{"id":140,"date":"2012-01-30T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/dental-advice\/cosmetic-dentistry-in-a-new-era\/"},"modified":"2019-06-14T07:37:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T06:37:06","slug":"cosmetic-dentistry-in-a-new-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/cosmetic-dentistry-in-a-new-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmetic Dentistry In A New Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its been a while since I last blogged on all things dental and cosmetic. Finding time over the last 12 months has proved challenging to say the least but we are back! So what has changed since I last wrote here?<br \/>\nProbably the the biggest shift in cosmetic dentistry\u00a0 that I haev noticed\u00a0 seems to be towards the idea called ABB.\u00a0\u00a0 Or Align Bleach &amp; Bond.\u00a0 As a dentist who subscribes to a minimally invasive approach wherever possible this shift makes me very happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">lign<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThere is a ( thankfully) growing realisation within dentistry that if we move the teeth towards a more optimal position first. The following stages of aesthetic or cosmetic treatment\u00a0requires less or even no\u00a0removal of healthy\u00a0tooth\u00a0tissue at all.<br \/>\nI have written a lot about\u00a0 aligning teeth for cosmetic purposes in adults.\u00a0 Generally we are looking to make small to medium moves to a few teeth and specifically looking to avoid reorganising the back teeth. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/inman-aligner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inman Aligner<\/a> and\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/six-month-smiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6 Month Smiles<\/a>\u00a0 are the two big brands in this area at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">B<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">leach<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nJust as it sounds &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/teeth-whitening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teeth whitening<\/a>, either a few shades lighter to wind the clock back a few years or deep bleaching for the whitest possible shade<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">B<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ond<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nResin bonding is the use of colour matched highly aesthetic filling material to change the shape of your teeth. While not suitable for everyone it can be a great alternative to porcelain veneers. Resin bonding has advantages and disadvantages with we will chat more about in future. But if you have a specific question ow please leave a comment or e-mail us at the practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its been a while since I last blogged on all things dental and cosmetic. Finding time over the last 12 months has proved challenging to say the least but we are back! So what has changed since I last wrote here? Probably the the biggest shift in cosmetic dentistry\u00a0 that I haev noticed\u00a0 seems to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/cosmetic-dentistry-in-a-new-era\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cosmetic Dentistry In A New Era<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}