Anxious about his look, 47-year-old Anurag Sharma, who had stopped smiling due to deformity in his upper tooth palette recalls, “It made me conscious and under confident”. Thanks to the dental cosmetic fixes easily available in the city, he could regain his confidence and smile.
The Capital City is witnessing a trending demand in the field of cosmetic surgeries and procedures. Dental Cosmetics is playing a major role in the area. A number of dental clinics sprouting all across the city, offering various facilities from Tooth Whitening, Dental Bonding to Tooth Implants and Orthodontic treatment, are evidently pointing to the growth of dental cosmetic procedures. Well equipped, these clinics are providing its patients with customised options for happy and healthy molars.
“The reasons for growth in dental cosmetics can be crowned to growing awareness, social media encouragement for pursuit of beauty and aesthetics, accessibility and affordability of the procedures and technological advancement that has made it easy for both patients and doctors” Dr. Udeep Lal, a leading dental specialist in the city explained.
Technology has brought varied options available for people in dental cosmetics, which a decade ago were not so widely practiced. Digital Smile Design is one such dental procedure where a customised smile is designed digitally for patients keeping golden ratio of their face and smile parameters in consideration. It encompasses teeth, lips, gums and the overall smile to provide a thorough communication between patients and their doctors and effectively mapping out procedures and predicting results through rigorous analysis. Patients with need for dental restorative services after trauma, accident or by birth are making great use of this service.
“Dental cosmetics can be an essential part of lifestyle changes for accident and trauma patients providing them with long lost confidence in themselves,” Dr. Lal, who recently treating a trauma victim with disfigured facial features, said. Through several procedures the victim not only regained a facial correction but was also seen having an immense change in confidence and mental wellness.
Cases like these establish the need for such procedures as imperative for either form (or the aesthetics) and functionality of the teeth and smile. While cosmetic procedures spark an endless debate on “Form over Function,” Dr. Aditya Narnoly, one of the leading Orthodontics& Dentofacial Orthopaedic specialists, argued that form and function cannot be weighted separately in dentistry as both of them are interlinked and effectively work together.
Adult Orthodontics is one of the growing sectors surfacing recently compared to earlier times when orthodontic treatment remained confined to the growing age bracket. Orthodontic treatments are available at various price slabs, with Rs 25,000 – 30,000 for metal braces, Rs 35,000-55,000 for ceramic braces and the most trending demand- invisible braces for Rs 2 -2.5 lakhs, making it a very inclusive treatment for wide strata.
The treatment generally takes up a year and half depending on the patient’s requirement and requires regular visits to the doctor for check-ups. Teeth aligners are another alternative option available for minor issues at the recommendation of a specialist. Dr. Narnoly, also a member of the Indian Orthodontic Society emphasised on the importance of getting an orthodontic treatment done only under the supervision of a specialised orthodontist and not any regular dentist for best results. Other forms of treatments include Botox for dentistry, Dental Bleaches and Dental veneers which come with their own dos and don’ts.