Bespoke Cosmetic Dentist Melbourne
Unlock Your Beauty
Achieve a balanced and beautiful smile with our premium cosmetic dental solutions.
Bespoke Cosmetic Dentist Melbourne
Unlock Your Beauty
Achieve a balanced and beautiful smile with our premium cosmetic dental solutions.
Melbourne’s Home of Cosmetic Dentistry
Transforming lives through aesthetic smile makeovers
Ready to fall in love with your smile? Whether you’re whitening your teeth for the first time or seeking professional guidance on the right veneers for you, our team and our cosmetic dentist are here to help you achieve the ultimate confidence boost with a smile that’ll help you shine from the inside out!
Using the latest in dental technology and innovative processes, Dental + Skin Clinic will help customise and create a luminous, life-like smile you can wear all day everyday.
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What is cosmetic dentistry?
Cosmetic dentistry is all about making your smile look amazing. From changing the colour and shape to even the alignment of your teeth, cosmetic dentistry is designed to make you feel more confident about how you look. Treatments like teeth whitening or porcelain veneers can dramatically make a difference in the level of satisfaction you have with your smile’s appearance.
Transforming your smile from the inside out
Give yourself something to smile about…
Our vision is to make science driven beauty, health and dentistry accessible to the people of Melbourne. Our cosmetic dental treatments range from porcelain veneers to gum architecture to teeth whitening through to traditional dentistry techniques in correcting crooked and cracked teeth or restoring the health of your teeth. We provide cosmetic and health-driven solutions to every concern, helping you enhance your appearance and boost your confidence.
Crowned with a beautiful smile: Our cosmetic dental services
While we put our hearts into everything we do, Dental + Skin Clinic are renowned for our porcelain veneer smile makeovers. Our team utilises the very best in dental innovation and technology to create customised solutions with results you’ll love.
There’s no time like the present to finally achieve your own dream smile, no matter your vision or dental needs. With over a decade experience coupled with the best in innovative dental science, we’ll help you realise your perfect smile and renew your confidence from within.
“I am SO pleased that I took this journey with Dr Rita Trak at Dental + Skin Clinic. Not only is the clinic a calm and comfortable environment to be in, the staff and Dr Trak put me completely at ease.”
Michala Banas – Actress
Cosmetic Dentistry: Benefits that speak for themselves
Whether you’re trying to close an existing gap, reshape teeth or achieve a brighter and fresher smile, cosmetic dentistry helps your smile go places where traditional dentistry falls short. Some of the other benefits of engaging with a cosmetic dentist include:
Enhanced appearance:
You’ll be able to achieve the smile you’ve always wanted with the very best that cosmetic dentistry has to offer. Procedures like veneers, gum architecure, gum lifts, teeth whitening and bonding can transform discolouration, chips, cracks, misalignments, gummy smiles and lead to a whiter and more balanced and symmetrical smile.
Improved self-confidence:
The link between people who smile a lot and self-confidence is strongly connected. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to smile, laugh and talk to people without the anxiety of your teeth holding you back? After getting veneers you may find yourself naturally smiling more than you did previously. It’s possible that smiling more may (or may not) achieve a boost in your self-confidence like never before and proudly put your smile on display for everyone to see.
Dental health improvements:
Our cosmetic dentistry enhancements also come with a host of dental health improvements. Repairing damaged teeth with veneers, crowns or bonding will maintain the structure of existing teeth and protect them from future wear and tear. You’ll also experience improved functionality and alignment, halting potential future dental issues in their tracks.
Pain relief:
Cosmetic dentistry techniques can also tackle deep rooted issues such as TMD (temporomandibular joint dysfunction) which can lead to chronic discomfort and pain. Dental veneers and/ or crowns aimed at rehabilitating the bite and the relationship between the upper and lower teeth can help alleviate discomfort by distributing your bite more evenly.
Teeth strengthening:
Porcelain veneers, crowns and composite bonding can help provide added strength to existing teeth showing the signs of damage and wear by replacing lost volume on teeth. This can assist greatly in extending their lifespan and improving their function.
Prevent future dental damage:
Not only can porcelain veneers and crowns help to protect the integrity of existing teeth, but treatments like gum contouring and gum architecture can help seal existing roots, protecting against future decay and sensitivity.
Long-lasting effects:
Cosmetic dentistry can provide long lasting results, making it a great investment when coupled with the right dental care practices.
Short recovery time:
With little to no down time attached to most of our treatments, cosmetic dentistry procedures are an accessible way to achieve your smile goals with relatively short recovery times and minimal discomfort.
Customisation:
Unlike traditional dentistry, cosmetic dentistry allows you to achieve your ideal smile according to your unique dental needs. We can customise the perfect solution to match your vision and make your dream smile a reality.
Improved oral hygiene motivation:
With your perfect smile in tow, you’ll be motivated to maintain your new dental health regime with regular care and checkups, ensuring your overall oral health game is on point.
Younger-looking smile:
Cosmetic dental treatments can help you achieve and maintain an overall fresher and healthier appearance to your teeth, as veneers and crowns can counteract the natural signs of tooth ageing such as discolouration, chipping and tooth loss, giving you a more youthful-looking smile.
The Best Cosmetic & dental services
Changing your smile has the potential to change your entire outlook on life. Achieve the smile you’ve always wanted with our range of services, designed to enhance your features with a lifelike, authentic look and feel.
The power of cosmetic dentistry: What it is and why you’ll love it
We’re all about helping you maintain excellent dental health, but if you’re ready to take your smile to the next level, you’ll need help that you can rely on. Our cosmetic dentist can help transform your smile into one you’ve always dreamed of. Here’s how our cosmetic dentistry techniques can help you do just that…
Cosmetic Dentistry vs. General Dentistry: What’s the difference?
General dentistry focuses on enhancing and maintaining your overall oral health. You’ll find most general dentists cover all the usual treatments associated with dentistry such as dental cleans, fillings, root canal treatments, wisdom teeth etc. Cosmetic dentists like at Dental + Skin Clinic not only provide these essential treatments but so much more.
We offer aesthetic solutions that traditional dentistry doesn’t, such as porcelain veneers and gum reshaping, allowing you more options when it comes to achieving the smile you’ve always dreamed about.
Our most popular cosmetic treatments
Dental veneers:
Hand-sculpted out of porcelain or a composite material, veneers act as contact lenses which are bonded to natural teeth, helping improve their appearance. Dental veneers can be customised to match existing teeth in shape, size and colour or altered to transform your smile altogether.
Teeth whitening:
Transform your smile and confidence in as little as one session. Our powerful 38% active ingredient teeth whitening (bleaching) can be done in our clinic or even from the comfort of your own home under dental supervision with a take-home kit of 15% active ingredient.
Inlays and onlays:
Known as ‘indirect fillings’, inlays and onlays act as a type of ‘filling’ for decayed teeth showing the signs of structural damage. Made of porcelain or composite materials, inlays and onlays are created in a dental laboratory environment and later bonded into place by a dental specialist, ensuring greater precision and longevity.
Dental implants:
Implants are the perfect solution to missing teeth lost as a result of injury or periodontal disease. The process includes the surgical insertion of a titanium screw into the jaw bone which is later fitted with a replacement tooth or crown. Dental implants can be designed to look like surrounding teeth and are a perfect permanent solution to tooth loss.
Dental bonding:
Here, a resin material bearing a similar colour and texture of natural teeth is bonded to the tooth using an ultraviolet light, setting the resin in place. The hardened resin is then shaped and polished, and can act as an excellent alternative to amalgam or traditional silver fillings.
Dental crowns (caps):
Much like a veneer, crowns can be custom shaped and coloured and use an existing tooth as their base for support. However, unlike veneers which only sit on the front of an existing tooth, a dental crown is custom-fitted over the whole part of a tooth above the gum line, making broken, decayed or severely discoloured teeth appear like new.
Orthodontic treatment
While orthodontic treatments traditionally fall under general dentistry, these treatments can transform a person’s teeth, helping realign as well as correcting gaps through the use of braces, clear aligners and other state of the art techniques.
Composite fillings
Composite fillings (also known as tooth-coloured fillings), can be used to repair tooth decay, wear and tear as well as cracks. They offer an instant solution without the recovery time, and will have you smiling straight out of our clinic chair.
Cosmetic dental bonding for gaps
Seeking to finally close a gap in your teeth that braces or aligners can’t seem to fix? Composite bonding can also be manipulated to help close spaces between teeth for a natural, authentic-looking finish. Bending bonding is a good short-term solution to someone who wanted their gaps fixed but didn’t necessary want porcelain veneers. The cosmetic results are immediate.
Dental bridges
If you’re seeking to replace one or more missing teeth, a dental bridge can be fitted over surrounding teeth to ‘fill in the gap’ with a false tooth, providing full functionality and a natural look and feel. This option is suitable for someone who does not want to get one or more dental implants. Unlike dental implants which are done in several stages and take about 3-12 months to complete from start to finish, a dental bridge can replace a missing tooth/teeth in as little as 3 weeks and is a much more cost effective solution.
Smile Makeover
With a comprehensive assessment of your smile, we’ll curate the perfect plan to help transform your aesthetic. Your unique plan may include whitening, veneers, implants or gum reshaping, tailored to meet your individual needs and vision.
Gum contouring (aka gum architecture)
If you feel your gums are too prominent when you smile or your gums are uneven, gum architecture is a solution that sculpts the gum tissue surrounding teeth, making them less noticeable and framing your overall smile. Our cosmetic dentist uses a laser to strategically shape the gums are their ideal level. There is no downtime, no anaesthetic is required and the results are immediate. Gum architecture can be done as a stand-alone treatment or as part of the smile transformation process when getting a mouthful of dental veneers.
Full mouth reconstruction
Along with caring for the look of your smile, our holistic approach to cosmetic dentistry also ensures you gain better function of your entire smile, considering alignment and pressure as well as aesthetics. Full moutn reconstruction, also known as ‘bite rehabilitation’, is recommended to someone who has lost a significant amount of volume in their teeth either due to long-term grinding of their teeth that has caused their teeth to be shortened and worn down. The process of a full mouth reconstruction is a similar process to getting a mouthful of veneers in that the number of appointments and the duration of the treatment process is the same.
All your general dental
Wear and tear occurs to all natural teeth, no matter how much maintenance work you put into them. Whether you’re struggling with a cracked tooth, or after a solution to your unique dental issues, our dental team is here to help you achieve your best smile yet.
While we’re renowned for our cosmetic dental services, we also offer general dental care for families across Melbourne, kids included! We focus on prevention care and education that seeks to instil proper hygiene habits, all with the aim of helping teeth and gums thrive for years to come.
Whether you’re after orthodontic solutions to misaligned teeth, dental fillings or even a carefully fitted mouthguard, our comprehensive approach to dentistry will provide you and the whole family with the best in dental care.
Perfecting your aesthetic: Our consultation process
1. Initial consultation:
Upon your first visit, we’ll get started on discussing your smile goals, going into detail regarding the type of shape, colour or realignment visions you may have for your teeth.
2. Dental assessment:
After discussing your vision, we’ll undertake a comprehensive examination of your overall oral health, teeth, gums, bite assessment and jaw. This information will help us to gauge the best procedures and course of action in helping you achieve your smile transformation through the use of diagnostic tests, x-rays and digital scans.
3. Treatment options:
Based on your oral health, test results and vision, we’ll help develop a custom cosmetic treatment plan that will help you achieve your ideal smile. Your treatment plan will outline the required procedures to help achieve your goals, which may include but are not limited to:
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Perfecting your aesthetic: Our Treatment process
We’re committed to making you feel comfortable throughout your entire smile journey. We’ll answer any questions you might have, and outline the process in a way that’s clear to you. At the end of the day, we’re all about creating a smile that you’ll be proud to show off.
Our unique five-step veneers process is as follows:
1. Pre-treatment preparations:
Our cosmetic dentist takes seaweed moulds of your teeth and does what’s called a ‘bite registration’ with a special silicone putty. This step allows our cosmetic dentist to design a 3D smile design called a ‘mockup’. This mock up acts as the framework for your new and improved smile: We create the mock up using digital software and temporary materials that can be applied to your teeth.
2. Performing treatments:
Treatment phases:
General dental phase: This may include a dental clean, filling cavities or rectifying gum issues, prior to beginning your cosmetic dental treatments.
Cosmetic dental phase: This is where the magic happens and your dream smile comes to life. In additional to porcelain veneers, you may also get gum architecure and/ or teeth whitening done.
3. Recovery and aftercare:
Post-procedure care: After your procedure is complete, we’ll provide you with instructions on how to care and maintain the results of your treatment. This may include limiting your diet to certain foods and necessary oral hygiene practice.
If your smile transformation requires veneers or crowns, you may be scheduled for a follow-up visit which will help finalise the treatment process.
4. Maintenance:
Regular checkups: To maintain your results, ongoing dental checkups are a non-negotiable as we’ll be able to monitor your teeth and gauge the success of your treatments. We also ask that you bring your Aftercare Guard with you to every scheduled appointment so that we can give it a professional clean for you.
Homecare: By practicing good oral hygiene habits at home, you’ll be able to sustain the aesthetic improvements of your smile and future proof it for years to come.
Visit our state of the art clinic
Dental + Skin Clinic is renowned as the best cosmetic dental clinic in Melbourne, and with good reason. With years of experience we offer the very best in cosmetic dentistry, coupled with a warm and inviting approach.
Our team has been entrusted with the smiles of thousands of Melbournians, helping transform their confidence and put their best smiles forward.
If you’re after a reliable dentist near Bentleigh, Mckinnon, Moorabbin, Oakleigh and surrounding suburbs, our Dental + Skin Clinic team are waiting to hear from you. Here’s what you can expect from your visit…
Frequently Asked Veneer Questions
While general dentistry is an essential part of maintaining healthy teeth and gums, you might not be able to achieve your dream smile with just general care alone. Cosmetic dental experts provide people like you with the ability to reshape your smile according to your vision, helping boost your confidence and transform your look.
Our porcelain veneers are approximately $1900, with composite veneers are between $350-$700 depending on the work required.
Our gum architecture treatments start at approximately $1000, while our in-chair teeth whitening treatments are approximately $590. Not only will you be guided on the best solution for you but we’ll also assist with recovery and maintenance aftercare to future-proof your results.
Most insurance plans typically cover dentistry on average between $500-$1500 per year, classifying dental treatments as either ‘general dental’ or ‘major dental’. Our cosmetic dentistry falls under the ‘major dental’ classification meaning that the amount covered by insurance depends on whether or not your insurance policy covers ‘major dental’ in your plan.
Porcelain veneers can last for up to 10-15-20 years, while composite veneers usually last 1-3 years.
The longevity of your teeth whitening treatments will depend on your diet and aftercare efforts, but results usually last for up to 3-6 months.
Yes! All of our cosmetic dental procedures are safe and customised to suit your unique smile reconstruction needs. You can rest assured that our cosmetic dentist will see you through from start to finish with the best in professional care and industry leading technology.
In short, absolutely. Porcelain veneers can be done above the age of 21, composite veneers can be done at any age and teeth whitening can be done from the age of 16. Anyone can get cosmetic dentistry done so long as they practice good oral hygiene and follow through with our aftercare and maintenance recommendations.
Finding a cosmetic dentist who you feel confident engaging with should start with thorough research. Whether you’re asking friends and families for recommendations or searching for a professional online, be sure to read the reviews of the dentists you may consider visiting, while also viewing any before and after photos they may be available.
Unlike most medical procedures, cosmetic dental procedures offer no to minimal downtime. For most patients they are fine the next day and resume their normal day-to-day life.
Maintaining the results of your cosmetic dental treatment starts with good at home oral hygiene. It’s also important to see a dental professional 2-3 times per year for a dental assessment and clean.
You’ll also need to wear your Aftercare Guard at night to protect your smile from teeth grinding you may do in your sleep.
FInally, avoid using your teeth as tools i.e. don’t use your teeth to open bottles or from nail biting.
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