Cosmetic dentistry: What is it really?

Most people dread going to the dentist. I guess, it has already been ingrained in our culture to be scared of going getting a doctor’s appointment and having a painful tooth extraction. But going to the dentist is a reality that we need to recognize especially if we want to have a really great smile.

And that is precisely what makes cosmetic dentistry different from ordinary dentistry— a great smile. Ordinary dentistry just seeks to make sure that we have a set of fully-functioning teeth that we can use to chew our food. It makes sure that we do not have cavities and teeth that are rotting away. It emphasizes good hygiene and nothing else. But with cosmetic dentistry, the emphasis is different. Like cosmetic surgery, the emphasis is on the way we appear to other people. 

Cosmetic dentistry do not just take care of the health of our teeth, it also takes care of the way it looks. This means that the procedures that patients of cosmetic dentistry have to go through do not just involve one or two simple procedures like cleaning and extraction, it might also involve whitening of the teeth and putting braces. Some will even have to go through a root canal procedure (which is awfully painful) even when the teeth are not rotting or sawing the teeth off so that it can be replaced by a fake one.

It is also important that you go to a cosmetic dentist and not just to any dentist. Remember that these two are not the same and while cosmetic dentists can perform the procedures that ordinary dentists do, the latter do not have the training, experience and the aesthetics to make people’s smiles perfect. So check your dentist and make sure that he or she has actually performed cosmetic dentistry procedures before.

In other words, when you are planning to have cosmetic dentistry, don’t expect to finish the entire program with just one or three visits to the dentist. It will for sure involve several visits especially when there are a lot of things that you need to fix with your teeth. These procedures can be so expensive when all the procedures are added up that some decide to not go through it while others bail after the initial procedures are done. 

This is why it is very important that you know more about cosmetic dentistry first before actually making the decision. It is important you are 100 percent committed to it, otherwise, you would have only just wasted your time and your money. 

Often, people who get cosmetic dentistry procedures are those whose smiles are crucial to their jobs and careers like maybe a movie star or a model, or even somebody whose job involve meeting a lot of clients and presenting to them. When you need to be presentable in your work and looks is a big factor like a job in the sales, in the entertainment and in the marketing industries, a cosmetic dentistry is right for you. 
