Peace Arch News Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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A few touch-ups can make all the difference
A Beautiful Beginning... Perfect smile for the big day One big key to being confident on your big day is having a great smile. With hundreds of pictures being snapped from various angles, it’s important you feel comfortable and cameraready with your smile. For some, the wedding day may be just the motivation required to fix problems with teeth that keep getting put off. And with so many different ways to fix your teeth, there is no reason to hold back on looking perfect for the wedding day, says White Rock Orthodontics’ Dr. Jay Nagamatsu. “When you think of weddings there are so many photos taken and it’s a point of time in your life that is important,” he said. “When you go back and look at pictures, of course you want to have a great smile.” For a bride or groom looking to straighten their smile out, Nagamatsu recommends Invisalign treatments – convenient and removable clear liner therapy. “The beauty of that is you can still be in treatment and have your photos taken,” he said. In order for the process to begin a full patient exam must be completed, then there is an evaluation on jaw joints, facial symmetry and teeth bites to make sure the liner is a perfect fit for the user. And for some the process could be a simple fix, Nagamatsu said. “As long as teeth, gums and the bones are healthy, the process can pretty much start in a couple of weeks, depending on where the bite is and how much improvement is required,” he said. For something less drastic, there is the option of whitening teeth for the
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Get the perfect smile for your wedding day. special occasion, said Dr. Tao Zeng from Morgan Creek Dental. He recommends Opalscence take-home whitening because of the degree of control it allows. “You can control the shade. Sometimes it can be too white or not white enough when you do it in the office,” he said. Another benefit of at home versus the dentist is that the whitening processes at home causes less sensitivity, and it’s very simple to maintain, with just a touch-up every six months.
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