6 Tips for a Hollywood Smile

It takes years of care and practicing healthy dental habits to get a perfect smile worthy of Hollywood’s attention. Some people realize too late that they could have had a great smile, just after discovering teeth discoloration and damage caused by years of neglect. While having less-than-perfect teeth is lamentable, it shouldn’t cause despair. Here are some quick and easy procedures and activities that can help you get a great smile.

Discolored Teeth

Years of exposure to teeth staining food and drinks can take a toll on one’s teeth. However, you can easily use these tips at home to help your teeth regain their original color.

1. Brush with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. This combination not only whitens teeth, it also helps prevent infections and bad breath.
2. Make it a habit to eat strawberries, apples, and raw vegetables rich in water. Apples and strawberries contain malic acid, a chemical that removes surface stains and is widely used in teeth whitening products. Chewing crunchy vegetables helps remove excess food and bacteria from your mouth.

Damaged or Missing Teeth

Permanent teeth riddled with cavities, chipped or damaged teeth, stains and discolorations, and misaligned teeth and bites are just few of the conditions that prevent you from showing off a Beverly Hills smile. Luckily, current technologies in cosmetic dentistry can easily remedy any unsightly damages that your teeth have incurred over the years. Among your options are:

1. Porcelain veneers – Considered as the pinnacle of aesthetic cosmetic dentistry, veneers are thin porcelain made to look and feel like the natural teeth of the wearer. They serve as easy, long-lasting, and economical remedies for stained, discolored, chipped, worn down, and misaligned teeth. Veneers can be installed in just 2 sessions, and can be used on a single tooth or to enhance an entire set of teeth.
2. Dental implants – Dental implants can be used to replace teeth completely damaged by cavities. It is ideally used on adults or implanted after the jaw of the wearer has stopped growing. It is usually made up of 2 parts: the visible tooth, and a titanium root that is attached to the bone.
3. Dentures – Dentures can be used to fill up the empty spaces in smiles without surgery in most instances. They can be used both on adults and children whose speech development and teeth alignment may be jeopardized by missing or cavity-riddled teeth.

Follow these quick solutions to remedy discolored, missing, or damaged teeth, and you’ll soon have a “Hollywood” smile, like the ones you see on TV and in the movies.