Teeth whitening

Which procedure is commonly performed in a Dentopol Aesthetic clinic?

Bleaching & Aesthetic Clinic offers the following treatment services and more:

• Zirconium Porcelain Crowns
• Porcelain-fused-to-metal Crowns
• Aesthetic Fillings
• Laminate
• Empress Crown
• Tooth Whitening
• Single tooth whitening (Endo Whitening)
• Composite Inley Filling
• Composite Onley Filling
• Smile Design
• Aesthetic

1. Smile Design

It is a process doing with aesthetic dentistry methods to have an aesthetic smile.

2. What does smile aesthetics mean?

It is an assessment of smile style which involves evaluation of characteristic specialties such as face shape, gender of the person, age, social status and aesthetical criteria such as lips, gingiva, and teeth.

3. What is the importance of aesthetic smile?

When we laugh some factors such as the harmony of the lips and teeth and laughing line and the harmony with each other are very important for the aesthetic smile analysis.

4. What kind of treatment is smile design and how is it applied?

Dental medicine and aesthetic art can be applied together to obtain the smile of the patient’s dream. Treatments such as zirconia crowns, bonding, whitening, gingival operations, bridging, tooth sizing and lip shaping can be applied in smile design.

5. How long does the treatment take?

It depends on the selected treatment; it will take 1 or more session.

Laminate

1. What does Porcelain Laminate mean?

It is a technique that requires minimal dental treatment in tooth aesthetics. The treatment require approximately only 0.3 – 0.7mm of tooth reduction and it is minimize the loss of intact dental tissue. The treatment is terminated by installing laminate porcelain tooth to the thinned region.

2. In which situations can Porcelain Laminate be applied?

• Colorings that cannot be treated with tooth whitening
• It can be a cosmetic solution to close the imperfection (the correction of curved teeth).
• For teeth with bad structural form and shape
• For people who have gaps between their teeth
• For those who have a broken teeth

3. What is the treatment process for Porcelain Laminate?

You can have your new smile in 2 or 3 sessions within a week. Treatment can be extended if there is a procedure in the gum.

First, the measurement is taken and a study is performed on the model. Then the teeth are reduced and the measurement is restored with a sensitive measuring material. Finally, the Laminate is placed in your teeth.

4. Is Porcelain Laminate a painful treatment?

There is usually no pain in laminate treatment.

5. What are the advantages of porcelain laminate teeth?

• You can have the desired aesthetic properties without reducing the natural structure of the teeth.
• You can have a  natural look after a short and small treatment
• Laminates are very resistant, there is no discoloration and they are made from durable materials
• External factors such as tea, coffee and cigarettes do not change the color.
• High resistance to corrosion
• It protects the teeth and prevents them from developing decays.

6. Who cannot use Porcelain Laminate?

Porcelain laminate treatment can be applied to almost anyone. It is not advised to patients with jaw disorders, nail biting, pen-biting habits and patients with gingival recession.

7. How to care for Porcelain Laminate?

The oral and dental care to your laminate should be the same as your natural teeth. We advise you to use floss once a day.

8. How long will porcelain veneers last?

Porcelain laminate veneers can be used for years with proper oral care.

Crowns

1. Zirconia Crown

Zirconia is very similar to a natural tooth. It reflects light the same way and that gives a natural look.

2. Porcelain-fused-to-metal crown

Teeth are covered with a false tooth using an adapted material to protect teeth that have an excessive structure loss for various reasons. The purpose of this process is to prolong the life of your teeth. Therefore, there is no harm to the tooth. It can be used as an aesthetic solution.

3. Empress Porcelain Crown

Its lacking metal base and being made up of full ceramic imitate natural teeth’s translucency, ability to reflect and transmit the light. Empress crowns can be applied to replace a missing tooth in the front area.

4. Empress or Zirconium crowns?

They both adjust biologically and perfectly esthetically to natural teeth due to the fact that they are both strengthened special porcelains which do not have metal bases. While empress is used in the front area because of its outstanding translucency and natural look, in certain circumstances, in which esthetic and high resistance is considered, zirconium is preferred in cosmetic dentistry.

5. What is the difference between porcelain-fused-to-metal crown (metal porcelain crown) and Zirconia Crown?

Crowns can be made of different kinds of metals. A porcelain-fused-to-metal crown has a core of cast metal alloy covered with porcelain. It may be difficult to provide an aesthetic appearance with these crowns. Due to the translucency of the materials from which they are made (white metal), zirconia crowns can be more aesthetically pleasing. Gum fit is better than metal. It’s also extremely durable.

Bleaching

1. What are the causes of tooth discoloration?

Main reasons:

• Too much cigarette and alcohol consumption
• Too much tea and coffee consumption
• Consuming more acidic beverages than necessary
• Poor and irregularity in oral and dental hygiene
• Genetic factors
• Eruptions in tooth enamel
• Worn out prosthesis
• Excessive fluorinated water consumption

2. What does tooth whitening (Bleaching) mean?

Teeth lose their whiteness over the years due to various reasons. This is a cosmetic solution where the coloring is removed with tooth whitening gels.

3. What is the difference between Office Bleaching and Home Bleaching?

Office Bleaching is the tooth whitening method that can be completed with one appointment at the clinic but depending on the intensity of the stain, a second session may be required.
Home Bleaching essentially involves you going to the dentist, getting a set of trays with the measurement of your teeth, and then applying bleach into those trays to whiten your teeth. This method helps to whiten the teeth and protect the gums. This treatment takes 1-2 weeks.

4. Can we get the same result with all kinds of colors?

Yellow teeth and slightly brown colorations in the teeth will probably give the best result. In darker lacquers than these tones, the teeth are hardly bleached colors settled in the deepest structures. Such colorations usually occur during the development of the teeth, and in this situation the needed sessions of whitening will be more than one to obtain the desired result.

5. How is teeth whitening (Bleaching) applied?

There are two options in Bleaching treatment. Office Bleaching is applied for quick results. The other is Home Bleaching method.

6. What should I pay attention after tooth bleaching?

You should abstain from colored foods. Paying attention to your mouth care will also prevent discoloring.

7. How long does the effect of tooth whitening last?

It takes usually between 1 and 2 years.

8. Can everyone apply teeth whitening (Bleaching)?

As long as it is done under dental control and if for any reason the tissue called dentin under the enamel does not come out, the bleaching can be done to every patient. It should be applied carefully to patients with an excessive gum trauma.

Aesthetic Filling (Bonding)

1. What is Bonding?

It is applied by pasting the tooth colored composite resin material to the tooth. If patients have spaces, deformation etc. within their teeth, bonding material can be used on the teeth without giving any damage to teeth.

2. How long does dental bonding take?

Dental bonding has become a relatively quick procedure. In general, the duration of treatment is 1 hour. In the case of intensive treatment, the process may prolong.

3. Is Bonding a painful treatment?

No, anesthesia is not usually used because this is a painless operation. Very low amounts of anesthesia may be needed for the patients who feel sensitivity.

4. What should I pay attention after bonding treatment?

Patients should avoid having colored foods and drinks for minimizing stains within 48 hours after the operation. Tea, coffee, smoking etc. cause making the resin material get colored. You should care mouth and teeth checks and not to ignore periodic doctor controls. You need to be careful when consuming hard foods.

5. When is Aesthetic Filling (Bonding) applied?

• To repair broken and decay teeth.
•  To repair permanent color deformations on teeth.
• To cover gaps between the teeth.
• To expend tooth length.
• To change the form of smile design.

6. What Are the Advantages of Dental Bonding?

• There are color options at aesthetic composite fillings.
• High pleasure because it is transparent.
• Low cost.
• Aesthetic fillings can be renewed in the future.
• Minimal operation is made on tooth tissue.