Cosmetic Dentist
Dr. Ian Bell and his staff provides complete high quality cosmetic dentistry and is a well known Seattle Cosmetic Dentist in Bellevue and Redmond. We offer a variety of cosmetic dentistry procedures designed to restore the health, function, and beauty of your smile. With custom teeth whitening, attractive porcelain dental crowns, and more, Dr. Bell can transform even the most damaged smiles. If your teeth are chipped, stained, or misaligned, contact Dr. Bell to schedule a smile makeover at his Bellevue practice.
Whereas General Dentistry focuses on maintaining the health of your smile, Cosmetic Dentistry focuses on your smile’s “Wow” factor. With Cosmetic Dentistry, teeth are made whiter and missing portions of your smile are replaced and filled in using veneers and implants. If you’ve ever been worried that your smile may not be reaching its full potential, a visit to a Cosmetic Dentist could have a solution for you!
Custom Teeth Whitening
Have you noticed that your teeth appear darker in color? Are your teeth stained from coffee, tea, or cigarettes? If so, take advantage of Dr. Bell's customized teeth whitening program. Using photos and shade records to track your progress, Dr. Bell can whiten your smile with quick and easy bleaching treatments at his office. Your teeth will look healthier, and your brand new smile will give you a bright, youthful appearance.
For many, it can seem that no matter how frequently we brush or use mouthwash, our teeth will never become that pearly movie-star white. Thankfully, there is a solution to that problem from your friendly Cosmetic Dentist. Custom Tooth Whitening eliminates stains on the teeth and returns its natural pigmentation far better than any over the counter option can. So if you’re interested in whitening your teeth two or three shades brighter, stop on by to your nearest Cosmetic Dentist.
Composite Restorations - "Tooth Colored Fillings"
Advances in dental materials allow us to replace old silver fillings with durable and natural looking fillings made of a tooth colored composite resin material. These tooth colored fillings are not only more attractive than metal fillings, they also achieve a tighter bond with your teeth, preventing future decay. The composite material is strong, stain-resistant, and invisible to the naked eye. Our tooth colored restorations are built to last, and are ideal for cosmetic enhancement of the front and back teeth.
No doubt we’ve all seen the end result of traditional filling treatments after a cavity has been filled – striking, noticeable, and though beautiful silver, they contrast with the natural pearly whiteness of the tooth. Opening your mouth to reveal a treasure-trove of silver can be a little embarrassing, or at the very least, reveal that a patient has a sweet tooth. With composite restoration, however, a patient’s love of candy can be kept a pleasant secret. Using a resin and glass solution, a composite filling is able to conceal the damage of the cavity while also matching the natural color of teeth.
Composite restoration is the pinnacle of a cosmetic solution to a common dental problem.
Porcelain Anterior Crowns
If you are concerned about unsightly stains, spaces, chips, fractures, or large fillings in your front teeth, tooth colored porcelain crowns can restore the color and shape of your smile. Our dental crowns are made of a natural looking porcelain material that is extremely durable and stain-resistant. At our practice, the shade of your crown is custom-matched to the shade of your surrounding teeth. The crown is then securely fitted over your damaged tooth, masking any stains, filling in gaps, and reshaping your smile.
Imagine the unthinkable dental situation: you bite down unto something hard and hear a heart-freezing “CRUNCH” realizing that something terrible has happened to one of your teeth. A broken tooth can be an awful situation, one that removes some of the practicality and beauty of one’s set of teeth. Though there are situations where traditional fillings can repair some of the damage, in many cases the structure of the tooth is too far gone. In this case, Porcelain Anterior Crowns are the best solution! Custom created using dental grade porcelain, these crowns recreate the natural color, shape, size, and texture of natural teeth; helping you restore your smile to its fullest!
A chipped or broken front tooth can be an awful situation for a person, causing not only embarrassment, but also keeping the world from seeing a beautiful smile. By fusing a porcelain crown directly to the affected tooth, however, once again you can great the world with a perfect smile! Porcelain anterior crowns not only look exactly like a normal tooth, but are incredibly strong and able to withstand the pressures of heavy chewing. The physical and emotional discomfort of having damaged teeth can easily be pushed by the wayside by going through the simple procedure of a porcelain anterior crown!
Porcelain Posterior Crowns
Tooth colored porcelain crowns can support teeth that have been badly damaged by decay, and mask imperfections in your smile. These crowns can also replace broken, leaking metal fillings that are too large to be filled with composite material. Used on the posterior teeth, porcelain dental crowns offer an attractive fix for badly damaged molars. They help to create a strong, secure, and healthy bite.
While we all tend to focus on a having perfect teeth for a winning smile it is important not to neglect your back teeth. The posterior teeth, consisting of your molars and premolars, do the bulk of your chewing and deserve just as much love and respect as your frontal pearly whites. Whereas wear and tear on your front teeth can cause them to lose their aesthetic value, degrading posterior teeth can affect the function of your teeth. A broken or decayed tooth can cause chewing to be quite the discomfort but thankfully can be repaired by using a Porcelain Posterior Crown. A crown, or a "cap", is an artificial restorative piece that fits over the remaining part of an affected tooth, strengthening it and giving it back its natural shape.
Porcelain Veneers
Tooth colored porcelain laminate veneers are bonded over your natural tooth and do not require the removal of much tooth structure. With veneers, spaces can be closed, worn and stained fillings replaced and misaligned teeth can be straightened to create an instantly beautiful smile.
As much as we’d like it to be the case, our teeth are not enamel fortresses that are impervious to wear and tear. During our lifetimes, many of the foods we eat are constantly bombarding and scratching away out the surface of our teeth, reducing the quality of one’s smile.
With Porcelain Veneers, cosmetic dentists use a custom tooth-like ceramic that can be placed over a patient’s teeth, covering up worn tooth enamel, uneven teeth and cracks and chips. Veneers don’t just improve the quality of your smile, but also can serve the function of protecting your teeth from further damage or removing the need for dental crowns. Porcelain Veneers are like a pearly white shield for your teeth!
To learn more about the cosmetic dentistry procedures featured at our practice, please contact us today.