Asiana Wedding International — December 2017

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Asiana’s Dental Expert Dr Manrina Rhode from Harley Street

Dental Studio answers your pre-wedding dental dilemmas

CONFIDENCE

Every single client has different needs, but experience shows us that the following

are the treatments that are most commonly booked ahead of weddings:

Smile with

Your smile is the most

important aspect of your face and

it becomes even more significant

on your wedding day when you’ll be

photographed all day from different

angles, and be smiling a lot. So much

attention is given to your make-up

artist, hair stylist and which jewellery

you should wear, but without a smile

you can be proud of, the look just won’t

be complete.

Making an appointment with a

dentist is an important aspect of your

wedding preparations, it shouldn’t

be a last minute decision. This is an

opportunity to fix any issues that may

have been bothering you for a while.

The biggest issue Cosmetic Dentists

face is that brides and grooms don’t

allow enough time for the treatments

they need. Sometimes the problem

is not as easy to fix as initially

anticipated. For example, if a bride

wants veneers for a perfect smile,

they are best placed on straight teeth.

So the bride may need a few months

of wearing a brace before having her

veneer treatment. Or if a groom’s gums

aren’t as healthy as they should be,

this needs to be addressed before any

cosmetic procedures are completed.

Almost anything is possible as long as

you allow enough time, I recommend

coming to see me or my colleagues at

Harley Street Dental Studio around the

same time you finalise the dates and

book your venue.

Whitening

There are two main types of whitening;

home whitening kits and surgery sessions.

In home whitening, bespoke trays are made

for your mouth that you wear every day,

either overnight or for one hour a day for

around two weeks. This is the cheapest way

to whiten your teeth and is very effective if

you are prepared to put the effort in. Or if you

don’t feel you can do that, in-surgery sessions

involve coming into the surgery where your

dentist will spend an hour or so whitening

your teeth while you sit back, relax and watch

a movie. It’s a treatment a couple should both

get done, you don’t want one of you to have

a picture perfect smile and the other to have

stained teeth!

Bonding and contouring

These are simple non-invasive procedures for

shaping your teeth.

Bonding is where you replace a piece of

missing tooth tissue with composite (which

looks just like a tooth). This can be stuck on

without drilling or infections and although it

won’t last forever, (it will probably need to be

replaced every five years), it will look great

straight away and can be used to close gaps

or reshape teeth. Contouring is where you

file away enamel to shape a tooth, or if it’s

too long, reduce the length. The procedure

is like filing your nails, doesn’t hurt and will

immediately make your teeth look better.

Orthodontics

Many of us had braces as children where we

only had to wear retainers for a year, but

now it’s common to retain them for life. Even

if you had braces as a child, teeth move so

your adult teeth may need straightening,

while those who never wore them may start

to see gaps or teeth crowding forming over

time. These days braces don’t have to be train

tracks, treatments like Invisalign are invisible

braces that stick inside the teeth and will

improve your teeth without you even noticing.

Book at appointment at Harley Street Dental

Studio for a full consultation for which of these

treatments will benefit you.

Common treatments for brides and grooms-to-be