Imagine….getting a total smile makeover with no pain and having it done in a tranquil setting.

Imagine….having yellow, stained and discolored teeth transformed into beautiful white teeth in one visit, a visit that allows you to relax in a heated massage chair, listen to music under a cozy blanket while aromatherapy candles are lit around you.
Imagine….having your uneven teeth perfectly aligned by the help of the highest quality, no preparation veneers or with Invisalign, the invisible alternative to braces.
Imagine….having dark ugly fillings replaced by tooth colored bonding for a cavity free look in only one painless visit.

So if you look in the mirror everyday and don’t like the smile you see let our team design the smile of your dreams. Whether walking Broadway in Saratoga Springs, taking the boat out on the Great Sacandaga or just heading off to the mall in Clifton Park, you’ll be more confident with a beautiful smile.

LET OUR TEAM DESIGN AND DELIVER YOUR DREAM SMILE.

Our cosmetic dentists can:

1. Change the size, shape and alignment of your teeth (Instant Ortho)
2. Fill in unattractive smiles
3. Improve or correct bites
4. Lighten and brighten the color of your teeth
5. Repair decayed, broken, cracked or chipped teeth
6. Replace missing teeth
7. Replace old, unattractive silver fillings
8. Replace discolored and stained bonding

If you can’t be cavity free, let us make it look like you are!

Porcelain Crowns:	Do you know someone who has large white crowns that look terrible?
Do you know anyone that shows a gray line around their crowns at the gumline? If you think all crowns have to look like these, then let our practice introduce you to cosmetic dentistry done the right way.  Advances in ceramic technologies have now made it possible to create beautiful, metal-free, life-like restorations for both the front and back teeth. Our dentists will evaluate your needs, your occlusion (bite) and the cosmetics required to choose just the right product to achieve your ideal result. Talk to our dentists about improving your smile- you might like what we can do.

conventional porcelain fused to metal (PFM) bridge previously described in the family dental section. Although highly effective and often quite cosmetic, the PFM bridge has three hurdles the general dentist had to contend with.  First, the underlying metal framework did not allow light to pass through the restoration, resulting in “dead-looking” crowns. Secondly, the appearance of a gray line at the gumline and lastly, the large metal quantity often made the appliance heavy and uncomfortable to wear.
Today, however, the advent of beautiful all ceramic materials allow our cosmetic dentists the ability to plan and execute superior long span all ceramic bridges to replace multiple teeth.
 

If you are a patient currently wearing a removable partial denture or a flipper and you hate having a removable appliance but you were unhappy with the idea of a metal bridge, talk with our staff about an all ceramic fixed bridge.

 front of the teeth to create a beautiful and attractive smile. They can often be alternatives to crowns and the ideal solution in treating many dental conditions. As with most dental restorations, veneers are not guaranteed to last a lifetime and may someday need replacement. However, they are very durable and will give you many years of wonderful service with the proper care.

REASONS FOR PORCELAIN VENEERS: 1. Cosmetically, to create a uniform, white beautiful smile 2. Crooked teeth 3. Misshapen teeth 4. Severely discolored or stained teeth 5. Teeth that are too small or too large 6. Unwanted or uneven spaces 7. Worn or chipped teeth

Veneers are considered minimally invasive dentistry and can be performed one of two ways. First is with minimal tooth preparation (reduction), typically between 0.3 and 0.5 mm of tooth reduction. Secondly, they can be completed without any tooth reduction, being applied directly over the face of the tooth, much like a contact lens,

changing the color and shape of the teeth without a single injection or any drilling. Currently, the popular “no preparation” veneers are known as LUMINEERS – our dental staff would be happy to discuss the different veneers and their different indications with you.
 

WHAT DOES GETTING PORCELAIN VENEERS INVOLVE?
Getting veneers usually requires three visits to complete the process, with little or no anesthesia required during the entire procedure. At the first visit, the dentist will work with the patient to design the smile of which you’ve always dreamed. The procedure may involve taking impressions to make models of your mouth and taking photographs so we can do a digital rendering of the final results with smile design software. Our models also allow for the fabrication of beautiful lab fabricated temporaries to be ready for your smile transformation. On the second visit, the teeth are prepared by lightly buffing and shaping the surface to allow for the thickness of the veneer.

A mold or impression of the teeth is made and a shade (color) will then be chosen by you and the dentist. The temporary veneers will be cemented so that the patient can evaluate the esthetics and occlusion of their new smile. On the third visit, the temporaries will be removed; the teeth will be cleansed with special liquids to achieve a durable bond. Bonding cement will be placed between the tooth and the veneer and the cement will be hardened with a special light. Our staff will review all the new care instructions for your veneers. Proper brushing, flossing and regular dental visits will aid in the life of your new veneers.

(buccal tissue) to be tight to the teeth to eliminate black triangles at the corners of your mouth when you smile, and you need gorgeous gums. Gorgeous gums are pink and firm, they are tight to the tooth and they

are symmetrical across the teeth. The gum tissue should not be too high, exposing the root of the tooth, and it should not be too low, making the teeth look short and square. Many patients come to our office seeking a consult because they don’t like the look of their teeth, when in actuality they really don’t like the look of their gums.

GUMS FRAME THE TEETH
Healthy, well contoured, pink gum tissue compliments and frames the teeth. The aesthetic framing of the gum tissue is as important to the teeth as the quality of the frame is to a work of art. Gum tissue that is red and swollen, unsymmetrical and unhealthy detracts from teeth that are otherwise healthy.

HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF THE GUMS?
Esthetic gum recontouring cannot even be planned until all existing inflammation in the gingival tissue is resolved. When the gums are unhealthy, they appear swollen and “puffy”.  Once healthy, the dentist can get an accurate picture of the gingival condition and symmetry. Depending on the periodontal health, the gum healing will begin with a thorough cleaning and improved oral hygiene. Once the hygiene has been established and the gums can be evaluated, the cosmetic dentist is looking to establish gingival contours which are symmetrical on both sides of the mouth, with the gum height even between the two front teeth and at the same height as the two canines. The laterals can range anywhere between 1mm below the height of the centrals to even with the centrals depending on patient preference – what matters most is symmetry.
Depending on how much the gums need to be lifted (or recontoured) determines the type of procedure. Typically, in all of our procedures, diagnostic models with the desired gum lift planned out are made prior to any procedure along with a clear acrylic guide to assist in achieving the desired symmetry.