COSMETIC DENTISTRY — creating an ideal smile — YOUR ideal smile. With our patients, we design dream smiles and then make dreams a reality by creating beautiful dental cosmetic restorations, using state-of-the-art techniques keeping dental health and dental longevity at the forefront of every design.
Consider the possibilities...
Have you considered tooth whitening?
Would you like to walk into a room and flash a dazzling smile, a smile that communicates vitality, health and youthfulness? You might wish to consider tooth whitening.
Whitening one's teeth is the safest, most long-lasting and cost-effective way to take years off your appearance. As we get older, our teeth naturally get darker. Nothing detracts more from our natural radiance than a dingy smile. Whitening is simple and painless, and can be achieved either at home over several nights (while you sleep!) or at an accelerated, in-office visit taking approximately 90 minutes. Either way, we will provide you with home bleaching trays and touch-up gel which you can use to brighten your smile through home touch-up sessions every 3 to 4 months.
Call us to find out if you are a candidate for this simple and effective whitening technique.
Porcelain Veneers — for the smile you have always wanted
Have you considered a simple "Extreme Makeover" by exploring the possibilities of porcelain veneers? Veneers, or laminates, are thin restorations of porcelain, custom designed and bonded to your existing teeth. Porcelain veneers can close unsightly spaces, lengthen worn teeth, lighten darkened teeth and even make teeth appear straighter without orthodontics. This can be done while removing very little of your own tooth structure. In his Walnut Creek office, Dr. Miller can create a design with you which beautifies a man or a woman's smile in as few as three visits over a period of 2 to 3 weeks.
Find out what is possible for you by meeting with Dr. Miller for a Cosmetic "Smile Design" Consultation.
Replace Your Old Fillings
Do you have old, blackened fillings which show when you smile? These fillings look unnatural and spoil a bright smile. Old amalgam fillings corrode and leak as they age. Such old restorations can be the site of additional decay. Further, they weaken your teeth which can result in tooth fracture. Dr. Miller utilizes superior tooth-colored resins which he can match to your natural teeth. These new materials restore the brightness of your natural smile while strengthening the teeth without posing the health risk of amalgam fillings.
Find out from Dr. Miller what would be involved in replacing your old, blackened fillings with natural resins fillings in one pain-free appointment.
Bonding Can Beautify
Chipped or fractured teeth can be repaired with superior resin fillings which are matched to your natural tooth color. Resin bonding, which requires little removal of tooth structure and which is fused to your own teeth, actually strengthens the natural tooth structure while restoring the natural appearance.
Visit our Walnut Creek office to discuss how tooth-colored bonding can beautify teeth and return them to their natural form, often in one pain-free visit.
Cosmetic Dentist Richard Kiholm, DDS, Placerville CA, practices a full scope of general and cosmetic dentistry with expertise ranging from porcelain veneers to dental implants, crowns and bridges.