Cosmetic Dentistry in Newport, NH

What would you like to change about your smile?

Cosmetic treatment starts with understanding what you actually want to improve.

Common concerns include:

• stained or discolored teeth
• chipped or worn teeth
• spaces between teeth
• uneven tooth shapes or sizes
• crowded or crooked teeth
• old or visible restorations
• missing teeth
• congenital tooth defects
• changes in the smile caused by tooth wear or aging

It's important to evaluate your teeth, mouth, smile, and overall facial esthetics when planning cosmetic dental work.

Teeth whitening

Professional whitening can improve many common types of tooth discoloration.

Existing fillings, crowns, veneers, and other restorations do not whiten the same way natural teeth do, so whitening may need to be planned before other cosmetic treatment.

If you are currently whitening or have recently whitened your teeth, please inform us, as it may impact the recommended timing for other treatments. We can help determine whether whitening alone is likely to achieve the result you want.

Cosmetic bonding

Dental bonding uses tooth-colored restorative material to reshape or repair teeth.

Bonding can be useful for small chips, spaces, worn edges, shape changes, and other conservative cosmetic improvements.

It often requires less removal of natural tooth structure than a veneer or crown.

Veneers

Veneers are thin restorations placed over the visible surface of teeth to change their shape, color, size, or proportions.

They may be considered for discoloration, worn or damaged enamel, uneven tooth shapes, spaces, or other cosmetic concerns.

We evaluate how much healthy tooth structure is present and whether bonding, orthodontics, whitening, or another treatment could achieve the goal more conservatively.

Clear aligners before cosmetic dentistry

Sometimes moving the teeth first can improve the cosmetic result while reducing the amount of tooth structure that needs to be changed.

Clear aligners, including Invisalign when appropriate, may be used before bonding, veneers, crowns, or dental implants to improve tooth position and create better proportions. For example, no-prep or conservative veneers may be possible. Orthodontics can be used before restorative treatment to create ideal spacing for a minimally invasive and naturally esthetic smile.

Orthodontic treatment can also help patients whose teeth have shifted after previously wearing braces.

Same-day ceramic restorations

Canobie Dental uses digital scanning and in-office fabrication for many ceramic restorations.

When appropriate, this allows us to design, make, adjust, and place a restoration during the same visit.

Digital smile planning

Digital scanning and facial scanning can help us evaluate tooth position, shape, proportions, and how the teeth relate to the face and smile.

These tools can improve planning and communication for larger cosmetic and restorative cases.

Natural-looking results

Our goal is for dental work to blend naturally with the rest of your smile.

We consider tooth color, shape, surface texture, proportions, bite, neighboring teeth, and facial appearance when planning cosmetic treatment.

Cosmetic treatment can involve more than one service

A larger smile treatment may combine orthodontics, whitening, bonding, veneers, crowns, dental implants, or other restorative treatment.

Planning everything together can help avoid completing one treatment and later discovering that another part of the smile should have been addressed first.

Interested in changing your smile?

Tell us what you like, what you would change, and what matters most to you.

We can evaluate your options and explain which treatments may achieve the result with the most appropriate amount of dental work.