures

What's hot in dentistry?  There are new technology releases every month improving some area of dentistry.  There are also dental procedures that have been used for years that are getting lots of press due to agressive PR and marketing campaigns from various dental organizations and companies.  This section of Dental-Resources will be used to highlight some of the new dental procedures that are in the forefront of dentistry.  We do not endorse nor recommend any of these new procedures other than make the information available for your personal consumption. 

What's Hot for 2006 ?

Smile makeovers are the buzz these days.  No longer do you have to be content with your mishapen teeth.  Cosmetic dentists across the nation are changing smiles with various cosmetic dental treatments.  Porcelain veneers have been the big buzz over the past few years. There are different types of porcelain but the veneer that's getting a lot of publicity these days is Lumineers by Cerinate.  Their porcelain is exclusively made at the Cerinate Smile Design Studios owned by Denmat Corporation.  Their unique difference is they are applied to the patient without having to remove tooth structure as they can be made contact lens thin. This new dental procedure is a non invasive and can be reversed wheras traditional veneers cannot as tooth structure has to be removed. 

This is not in any way suggesting traditional porcelain veneers are not the answer to improving your smile.  In fact most hollywood celebrities that have those perfect smiles have traditional porcelain veneers, there's not question that the esthetic results is amazing.  A few questions that come to mind with Lumineers are the limitations of their use.  Its seems that only those that have fairly straight teeth qualify as in many cases tooth structure has to be removed to obtain an esthetic fit so that they look very natural.  Time will tell with this new dental procedure.  Information regarding the esthetic effectiveness and longevity will be more available as time moves on.  For now, lumineers may be worth looking into for consumers that are unhappy with their smile.  

Discus Dental the creators of the incredible Zoom whitening have now come our with a Zoom II whitening system.  Zoom achieved it's larger publicity from the Extreme Makeover television show.  Their are thousands of dentists across the nation that offer the Zoom in office professional whitening.  Zoom II is supposed to have less sensitivity and work faster.

 

Friday, May 17, 2013