Hoboken Cosmetic Dentistry Blog - Dr. DePaola

Dental implants are secured directly into your jawbone to provide a strong foundation for your tooth restorations. Because they are accepted by your jaw as a new tooth root, dental implants are firmly held in place and, barring trauma or progressive gum disease, should last for a lifetime.

During your implant dentistry consultation with Dr. Frank DePaola, we can discuss the dental implant procedure in greater detail and help you determine if they are the best solution for your needs.

Caring for Implants

While your implant is healing you will...

The most effective way to whiten and brighten your smile is with a professional teeth whitening solution from one of our Hoboken cosmetic dentists. However, in between professional services, you can help extend your results by applying some simple at-home solutions.

One of the easiest ways to help keep your teeth white is by brushing after every meal and snack. Try using a toothpaste with a mildly abrasive ingredient such as baking soda to gently remove surface satins. Alternately, you can add baking soda to your toothpaste by sprinkling it on your toothbrush prior to brushing.

Crunchy...

Porcelain veneers can give you a straighter, whiter smile in just a couple of visits to our Hoboken office. They are a durable and long-lasting solution to correct the minor imperfections in your smile.

Veneers can last 10 years or longer and correct many of the common cosmetic dental problems that keep our patients from being fully satisfied with their smile. The strength of porcelain veneers is due in part to the way they are permanently bonded to your teeth. Once you have veneers placed, your teeth will function fully and you will be able to bite and chew normally.

...

Braces are not only a cosmetic dentistry solution. Orthodontics like traditional braces and Invisalign® will give you a straighter smile, but they also give you a better functioning bite and a healthier mouth.

Our Hoboken dentists at Frank DePaola and Associates can evaluate your bite and tooth alignment to determine if braces will correct your dental issues. Braces can fix bite problems such as:

• Tooth crowding
• Gaps between teeth
• Overbite
• Crossbite

When you leave these problems untreated, you can have difficulty cleaning between your teeth,...