Cosmetic dentistry in Mumbai, India

As a result of the ever-increasing patient waiting lists and skyrocketing dentistry costs, the trend of seeking restorative and cosmetic dental care in foreign destinations has been on the rise .  The advantages as seen are many fold -

• Significant price savings – costs being only a fraction
• First class treatment in the most advanced facilities – at par or better
• The prospect of a vacation in a foreign country – lovely locales, added on with vacation cum treatment packages

The popular treatments sought include smile makeover, dental implants, crowns and bridges and other cosmetic dental treatments.  The dental clinics in the foreign destinations help making your choice easier through pre-treatment online as well as telephonic consultations with their dentists, assessing your needs, concerns and expectations beforehand.

Factors that have led to the increasing popularity of medical especially dental travel/dental tourism {dental vacations} include the high cost of health care, long wait times for certain procedures, the ease and affordability of international travel, and improvements in both technology and standards of care in many countries including India, Mumbai.

Mumbai, India  is at the forefront of dental tourism with tourists coming  from anywhere in the world, including Europe, the UK, Middle East, Japan, the United States, and Canada. This is because of their large populations, comparatively high wealth, the high expense of health care or lack of health care options locally, and increasingly high expectations of their populations with respect to health care.

A large draw to dental travel is convenience , speed and of course cost

We in India (Mumbai) are not cutting corners to keep our cost low in dentistry. We simply have the advantage of a low-cost economy and highly skilled cosmetic dental professionals. We are able to give identical quality of materials and dental treatment at a fraction of what it would cost elsewhere.

While traditional dentistry (dental treatment)  focuses on oral hygiene and preventing, diagnosing and treating oral disease, Cosmetic dentistry focuses on improving the appearance of a person’s teeth, mouth and smile, commonly referred to as Smile makeovers, Smile Change etc.

Cosmetic dentistry is the field of dentistry dedicated to the art and science of enhancing a person’s smile, overall appearance and oral health

Smile makeover improves the appearance of the smile through one or more cosmetic dentistry procedures, such as dental veneers, dental implants, and tooth whitening.

In many cases, a cosmetic dentist will implement a combination of several of the following procedures of cosmetic dentistry to give you that perfect smile (smile makeover)

• Tooth / Teeth Whitening, or “tooth bleaching”, is perhaps the most common of cosmetic dental procedures. Teeth are often stained from smoking, food, drink (coffee, tea, or red wine) or poor oral hygiene. Bleaching the teeth can enhance the appearance of your smile. Various tooth whitening options like zoom instant tooth whitening ,in office tooth whitening , home tooth whitening and other various options like light activated tooth whitening which takes 45 minutes to whiten your tooth which give 8 to 10 shades jump are available.
• Tooth Contouring and Reshaping involves removal of   parts of the contouring enamel  to improve the appearance of the tooth. It may be used to correct a very small chip. The removed enamel is irreplaceable It is also known as enameloplasty, odontoplasty, recontouring, reshaping, slenderizing and stripping. It is also a procedure of subtle changes. A few millimeters of reduction and a few millimeters of tooth-colored laminate can create a beautiful smile and is commonly used to alter the length, shape or position of your teeth.
• Dental Bonding is a relatively cost effective, single visit process in which an enamel-like dental composite material is applied to a tooth’s surface, sculpted into shape, contoured and then polished. It is most effective to repair minor chips, minor gaps and a variety of aesthetic problems from color  to shape . It is also called as resin veneers , resin laminates , direct veneers, composite veneers etc.. These can be done in a single visit  to the cosmetic dentist .
• Dental Bridge/ Dental bridges: A bridge is a custom device anchored to neighbouring  teeth that replaces one or more missing teeth. When a lost tooth is replaced with bridgework, the teeth on either side of the missing one must be prepared as crowns which will serve as abutments to hold the replacement teeth in place Bridges can reduce your risk of gum disease, help correct some bite issues and even improve your speech. There are various types of crown available like porcelain fused to metal crown {pfm} crown, metal  free crowns which means it eliminates the metal inside which in turn gives better esthetic and better optical properties and looks and feels natural  .Metal free crowns are of many types like empress crowns . alumina crowns ,zirconia crowns, procera crowns (Noble Biocare, cad cam based). There is also a choice to put porcelain fused to gold crowns to benefit from the noble metal.
• Dental Veneers – Dental veneers are thin, custom-made shells that cover the fronts of  unattractive teeth. They are crafted from lifelike, high-tech  materials like porcelain  to portray a bright, natural smile. Porcelain veneers are the ultimate restoration for spaces, chips, fractures, rotated or misaligned teeth, unshapely or discoloured  teeth; allowing alteration of tooth position, shape, size and color. Veneers are of different types like empress 2 veneers, e-max veneers, cergo press veneers and  procera veneers(Nobel Biocare , cad cam based veneers )
• Dental Implants – Dental implants are artificial tooth root replacements that are used as a part of prosthetic (artificial replacement) dentistry in order to compensate for tooth loss. Often with dental implants the result is not only an enhanced smile, but also a more youthful appearance, since missing teeth cause the face to collapse, making you look older. With world leader in dental implants like nobel  biocare , xive  ,zimmer, osstem , bio horizon uniti and with computer guided softwares  to place  dental implants in India Mumbai, it is at par with any other developed countries in the world. With different concepts like immediate loading  dental implants .immediate function dental implants, single stage implant , two  stage dental implant, Teeth in an Hour (guided surgery) ;it is possible to achieve results like the natural teeth with dental implant.
• Dental Crowns or Caps – A dental crown or a dental cap-is a tooth like covering placed over a carefully prepared existing tooth. Most crowns are made of porcelain (ceramic), a stain resistant material that closely replicates the appearance and function of your natural teeth. Used to strengthen, restore or improve the appearance of your natural tooth a crown is placed on an individual tooth. Crowns can be porcelain fused to metal(non precious), Metal free ceramic crowns(alumina, empress or zirconia), gold (precious alloy fused to porcelain ), Procera ( cad cam based) crowns etc.
• Dental Fillings – Dental fillings are now color matched to the rest of your teeth for a great smile. They   can be made entirely of porcelain or composite materials that more closely mimic the appearance of natural tooth structure. These tooth colored materials or fillings are bonded to the underlying tooth structure with resin adhesives.
• Gum Lift / Gum Surgery /Gum reshaping or recontouring  is a cosmetic dental procedure that raises and sculpts the gum line. The procedure involves reshaping the tissue and/or underlying bones to create the appearance of longer or more symmetrical teeth. A “Gummy Smile” or a “Long Tooth Smile” are corrected through gum surgery. 

For more info visit Dr. Kadali’s Advanced Dental Care & Centre for Cosmetic Dentistry.