Tooth Colored Fillings
For small-to medium-sized fillings or to fix a chipped front tooth, Dr. Pacella uses tooth-colored, mercury-free fillings. Tooth-colored fillings are strong, durable, and attractive and will keep your child’s smile beautiful and pearly white.
Tooth Colored Crowns
Sometimes a tooth needs a new outer surface for strength and durability — in these cases a crown will often be recommended. For back teeth, Dr. Pacella offers a white crown as an aesthetic alternative to the traditional stainless steel crown that is often used. For front teeth, Dr. Pacella only uses white crowns.
Lumineers
Are your child’s teeth chipped or stained? Would you like to improve your child’s smile permanently, without any painful processes? Mars Dental Specialists is pleased to offer Lumineers® as an alternative to traditional porcelain veneers.
Veneers provide a way to conceal stains, chips, discoloration and misaligned teeth, by covering the actual teeth with a permanent layer of tooth-colored material.
You may be familiar with the conventional process of applying veneers. This generally involves shaving away a significant portion of the tooth, and requires an anesthetic shot to numb the resulting pain. In many cases, temporary veneers must be worn while the permanent veneers are manufactured in a lab.
Because Lumineers are as thin as a contact lens, their application requires little to no tooth reduction, and no anesthetic is necessary. Lumineers are bonded to the teeth and set in place with a curing light. Because the process is less invasive than with traditional veneers, Lumineers patients find that they immediately enjoy their new smiles without any post-procedure discomfort or sensitivity.
Cerinate®, the company that makes Lumineers, offers a five-year warrantee on its veneers, and their clinical trials show that Lumineers can last up to 20 years.
Ask Dr. Pacella whether Lumineers are a good choice for your child.
