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Once the dentist tells you that you need a filling, you slink in the dental chair and think about all the metal you already have in you mouth. Every filling you have had since childhood has been a nice dark metallic that you feel can be seen a mile away. These days however, dentists realize how unsightly these dark crevices in your mouth can be and are finding new ways to make teeth look as perfect as they can be. Cosmetics have finally caught up with the necessity of maintenance.

Ceramic inlays are used to fill teeth now whenever possible and are definitely more pleasing to the eye. This is even truer when the cavity happens to be on a front tooth. The dentist will match the ceramic filling to your tooth color and blend it as well as he or she can. Even if the tooth is a molar, you surely don’t want to see a metal filling back there either. Even if you have had your fillings since you were a kid, they all can be replaced with tooth matching ceramic so that no one would ever know you had as many cavities as you did; and they never will if you never tell.

Composite resin is another easy way to correct problem areas on the teeth. Sometimes permanent stains and chips or dents show up on the front teeth and it would be nice to get rid of them. That’s where the resin comes in. It can be applied to the teeth in one or two office visits and restore the teeth to their natural looking state. This procedure isn’t necessarily required for the health of the teeth, but it makes them look their best.

Dentists these days are finally able to concentrate on the way your teeth look while they are protecting and maintaining them. Finally, they are equipped with the tools to give you a great smile without all the unattractive hardware of the years past. Even braces can be hidden behind the teeth so that no one even knows you have them. Or, if you only need slight adjustments to o your teeth, you can be fitted with clear “retainers” called Invisalign. Every two weeks, you’ll be given new ones to help adjust the position of your teeth. The best part of this process is that you can take them out when you need to eat and drink or brush your teeth.

The options available these days for creating a great smile and maintaining healthy teeth seem almost endless. It’s just great that dentist have been given these tools to help us achieve these results.