Your smile says a lot about you and is one of the first things that people notice. However, there are 31.3% of Americans over the age of 75 that have none of their own teeth remaining. There are about 3.75% of adults between the ages of 20 to 64 in the United States that have no remaining teeth either. Poor dental care not only looks revealing, but many dangerous diseases can be avoided completely with proper brushing and flossing. For many Americans, finding cosmetic dentistry may be the only option to fashioning a beautiful, natural-looking smile.
Implants
Nearly one out of every ten dentists in the U.S. is trained to perform detailed dental implant procedures. Options like implants, dentures, bridges, and crowns can repair damaged or replace missing teeth while providing the patient with a functional bite. There are around 15 million Americans with crown and bridge replacements and 3 million with implants. Dental implants and repairs have a 98% success rate according to dental literature, making them one of the most successful procedures in the world for getting your smile back.
Whitening
Many Americans are looking towards teeth whitening innovations to give their smiles the youthful shine that shows proper dental care. Although there are kits that people can buy, dentists warn patients that such kits have been known to eat up enamel, a hard protective coating on teeth that when gone cannot grow back. Thanks to innovations in the dental field, dentists are able to professionally whiten teeth without destroying enamel. In just the last five years alone, there has been a 300% increase in the number of teeth whitening procedures in the United States. Your smile says a lot about you: make sure that your smile is saying just what you want it to say.
