Smile Shaping

Smile Shaping is the use of composite bonding techniques to help shape your teeth to form an overall harmonious smile.

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There are multiple variations of this process, ranging from delicate free-hand placement of composite veneers, to using lab-made stents to injection mould composite, to simply enhancing the edges of chipped/worn teeth to form smoother, more natural looking smiles.

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Results can be long lasting with a whitening diet (avoiding tea, red wine, curry etc.) and with regular maintenance by the dentist.

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Smile shaping techniques can be used effectively with Whitening and possible with smile straightening of teeth to help create your desired smile alignment, shape, and shade.

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Remember that whitening will not whiten any white fillings or crowns/onlays/bridges - it will only whiten natural tooth tissue, so it is important to complete your whitening process before going ahead with composite bonding.

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Composite bonding has variable life expectancies, but generally we expect to see it lasting for around 8-10 years with a whitening diet, good oral hygiene and regular dental visits.