What are the aging effects on my teeth and face?

As we age, certain changes with our teeth can occur which may not be aesthetically pleasing. "Aging" itself does not produce these effects, but it is what we do to our teeth over time! Some unpleasant changes include broken or chipped teeth, shorter or flatter teeth, yellowing or staining of the teeth, mismatched crowns and fillings, spaces between the teeth or teeth and gums, missing teeth, and crooked teeth.

Your skin can become wrinkled and lack elasticity due to the loss of collagen. The face appears tired, sad, or even mad. Sometimes your face does not reflect how you really feel!

What is Anti-Aging & Rejuvenation Dentistry?

Anti-aging and rejuvenation dentistry is the restoration of the mouth to the healthiest and most aesthetically pleasing state possible and complementing this with total facial aesthetics. Health in the mouth must include healthy gums, teeth, bone and its supporting structures, and healthy functioning temporomandibular joints. Total facial aesthetics involves treating the face to soften or eliminate wrinkles, enhancing the lips, and filling in deep wrinkle folds.

Juvederm Dermal Fillers

You now have options that are highly effective in treating static wrinkles. Static wrinkles are those wrinkles that are present when your face is at rest (relaxed). Examples of these kind of wrinkles include nasiolabial folds (the parentheses around the nose and mouth), Marionette lines (lines that extend down from mouth), stubborn forehead lines, and the down-turned mouth. These persistent wrinkles make you look mad or sad, even when you're not!
Don't forget the LIPS! Using the right technique, you can have beautiful, full, but natural looking lips. No "DUCK BILLS" allowed!
We lose 1% of dermal collagen per year especially over age 50. Dermal fillers can be curative and preventative as the hyaluronic acid based fillers ,like Juvederm, are highly hydrophillic (water loving) arbohydrates that can bind water up to a thousand times its volume. This means a good capacity for plumping of the skin.
Hyaluronic acid exists naturally in all living organisms and the skin houses the vast majority (56%) of the hyaluronic acid in the body. It is degradable and dissipates over time (6-12 months).

Botox Cosmetic Therapy

Most people are familiar with the term "botox". There are some myths that are associated with the term. You can still make all the normal expressions, just not with so many wrinkles showing up!
Probably the most common areas of Botox use is to treat the frown lines between the eyes, horizontal forehead lines, and Crow's feet.
Other cosmetic uses may include treatment of radial fine lines around the lips, gummy smiles, and dimpling of the chin. Ask us if Botox might be right for you.

There are also therapeutic uses of Botox Therapy. Botox can be used to treat grinding and clenching of the teeth, tension headaches, and can be used effectively in TMJ/TMD therapy.

Snap-On Smile

Product Overview

Completely painless and easy
Very affordable, convenient, and long lasting
Completely reversible. Just take it out!
Gives you a beautiful smile when you want it

What does it mean to create a youthful appearance?

Over time our smile can change due to normal usage of our teeth as well as unintentional abuse. Unintentional abuse includes chewing ice and other objects not meant to be eaten! Grinding our teeth can cause shortening or breakage. Using the teeth as some kind of tool doesn't usually work out so well either. Bottom line, broken, chipped, or short teeth do not give a youthful appearance.

Yellowed or stained teeth look old and tired. There are options to make your smile look brighter, healthier, and younger.

BUT.. it's not just your teeth that you can change to give you a fresher, more youthful appearance. You can "freshen up" your face easier than you think (and without surgery!) We can provide you with Botox and Juvederm Cosmetics to give you a more "youthful appearance". Visit our Anti-Aging Dentistry page to learn more about these services as well as cosmetic dental Porcelain Veneers or Adult Cosmetic Orthodontics.