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What sort are you talking about? Veneers, or what other procedures?
 
What are you looking for? Cosmetic dentistry could go from anything from braces, to veneers, to whatever, so it would help if I knew what you wanted to do! :) Or what outcome you wanted.
 
Im getting veneers in a month... my 1st cosmetic surgery... im getting them caz i am on a weird quest to find perfection :unsure: but they are very expensive to get veneers
 
it costs about $600-800 per tooth
i know 6 teeth cost $4000

im just getting my top middle six done caz my teeth arent bad
 
I think it is unhealthy and a terrible idea to compromise the integrity of perfectly healthy teeth in order to attempt some impossible standard of beauty. For veneers, they have to grind down the top layer of enamel of your teeth, then they bond false-enamel inlays to the dentin. This is a ceramic substance which is not as tough as your teeth's real enamel and if the veneer is not absolutely, perfectly fitted, it can promote gum disease and you can end up with decay beneath the veneer. Veneered teeth can be more sensitive to heat and cold, and the veneers can be damaged if you have any bad habits like biting your nails or using your teeth to hold things or bite off threads or open hairpins.

Unless your teeth are actually damaged (chipped, decayed, or cracked) why damage perfectly functional teeth? If you are insecure about their straightness, braces are a much healthier alternative, and have other positive benefits, in that they can make your teeth easier to keep clean in the long run, which adds up not only to straighter teeth, but to whiter teeth, too.

You dentist can prescribe a course of whiteners, too, which can make straight but stained teeth look shinier.

I have not had veneers because I would not want unnecessary dental work done on my teeth. They are very valuable to me. I've never even had a cavity, so goodness knows I don't want to "fix" what ain't broke. I did have braces as a teenager, and I polish my teeth with baking soda once a month, and that's sufficient for me!
 
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but i feel over when i was younger and chipped my front teeth that werent my baby teeth... i have had feelings forever and sometimes they are painful... if getting veneers makes me look ugly then so be it
 
versace_goddess said:
but i feel over when i was younger and chipped my front teeth that werent my baby teeth... i have had feelings forever and sometimes they are painful... if getting veneers makes me look ugly then so be it
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Who said it would make you look ugly? I just think it is not very healthful to have cosmetic dentistry performed on perfectly healthy teeth. It sounds like you do have a cause for it, to fix damage from the accident you had where your teeth were chipped.
 
veneers won't look ugly if they're done right. There are also other options these days, I read something in Elle last month or something about a new "veneer" type thing that doesn't require the filing down of your teeth. One of my friend's father is a cosmetic dentist - I hear about random stuff sometimes. :P Maybe he can fix MY teeth. Haha. (which need to be straighter...and whiter...too much tea drinking. lol)
 
Hi everyone,

Pls don't missunderstand me, I'm not out on the quest for perfection. I've just been wondering about cosmetic dental surgery, and to know more, I brought it up here.

Misako : I have naturally white teeth, so I don't want to bleech.
I've had braces but taken them off ( 4 yrs ago ). Now the problem is tht after taking my braces off, I do have straight teeth but there are small gaps between them. They are uneven.

Example of how I want my teeth :

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Any information given will be appreciated :flower:
 
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No, I haven't, but I'm considering it. Not now, though, I'm going to wait until I'm older and there's been more information on them, same with Lasik, since I really hate having to wear contacts and glasses, but until they improve the technology, I'm going to sit on it...
 
Im half way through the procedure... my dad paid $4,300 for my front 6 teeth...

I had 4 injections in my mouth prior... the needles hurt... then my upper mouth and lip was numb... my dentist as thinned down my teeth... they are really sensitive and thin after having the top and underneath layer taken off...

They put a mould in my mouth... and in 3 weeks i go back and get my veneers bonded onto my 6 front teeth... i got it done because so many super models have... and its something i have wanted... :ermm:
 
My teeth are extremely sensitive... its painful just brushing my teeth... and i have to wait another 2 and a half weeks before the veneers are secured :cry:
 
Ok I was about to commend you on your quest for perfection because I can empathise but geez that is going to make you lose your teeth! Are they really so bad?
 
Oh I am having alternative orthodontics at the moment because I had overcrowding but my parents refused to let me remove four healthy teeth when I was younger. Now they are paying for a system that enlarges the jaw and so accomodates all teeth. It results in a more healthy structure and a more attractive face. So BEWARE of orthodontics also. In Hollywood, the home of the perfect smile, extractions are recommended in 11% of cases. In Britain, the home of crappy dentists, they extract teeth from 50% of kids. Extractions do not solve the problem and you get elongated, downward instead of forward growing faces. The Princess Anne effect. Look up Dr John Mew if your kids are getting braces. He was a pioneer.

By the way is 'healthful' a word in American? The bizarre word developments there always interest me
 
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