Tooth Whitening Leads in Cosmetic Dentistry

After years of grinding, chomping, and chewing, your once-pearly whites may have seen better days. The gloss of lustrous white enamel has faded, exposing the natural yellow layer beneath. Add to that a lifetime's worth of pigments from coffee, tea, red wine, and soda that have gotten lodged in tiny cracks in your teeth. The result: that unattractive yellowish-brown tint that's made tooth whitening one of the most popular cosmetic dental procedures in the United States. Nearly all cosmetic dentists offer whitening treatments and the number of procedures they perform has jumped about 50 percent each year since 2005, according to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. More people are also turning to cosmetic enhancements beyond whitening, such as bonding and veneers, which can improve both the function and appearance of crooked, chipped, or worn-down teeth...

US News & World Report: Tooth Whitening Leads in Cosmetic Dentistry

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Facts about cosmetic dentistry

Cosmetic dentistry can be for everyone and there are many options available.

# Tooth whitening: There are a number of ways to achieve dramatic, natural-looking whiter teeth. Also called bleaching, it can be done over a three-week period or one hour in the dental chair...

Hattiesburg American: Facts about cosmetic dentistry

What's best way to get high-wattage grin?

Cortadito in the morning. Cabernet at night. A Diet Coke here and there.

Whatever the tasty poison, your smile isn't looking up to snuff these days.

Safe to say you're not without options. Spin your cart down the dental-health aisle. The shelves are practically sagging with at-home whitening gels, pastes, washes, flosses, even herbs. Apparently, worries over tartar and plaque - the buzzwords of the last few years - have gone the way of silver fillings...

FortWayne.com: What's best way to get high-wattage grin?

What Might Consumer Driven Care Hold for the Future?

All this week, we've been looking at what is called consumer driven health care. This is insurance that gives patients a financial stake in deciding the treatments they get and the price they pay...

NHPR: What Might Consumer Driven Care Hold for the Future?

Is It Finally Time for Cosmetic Dentistry?

While many of us may have appreciated the perfect, white smiles of Hollywood, getting one of our own may have seemed a little vain or financially impossible. Well, there is good news...

Yahoo Business: Is It Finally Time for Cosmetic Dentistry?

7 TIPS TO CHOOSING A COSMETIC DENTIST FOR YOUR CELEBRITY SMILE

National Smile Month is just around the corner, so it’s time to shape up those teeth to sparkle. A recent survey conducted by The American Academy Of Cosmetic Dentistry revealed the following results when cosmetic dentists were asked to vote for their favourite celebrity smiles:

Halle Berry came out tops for best female celebrity smile,whilst Matthew McConaughey was voted best male celebrity smile. Golf legend Tiger Woods scored the hole in one, swooping the vote for male athelete with the best smile whilst Maria Sharpova aced the vote for best female athelete’s smile. Julia Roberts wins the day as the celebtity with the most requested smile whilst Hilary Duff sports the best teen celebrity smile,according to the cosmetic dentists surveyed...

7 TIPS TO CHOOSING A COSMETIC DENTIST FOR YOUR CELEBRITY SMILE

X-rays, root canals, and now, pampering

At her dental appointments, Deann Romanick sips green tea and takes in the scent of lavender and the sounds of new-age music. She gets a free paraffin hand wax treatment, blankets, a warm neck pad and video eyeglasses in which she can watch "Seinfeld" episodes while the dentist works on her teeth.

The pampering eased her through a root canal and a tooth replacement, and now, with her fear of dental work gone, she has moved on to more elective procedures...

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