Smile Please

The Dental Clinic of today has morphed from the ‘Chamber of horrors’ that it traditionally and historically was famed to be, into a plush comforting and smart environment. The old fashioned image of dusty dental clinics being full of mise rable patients in pain, holding their jaws while mean dentists performed heinous acts of barbaric proportions on poor miserable souls are a thing of the past. Ask a generation of baby boomers traumatised by old fashioned dentists that pulled out teeth at the slightest provocation, getting them to sit on a chair has always been an uphill task. However the same does not apply to the younger generation.

Changing Trends

Exposed to technology at a very young age, comfortable with it and without fear of it, they are immediately at home in modern dental clinics. Sleek looking technology, ensconced in the lap of luxury, among friendly faces makes what could be a nightmare experience, a pleasure! Equipped with plasma screens, video games, and wi- fi internet, in swank interiors makes the dental experience something to look forward to. However, it is not only window dressing, newer dental equipment, materials and an extended range of services have moved dentistry from the dark ages to the age of light. Lasers, dental implants, smile design and bleaching are included in the new age armamentarium of services. Shedding its formidable cloak has been beneficial to a wide spectrum of patients seeking self enhancement. Actors, models, young executives, children and recently dental clinic have reported an influx of brides and even bride grooms!

Services Galore

Come November, December and January, when the temperature dips, the wedding and party season set in, a time to look your best. The dental appointment has become an integral part of any pre- party or pre- wedding preparation. A variety of smile improvement services are available but at the top of the list is bleaching or whitening of teeth.

Thanks to savvy marketing by dental bleach manufacturers, consumers are now aware that the colour of teeth yellowed by red wine, Indian food and coffee can be changed by as much as eight shades! A two- hour procedure and voila! White teeth! A bride with a smile that wins a thousand mothers-in- law!

Next on the list is comprehensive cleaning and polishing a quick but effective way to banish bad breath and make yourself desirable for the festive season. Plaque and tartar, the number one causative agents of halitosis, are literally hovered and ultrasonically blasted out of the mouth to leave you feeling confident and ever smiling.

Perfect smile

Not satisfied with only whiter teeth the more fastidious brides and bridegrooms can seek out the entire gamut of smile design services whereby an entire smile can be reinvented to look just so! Crooked, discoloured, malpositioned teeth that distract from the quality of the smile can be easily redone to look perfect. With a little planning and a few days in hand this is easily done, and is the secret to many a mantel piece photograph of a striking bridal couple that grace the houses of proud parents.

A stunning smile is not only for actors, models and media people. More and more people now actively seek out the dentist. It is said that your smile is a reflection of the level of civilization and modernity of a society. Are we heading there?


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Source - Hindu - Chennai, India

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