ENAMEL CONTOURING

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry

Enamel contouring is typically recommended for patients whose anterior teeth have chips or jagged edges. A small sand paper disc is used on a slow speed handpiece to smooth down the rough edges or correct unevenness of the front teeth. This procedure is usually painless and doesn’t require anesthesia. The result is a softer, more…

Porcelain Veneers

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry

Veneers are a fantastic way to fix front teeth. You can whiten your teeth, close spaces, and create a great smile. It is a way to instantly straighten crooked teeth. • Spaces between the teeth (diastemas) • Broken or chipped teeth • Unsightly, stained or washed out fillings • Permanently stained or discolored teeth •…

COMPOSITE BONDING

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry

Composite bonding is used to repair chipped, discolored or rotated teeth. It is also used to close small gaps between teeth. Both doctors have extensive experience in the sculpting, shaping and polishing of composite resin on the teeth for excellent cosmetic results. Depending on the situation, a person may be a candidate for dental bonding…

Tooth Whitening

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry

Tooth whitening is a well-established procedure in cosmetic dentistry. Carbamide peroxide, the active ingredient, has been safely used for many years in the treatment of gums and other oral soft tissue. The professional process we use is safe, simple and highly effective. Over the counter whitening products cannot get you the optimum results. The whitening…

Full Mouth Reconstruction

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry

Full Mouth Reconstruction may be needed when the teeth are worn down, broken, missing, or if you experience pain in the jaw joint, headaches, back pain, muscle tenderness or clicking or popping of the jaw. When a full mouth reconstruction is indicated, most of the existing teeth require treatment in order to correct and restore…

ALL PORCELAIN CROWNS

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry

The most beautiful crown for a tooth is, without question, all-porcelain or all-ceramic. With porcelain fused to metal crowns, there has to be an opaque layer put over the metal to block out its color. This makes it impossible to have a translucent restoration that mimics the translucency of natural teeth. Only with pure porcelain…

REMOVABLE PARTIALS

We make premium dentures and partials for patients that are missing some of their teeth or are fully edentulous. We provide custom fit appliances in a traditional way where we have several try in appointments. We also offer immediate dentures and partials, where the patient receives the appliance on the same day that the teeth…

Dentures

We make premium dentures and partials for patients that are missing some of their teeth or are fully edentulous. We provide custom fit appliances in a traditional way where we have several try in appointments. We also offer immediate dentures and partials, where the patient receives the appliance on the same day that the teeth…

Flippers

A Flipper is a temporary partial that is often made to replace a tooth or several teeth. A flipper is made out of acrylic and it does not have a metal frame. It is not nearly as durable or precisely fit as a permanent partial, and is primarily used as a temporary, less expensive way…

Fillings

All of the fillings that we do here at Harris Family Dentistry are composite resin (white fillings). Modern dentistry has combined beauty and strength with composite resin. We take pride in restoring teeth to as close to their original strength and appearance with composite resins. We believe that the composite filling material is superior to…