Most patients have some degree of jaw misalignment as very few people have their jaws aligned into the most ideal position. Naturally there are variations of misalignment and the degree can definitely make a patient look older. When patients have deep overbites, their misaligned jaws are too close together. These patients have short round faces with lips that are squeezed together. Deep overbites cause premature aging because of the lack of facial support from the teeth. As we get older, … [Read more...]

How Can I Look Younger? One of the key reasons that patients look older is because they may have only gotten porcelain veneers that do nothing to reverse years of aging.  Yes, when the patient is smiling, the porcelain veneers help their teeth look whiter but, without idealizing their jaw position, they will look their age. The best cosmetic dentistry reverses years of aging by idealizing the jaw position.  This requires extensive experience in neuromuscular dentistry because achieving … [Read more...]

There is no doubt that the dental industry is in the midst of an age-reversing transformation. The crux of this series of developments is caused by advanced dentistry and high tech porcelain offered by dental manufacturers, which make aesthetic rehabilitative dentistry an obvious component in treatment for today’s baby boomers. The media has drawn attention to improved aesthetics and anti-aging treatments associated with a healthier life through dental care. The move … [Read more...]

Can Bone Grafting prevent aging? Bone grafts prevent premature aging because they can preserve the jawbone and can even increase the size of the jawbone. When teeth are lost, the jawbone shrinks.  When teeth are lost, the entire face shrinks yielding to premature aging.  The best way to look younger than your friends is to get Face Lift Dentistry® because if the treatment is bone grafts, dental implants, porcelain veneers or a full mouth reconstruction, the patient will look younger … [Read more...]

How does dentistry reverse premature aging? It is not well understood that the shape of the patient’s face and the shape of the patient’s profile is directly related to dentistry.  Patients look older when the chin slowly moves closer to the nose over a period of many years. By the time the patient gets to only 40 years of age, they are looking older because of the dentistry that they did NOT receive.  As time passes, the teeth get shorter, the bite gets deeper and the patient’s … [Read more...]

Is Esthetic Rehabilitative Dentistry a health benefit? Anti-aging dentistry combined with esthetic rehabilitative dentistry sounds very impressive but what are the health benefits?  Patients that have bad bites can get them corrected but in order to get deep overbite correction there needs to be an improvement in the vertical dimension, occlusal plane and centric relationship of the lower jaw. Patients can benefit from vertical dimensional improvements but the full mouth reconstruction … [Read more...]

Straight Teeth Can Make You Look Much Younger - No Braces Required! Crooked teeth have an aging effect on the appearance of the patient and can make the patient look less professional and less credible. Crooked yellow teeth make patients of any age look older and less desirable. These patients with crooked teeth want straight teeth without braces because they simply do not have the time to wear braces or Invisalign retainers for the next year or two. After Invisalign is completed, … [Read more...]

Anti-Aging Dentistry You are a candidate for anti-aging dentistry if you exhibit some of the following characteristics: 1.  You look like you are grumpy or angry when you are not smiling The teeth and bite determine the physical length of the face and the amount of facial support.  Older looking faces look grumpy because the teeth are too short to support the face.  The length of the face continues to shorten as the teeth wear down and the bite deepens.   Anti-Aging Dentistry can … [Read more...]