Cosmetic Dentistry - Tips for improving your smile

Everyone wants to have a nice smile. It enhances your look at the most important time (when you are laughing). Unfortunately we are not all born with great teeth, or maybe we don't take very good care of the teeth we were born with by eating lots of sugary foods, fizzy drinks and tea, or my own personal vice strong Italian coffee.

"Fixing" your smile can be quite simple or quite complex. At the easy, quick and painless end of the scale you can whiten your teeth, either at home or in a clinic. I'd recommend the later. Home kits for whitening your teeth usually have up to around 20% peroxide which essentially lets you bleach your teeth.

In my cosmetic dentistry clinic here in Dublin, we use high intensity lights as well as peroxide that is closer to 35%. This allows for a shorter, more effective treatment time.

Also before ever we get into that we will give you a complete check up, remove plaque and cavities and make sure your teeth and gums are healthy. The combination of the lights and the peroxide has a much greater effect which makes coming in to the clinic a much preferred option.