Holistic Dentistry for Smile Rejuvenation

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Smile rejuvenation from our cosmetic dentist, Yasaman Roland, DDS, is designed to optimize the appearance of your face and smile in such a way that allows the positive effects of treatment to be felt throughout the rest of your body. This gentle therapy can promote entire body wellness by coalescing the art of making you look better with the science of making you feel better. The non-invasive treatments utilized by our team are designed to address your unique concerns in a manner consistent with enriching your long-term well-being. This comprehensive approach can yield improvements in your cosmetic appearance while promoting your lifelong health and development.

No matter what your needs are, our cosmetic rejuvenation treatments and non-invasive approaches to neuromuscular dentistry can help restore your natural smile and facial balance back to its intended beauty.

Our team believes that cosmetic dental treatment should look natural and blend in seamlessly with surrounding teeth. Dental work that is easily noticeable may come in the form of mismatched or old crowns, disproportionate or incorrectly shaded veneers, or amalgam metal fillings. If you are seeking to renew your restorations for a more natural look or fit—or wish to upgrade your metal fillings to mercury-free, tooth-colored filling — our practice provides cosmetic treatments to remedy issues presented by older dental appliances for a new smile that looks and feels refreshed.

For our cosmetic dentist, Yasaman Roland, DDS, a healthy, beautiful smile starts from the inside out. If you are interested in transforming your smile, Dr. Roland can develop a comprehensive treatment plan designed to deliver improvements in dental health, function, and appearance. Her approach starts with creating a properly balanced foundation for your smile, which includes achieving an aligned jaw and bite. Once the appropriate structure is in place, Dr. Roland can utilize a variety of advanced cosmetic and restorative dental techniques to revitalize the overall health and look of your gums and teeth. 

The Smile Makeover Consultation

Your first visit with Dr. Roland will be a consultation, during which she will perform a comprehensive evaluation of your smile and discuss your personal smile makeover goals. Once she has had a chance to fully examine each aspect of your dental health, she will explain which treatments can help you achieve the healthy, lasting, and beautiful smile you desire. Dr. Roland will describe her full treatment plan in detail so that you have a complete understanding of her approach and the results you can expect. 

Who is a Candidate for a Smile Makeover?

Anyone who wishes to comprehensively improve multiple aspects of their smile and oral health can benefit from a smile makeover. The versatility of this enhancement option is one of the many benefits of a smile makeover, as different procedures can be mixed and matched according to your unique needs for a treatment plan that is completely tailored for you. During your consultation, Dr. Roland will listen to your concerns and recommend a smile makeover based on what you hope to accomplish. Generally speaking, ideal candidates for a smile makeover include individuals seeking to achieve some combination of the following:  

• Improve the appearance of chips, gaps, misalignments, or worn teeth
• Straighten teeth and correct biting issues
• Replace amalgam fillings for composite, tooth-colored alternatives
• Replace missing teeth with dental implants or bridges
• Strengthen damaged teeth with porcelain crowns
• Achieve whiter and brighter teeth
• Restore healthy gum tissue or cosmetically improve a “gummy” smile  

A smile makeover is designed to give you a beautiful smile that you can be proud of, but Dr. Roland also works to optimize your oral health and general well-being in the process. Using holistic dentistry techniques, Dr. Roland can transform your smile with treatment protocols that have a reduced risk to the environment and your overall health. 

Smile Makeover Treatment Options

At The Center for Innovative Dentistry and Facial Aesthetics, Dr. Roland provides a full range of advanced procedures, treatments, and holistic dentistry options that enable her to create stunning smile transformations. From restoring proper posture, jaw positioning, and tooth alignment, to redesigning a flawless smile with high-quality porcelain veneers, every treatment Dr. Roland performs is methodically planned and delivered with artistic precision. The goal of each smile makeover treatment plan is to achieve optimal results that reflect her dedication to comprehensive dental wellness and natural-looking aesthetics. To learn more about the wide range of smile enhancement services offered at The Center for Innovative Dentistry and Facial Aesthetics, we invite you to explore the topics provided below: 

Smile Rejuvenation: With treatments that span from porcelain veneers to teeth whitening, our smile rejuvenation options can help you attain a younger and healthier-looking smile.  

Why Choose The Center for Innovative Dentistry and Facial Aesthetics?

Whether your smile has been affected by complications in facial growth and development, extensive decay, aging and wear, dental trauma, or other aesthetic concerns, Dr. Roland can utilize the many treatment methods she offers to improve the look, function, and health of your teeth. She has undergone extensive continuing education coursework through the renowned Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies and she regularly attends educational seminars on innovative topics in dentistry, allowing her to deliver top-level care. Dr. Roland’s commitment to staying at the forefront of new advancements in dentistry, as well as her conservative yet comprehensive treatment style, set her apart from traditional dentists. For her patients, these priorities can translate to superior results, exceptional dental function, optimal oral health, lasting restorations, and stunning aesthetics.

If your teeth are affected by gaps, chips, stains, or misalignments, porcelain veneers can transform their color, shape, and length for a smile that appears healthier and more youthful. Veneers can achieve a variety of cosmetic goals, such as straightening the look of misaligned teeth, closing in gaps and spaces, masking deep stains and discoloration, and restoring a fuller form to teeth that are short and worn. These beautiful, ultra-thin, and individually crafted veneers are custom-designed to optimize your smile according to your tooth-color, positioning of your teeth, and the natural proportions of your facial features. Our porcelain veneers are extremely natural-looking and can be applied using minimally invasive techniques, preserving as much of the natural tooth structure as possible. What’s more, porcelain material can be very long-lasting and stain-resistant. If you are interested in correcting minor aesthetic dental imperfections, you can achieve a revamped smile with porcelain veneers in approximately two office visits.

What are Porcelain Veneers?

One of the longest-lasting and most effective cosmetic dentistry options is the porcelain dental veneer. With a porcelain veneer, you can improve the appearance of common imperfections in the teeth, such as gaps, chips, stains, discolorations, and even some cases of misalignment. These ultra-thin porcelain shells are designed to fit your own unique tooth structure and blend in with surrounding teeth. They are designed to be comfortable and can last for decades – not to mention the fact that porcelain veneers are virtually undetectable to others. They look so much like natural teeth, it’s likely that people will notice only your beautiful smile and not even realize you’ve had dental work!

Our cosmetic dentist, Yasaman Roland, DDS, completed post-graduate dental training at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI), one of the most respected dental institutions in the world. She recently earned LVI Fellowship status by completing the LVI CORE Curriculum and comprehensive written exam. This advanced training has helped Dr. Roland become even more skilled with cosmetic dentistry procedures, allowing her to extend superior care to her patients with the goal of achieving beautiful results during a comfortable treatment experience.

Benefits of Porcelain Veneers

Made of a strong ceramic and custom-designed for your teeth, porcelain dental veneers are durable, thin shells that are cemented onto the visible portion of your tooth. These effective dental treatments offer a number of aesthetic benefits, including:

• Improvement in the appearance of stains and discoloration caused by tobacco use, coffee and/or wine drinking, and the natural process of aging
• Correction of chips, gaps, fractures, or misalignments
• Replacement of worn tooth enamel
   

Porcelain dental veneers can address a variety of dental issues with results that last for years. In fact, they are some of the most popular cosmetic dental options available!

The Porcelain Veneers Process

During the porcelain dental veneers procedure, Dr. Roland may need to remove a small amount of the tooth being treated in order to provide an accurate fit for the veneer. Once this has been accomplished, an impression of your teeth will be made here at our practice and then sent to an outside lab to create a custom-molded porcelain veneer. On your second visit, Dr. Roland will attach the veneer to the tooth with a strong cement and color-match the veneer so that it blends in well with surrounding teeth. And that’s it! Two office visits for results that can last decades. With porcelain dental veneers, you can improve an array of cosmetic dental issues and feel great about your smile.

How Long Do Porcelain Veneers Last?

One of the many benefits of porcelain veneers is that the relatively simple treatment process can yield a long-term cosmetic solution. Porcelain is incredibly enduring and requires no additional maintenance besides daily brushing and flossing. With good oral hygiene habits and proper care, porcelain veneers can last years—even decades, if the veneer is not exposed to excessive grinding or clenching.

If you are prone to grinding your teeth during sleep or unconsciously throughout the day, it may be a sign that your temporomandibular (TMJ) joints are misaligned. These joints are closely related to proper function of the head, neck, and shoulder muscles, often causing symptoms such as teeth grinding as well as facial pain, migraines, and loose teeth, among others. Dr. Roland treats the underlying causes of teeth grinding by realigning the physiological mechanisms that may be preventing a comfortable and well-aligned bite. Please contact our practice for more information on TMJ treatment to prevent excessive wear on your veneers and restore your oral wellness.  

Porcelain Veneers Vs. Dental Crowns

There are a number of ways to cosmetically and functionally improve your teeth and smile. While both veneers and dental crowns can be composed of durable and natural-looking porcelain material, each treatment has its own respective purposes and benefits. Porcelain veneers are considered cosmetic solutions to mask minor dental imperfections, such as chips, cracks, gaps, and misalignments. They are designed to partially cover the tooth structure and can be highly effective in providing the look of a full, healthy tooth for an enhanced smile appearance. Because porcelain veneers are designed to be sturdy and long-lasting, they also offer secondary benefits in strengthening the tooth and improving biting function. However, they are not considered to be a restorative solution for weak or unhealthy teeth.

In contrast, dental crowns are principally utilized for the restoration of decayed, damaged, badly cracked, or weakened teeth. They can be an exceptional way to save a tooth from extraction, provide a greater degree of structural support, or improve biting function. Dental crowns are generally used to cap an unhealthy tooth or dental implant, covering the whole tooth for comprehensive protection. Although they can be tooth-colored and extremely natural-looking for adjunctive cosmetic benefits, the primary purpose of dental crowns is to restore the tooth structure.

Dr. Roland can assess your unique dental needs to determine the most ideal option for your treatment goals. If your concerns are primarily aesthetic, porcelain veneers generally offer a more beneficial enhancement option; however, dental issues characterized by tooth damage or impaired biting function are usually better addressed with dental crown treatment or another restorative solution.

How Much Do Porcelain Veneers Cost?

As an investment in your smile and oral health that can provide long-term results, the porcelain veneers price will generally depend on the unique factors of your treatment plan, including:

• The type of veneers used
• The number of veneers placed
• The location of the veneers
• The amount of tooth preparation necessary
   

Rest assured that a member of our team will present you with the estimated procedural cost before the start of any treatment. Our office offers a number of payment methods and financing options to suit your budgetary needs, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or concerns you may have.

In our effort to provide the safest and most advanced dental materials, we offer patients tooth-colored dental fillings that can reinforce and support the tooth structure while blending in with your natural enamel. In the past, a metal amalgam material was used as the industry standard in dental fillings. Not only was this aesthetically displeasing, but it could also cause additional cracks in the tooth structure from the metal expanding and contracting with temperature fluctuations. Consequently, the bacteria that entered through these cracks often caused additional cavities. Our newer composite fillings are BPA- and mercury-free for a safer, more durable, and natural-looking solution to teeth affected by decay.

For patients wishing to achieve a brighter and whiter smile, our practice offers professional-grade teeth whitening treatments designed to lighten teeth by up to eight shades. Typically, years of deep stains and discoloration penetrate below the tooth enamel, necessitating stronger whitening agents than those that are found over-the-counter or in stores. Our whitening procedures can be administered in-office to comprehensively break down stains caused by food, drink, and tobacco products. We also offer clinical-strength whitening options that can be used at home for the ultimate in patient convenience. For individuals who seek maximum-strength whitening, Dr. Roland recommends our powerful deep whitening system, which can lighten the darkest and most pronounced tooth discoloration. Patients generally experience little to no tooth sensitivity during treatment and can enjoy long-lasting results.

A bright, white smile can have a positive impact on the way you look and feel. For those who wish to improve the color of their teeth, modern dentistry offers a variety of professional teeth whitening products and treatments that can help. We offer in-office whitening procedures, as well as take-home whitening options that can be custom-tailored to suit your specific needs and goals. While there are many whitening agents that can be purchased over-the-counter, our cosmetic dentist, Yasaman Roland, DDS, recommends choosing clinical-strength whitening solutions like the ones we offer to whiten your teeth quickly, safely, and effectively.

Benefits of Professional Teeth Whitening

Professional teeth whitening treatments at the Center for Innovative Dentistry and Facial Aesthetics offer several remarkable advantages. Our whitening systems can:

• Whiten teeth several shades in just one treatment
• Quickly remove stains and discoloration caused by consumption of certain foods, drinks, and tobacco products
• Lighten dark, traditionally bleach-resistant discoloration caused by medications, aging, and deeply staining materials
• Protect gums and tooth sensitivity during the bleaching process
• Deliver immediate results after treatment
• Achieve exceptional results due to the strength of our specialized whitening agents
• Be customized to address unique whitening needs
   

If you are serious about achieving a dazzling white smile, the teeth whitening options we offer can deliver the remarkable results you desire. Contact our office today to schedule a consultation with Dr. Roland to discuss which treatment is right for you.

Zoom!® Teeth Whitening

Remove years of stains from your teeth and achieve a whiter, more glamorous smile in about an hour with the Zoom!® teeth whitening system. Performed in our office, this treatment involves the application of a the powerful Zoom!® whitening gel in conjunction with the specially designed Zoom!® chair-side whitening light, which work together to break down stains and tooth discoloration. In one Zoom!® teeth whitening session, patients can see teeth whiten up to eight shades with maximum treatment strength. Results should be visible instantly and your whiter smile can be long-lasting with proper dental hygiene, avoidance of staining substances, and occasional touch-up treatments.

Deep Whitening

You can achieve the whitest, longest-lasting results with our deep whitening system. This powerful whitening formula is surprisingly gentle and has a neutral pH that is unlikely to cause tooth sensitivity and discomfort during whitening. To start, there is an initial in-office whitening session followed by a series of at-home whitening treatments that gradually continue the whitening process for two to eight weeks depending on the intensity of treatment desired. Our deep whitening treatment can deliver outstanding results on the deepest, most resistant stains that used to be considered untreatable, such as tetracycline staining, fluorosis, and other very dark stains.

Dental implants are an innovative solution for replacing missing teeth that far surpasses the esthetics and functionality of removable dentures and bridges. Made to resemble your natural tooth structure, dental implants can look, feel, and function much like natural teeth. Dental implants are secured within the jawbone to provide exceptional stability for the customized restorations that are fastened on top. With proper care, dental implants can provide you with a beautiful smile that lasts a lifetime.

Benefits of Dental Implants

Dental implants offer several important benefits over other tooth replacement options. Patients considering dental implants are generally pleased to learn that dental implants and restorations:

• Are designed to look and feel natural
• Can prevent jawbone loss
• Are typically more stable, comfortable, and reliable than removable dentures and bridges
• Are custom-designed to suit your smile and complement surrounding teeth
• Will not slip or move when chewing, speaking, and smiling
• Require only regular brushing and flossing to maintain
• Are durable and long-lasting with the proper care
   

With dental implants, it is possible to regain proper chewing function and enjoy any food you like without worry. Furthermore, they can improve your speech, enhance confidence, and prevent shrinkage of the jaw bone. The dental implant procedure typically has high success rates. Our experienced Annapolis dentist—Yasaman Roland, DDS—offers advanced dental implant systems designed to further reduce the likelihood of potential complications.

Candidates for Dental Implants

If you are looking to restore missing teeth with a long-term replacement that offers maximum esthetic value, health benefits, and function, you may be a good candidate for dental implants. When considering patients for dental implants, Dr. Roland performs an extensive dental and medical evaluation to determine if they are an ideal candidate or if they need some degree of treatment before the procedure would be appropriate. Typically, good candidates for dental implants have:

• Good general health
• Healthy teeth and gums
• Adequate jawbone height and density
   

Dental Implant Systems We Offer

We offer a modern implant system that is innovative by design. Its high degree of precision can actually eliminate the potential for bacterial growth around the implant. Additionally, the long-term risk of bone loss can be significantly reduced, often resulting in implants that are durable and biologically more favorable to the body.

What to Expect During the Dental Implants Procedure

The dental implant procedure begins with implantation of the artificial titanium post (or posts) within the jawbone. Once the implants have been placed, they will need some time to fuse to the bone and become a permanent part of your mouth – much like a natural tooth root. This usually takes approximately three to six months (a temporary dental crown can be placed atop the post during this period). When the dental implant has fully fused with the jawbone, a custom-designed restoration made to both look and feel natural will be affixed to the post. Once the final polish has been performed, the process is complete.

In addition to full dental implant procedures, Dr. Roland can utilize dental implants to support bridges and dentures. During your initial consultation, we will perform a full oral evaluation to determine whether you are a candidate for dental implants. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have and talk with you about your options.