Cosmetic Dentistry: An Overview
Author(s): Namrata Mantri*, Bhairavi Kale, Shriya Singi and Akash Sibal
Abstract
Modern day dentistry is much more advanced as it focuses both on the pain, discomfort as well as the increasing demand of the youths towards fashion and trends. To stand out different and do something “out of the box” this generation has found different aesthetic ways to make their smile shinier and recognizable. This article discuss about such fashionable trends both invasive and non-invasive and also about their complications. Some of these are present since many years and are practiced on large scale around the globe. Some are said to have cultural values and some were performed as a rite of ownership. Non-invasive techniques involves tooth gems, twinkles/studs, tooth tattoos, tooth rings and dental grills whereas invasive procedures involves oral piercing in which there are tongue piercing, tongue splitting, lip and cheek piercing and lip surgical procedures in which there are lip reposition, lip reduction and lip augmentation. In non-invasive technique no soft tissue is involved and there is no blood loss either. On the other hand invasive one involves soft tissue and there is loss of blood also. Many advance techniques and materials are developed over the decades to reduce complications but some of
complications are very difficut to reduce. Though these are thought to add more bling to the smile, there is nothing as beautiful as natural. As it is said by Ashokha-“Natural beauty remains longer than artificial settings.” But as a millennial generation we are also more attracted and fascinated by such things. All the topics are discussed below along with their complications.