Other cosmetic dentistry services and products include veneers, braces, bonds, crowns and bridges. Veneers are customized structures resembling shells that are attached to cover front side of a tooth, which has been chipped, crooked, poorly shaped, or permanently stained. Braces are orthodontic tools used for correcting and aligning crowded as well as crooked teeth. It can also repair misaligned teeth, thereby giving the patient a straighter and more uniform smile. This material can also be directly applied and sculpted to the surfaces of teeth that are prominently displayed during a smile. (This is termed as a minimally invasive smile makeover.) Procedure The first part is the material selection process. Price Of course, this should be a primary consideration. Cosmetic dentistry can be very expensive especially if the dentist will be doing a lot of different procedures on your teeth. Make sure that you have the budget before you sign up for anything. Scrimping is not recommended because cosmetic dentistry can become dangerous when in the hands of dentists who do not have the necessary training and experience. Now, however, those are not enough. You can blame it to the television series and the media that seems to glorify models and celebrities but people nowadays want to be picture perfect. One must have the perfect figure and the perfect smooth skin, the perfect features with a perfect set of teeth to go with it. This treatment for crooked teeth uses both laser technologies and conventional surgical procedures. In some cases, patients are required to wear lingual braces for a certain period of time so that the teeth can adjust to the procedure. Today s crooked teeth need not be a curse on the owner anymore. Aided by science and the artistry of your cosmetic dentist, your picture-perfect smile will belie the story that you once had crooked teeth. Composite veneers can be around $250 to $1,500 per tooth and can last only around 5 to 7 years. Dental Implants Technically, a dental implant is a form of prosthetic (artificial replacement) dentistry. However, it is categorized as cosmetic dentistry even if it is a procedure where a lost tooth is replaced with an artificial tooth replacement.