Serving patients of Erwin, Jonesborough, and Greeneville TN
Are you unhappy with the shade of your teeth? Do stubborn areas of discoloration leave you stressed? Today, there are an assortment of different options to whiten your smile – everything from toothpaste to oral rinses to a professional dental whitening procedure. However, any whitening treatment you choose will need to be repeated after a few months at most. What if you could brighten your smile without the need for touch-ups or repeat treatments? This fantasy is within reach through the use of veneers, installed by an experienced cosmetic dentist. Today on the blog, we take a look at how veneers can be used to permanently whiten your smile.
Not all stains on your teeth will respond to whitening
In most cases, tooth discoloration stems from extrinsic staining – when particles from food and drink adhere to the surfaces of your teeth. Extrinsic stains also may form from using tobacco in any form. A whitening treatment breaks down these extrinsic stains, removes them from your teeth and revitalizes your smile in the process. However, teeth also can become discolored from intrinsic stains, which develop when the enamel becomes damaged and the darker interior layers of the tooth structure become visible. Intrinsic stains also can form due to fluorosis or other defects in the enamel, or as a side effect from certain varieties of prescription medication. Typically, a traditional whitening procedure struggles to treat intrinsic stains.
Your teeth may not respond as well as you hoped to a professional whitening procedure
Even after a professional dental whitening, your teeth may not get as white as you might wish. This is because any whitening treatment is limited by the shade of your natural tooth enamel. Even a professional whitening treatment administered by a well-trained and experienced cosmetic dentist will only make teeth as white as your natural tooth enamel allows. If this does not meet your aesthetic goals, you should consider having veneers installed. These can be placed over all the visible surfaces of your teeth, and tinted to whatever shade you desire.
Veneers can do so much more than whiten teeth
Do you have teeth that are short, unevenly sized, crooked, crowded, worn, or chipped? If so, veneers can correct any and all of these aesthetic flaws—usually at the same time. Veneers also can cover an unwanted gap between teeth. Having any of these issues, in addition to discoloration, make veneers the preferred choice since a teeth whitening treatment will do nothing to address the previously mentioned aesthetic problems.
Veneers in Greeneville, Erwin and Jonesborough in Tennessee
Tusculum Dental Care prides itself on its different options when it comes to having veneers installed. Our veneers use beautiful dental porcelain, a material that is stain-resistant and also reflects light in a manner similar to real tooth enamel. We also offer DuraThin—veneers made of extremely thin porcelain that can be applied to your teeth without removing any of the existing tooth structure.
To learn more about the veneer options available to you, schedule a consultation at Tusculum Dental Care today. Just call (423) 639-7575 or contact us online.