Cosmetic Dentistry

Your dentist will ask you about your smile goals and what you'd like to achieve to ensure your expectations can be met.

As a patient, there are many options available to you - examples include bonding, veneers, or something as simple as whitening or repairing a chip, or even orthodontics like Invisalign. 

The cosmetic dentist will walk you through the options must relevant to your smile goals.

People have a range of questions and concerns when they start cosmetic dental treatment. One of the main questions is around the cost of tretment.

At 3Dental, we are very upfront with our pricing, and we provide priced treatment plans right away.

People also have concerns about the process, what we will do and whether or not there will be any pain involved. At the initial consultation, we can carefully cover all of these topics and set your mind at ease.

Most importantly, people can be apprehensive about the outcome. 

Our digital smile design service will allow you to try a temporary version of your new smile in your mouth BEFORE you go ahead with treatment, so you will know what the result will look like before you commit to treatment.

Shannon Dolan - our dental nurse lead, walks you through what is involved in the digital smile design treatment in the video in this section.

After the inital consultation where we will discuss your goals, we will give you the option of getting the smile design treatment.

Once this has been decided on, we will move into the procedure.

Some procedures, like composite bonding, do not require any preparation of the teeth. Other treatments, like crowns, will require some adjustment to the existing tooth structure.

If the process requires the teeth to be adjusted, the first appointment will be to prepare the teeth. We will place a temporary version of your teeth in your mouth that you will wear until your next appointment.

The temporary teeth will protect the prepared tooth structure underneath and give you some functionality with your teeth.

On the next appointment, we will fix the permanent crown or veneer your teeth.

People come in with a range of problems they perceive are keeping them from having the perfect smile.

Common issues are teeth with gaps, chipped or broken teeth, discoloured or stained teeth, gummy smile, and teeth that are crowded or crooked. We can solve or improve upon all of these issues with cosmetic dentistry. 

Patients are often quite taken aback by the look of their new smile. Before making any adjustments, we want to give the patient some time to acclimatize and get positive feedback from family and friends before making the final modifications to the teeth.

Many patients come into us very self-conscious about their smile.

When we see them for a review, they have learned to smile again and have regained their confidence to smile!

To get a better feel for the type of results you can expect, visit our cosmetic smile gallery and our testimonials page.

After any cosmetic procedure, there is more to look after in your mouth. Your teeth could require more maintenance than before.

We recommend an electric toothbrush, and flossing is more important than ever. You should attend your regular hygiene appointments. We also recommend that you check in with your cosmetic dentist every year. 

Our very own Dr. Niall Vallely provides answers to some of the most common questions we hear about cosmetic treatments.

These questions are also answered at the bottom of this page in the 'Commonly Asked Questions' section.

We offer free cosmetic consultations, so get in touch with our Dublin or Limerick clinic today to discover how we can help you achieve your dream smile!