Cedric C. Chenet DDS Blog

Cosmetic dentistry is a popular way to enhance your aesthetics without major surgery or lengthy procedures. Because it’s so popular, though, chances are you’ve heard a rumor or two about the safety of some of these treatments! Rest assured, when overseen by a qualified professional, dental cosmetics are perfectly safe for your smile. Keep reading to see why you can be confident in these 3 treatments.

Teeth chew through a lot of material over several decades of use, and frequent exposure to many foods and beverages that are high in pigments and dyes can leave unsightly dental stains or discoloration. While there is a wide variety of teeth whitening treatments available, some of them can lead to undesirable results or even injuries due to user error, poor manufacturing, or simply being a bad idea to begin with. Here’s a brief guide to why you should consult with your dentist before investing in any teeth whitening treatment.

Dental implants are advanced prosthetic devices that look, work, and feel just like real teeth, and they consist of a restoration made from a ceramic material such as porcelain and a post and abutment piece made from titanium. Since none of these parts contain nerves that can send distress signals to the brain, it may seem quite strange to find that your implant seems sensitive. Here’s a brief guide to how this can happen and how you can address this issue.

It can be difficult to feel satisfied with your smile when you’re missing teeth. Society places a lot of importance on dental aesthetics, after all, so you might not feel comfortable with opening up and showing your gapped grin to the world.

Fortunately, there are plenty of seamless dental restoration options that can restore your aesthetics – and your confidence! Out of those options, dental implants are definitely the MVP. Keep reading to find out why.

Veneers are a versatile cosmetic solution that simultaneously addresses one or several aesthetic imperfections. These thin porcelain shells are bonded to the front surface of your teeth to mask issues like chips, cracks, stubborn stains, mild gaps, or slight overcrowding. They’re customized to be the right shade, shape, and size for a seamless smile, and are coated with a glaze durable enough to resist damage and discoloration.

Despite this, many patients hesitate to get these prosthetics because they’re worried the process is long and painful. Thankfully, that’s not the case! Continue reading to learn more about 3 things to expect when being fitted with these restorations to set your mind at ease!

If you’ve developed a persistent or severe toothache or lost or damaged a tooth or restoration, you’ll need to act fast to save your smile. Emergency dental problems don’t usually resolve themselves and only worsen over time, so the longer it goes unaddressed, the more vulnerable you are to additional harm.

Unfortunately, urgent issues frequently arise during evenings or weekends when your dentist isn’t available. Keeping an easily accessible dental emergency kit close by ensures you’ll have what you need to address the problem until you can make an appointment. If you’re unsure what to include, keep reading to learn more!

When you wake up in the morning you should feel relaxed and refreshed, not tense or sore. Which is why if you awaken to unexplained jaw pain, it can be very confusing. But this sounds familiar, don’t despair. Here are a few common reasons you may be experiencing jaw stiffness or discomfort when you get up.

Are you having difficulty swallowing and/or enjoying food? Is your lipstick sticking to your teeth? Does your saliva feel thick or stringy, mouth feel sticky? Do you feel you have bad breath? Is your tongue groovy? Is drinking water dominating your thoughts?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have xerostomia, otherwise known as dry mouth.

When you find out that you have a TMJ disorder, you may wonder whether the easiest thing to do would be to simply ignore it. After all, the pain is something you can learn to live with, right? Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. If you don’t have your TMJ disorder addressed as promptly as possible, it could lead to all kinds of problems. Here are just some of the ways that untreated TMJ disorder can have a negative impact on your quality of life.

Like many people, you may know Invisalign is good at aligning smiles. That’s only natural – the treatment’s main draw is how it straightens your grin. Still, you could quickly start to wonder: Can Invisalign fix overbites and other bite problems, too? The good news is that your Melbourne dentist will address this particular question. To learn the answer, just read over this summary of misaligned bites and how Invisalign can (and does) effectively treat them.