Smiling Faces 2019-20

SF www.ChsDentists.com | www.MountPleasantPhysicians.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com smiling faces I n this wonderful year of 2019, there are so many options to get — and stay — forever beautiful and vibrant. Botox. … It was once a word I associated with my aunt who really liked plastic surgery and who has turned 29, year after year. But now, I look at the world of injectables and skin care and how they go hand- in-hand with cosmetic dentistry with fascination and awe. It’s the light reading I do before bed. It’s the continuing education of the image-concerned millennial. Because of my own self education and discussion with a couple of Mount Pleasant’s best cosmetic dentists, the words Botox, veneers, crowns, fillers and even dentures have taken on new meaning. A person undergoing a mouth restoration or cosmetic service can walk out of the dental office transformed, feeling empowered and ready to light up the room with his or her smile. And that’s a powerful feeling. …That’s the power of cosmetic dentistry, and it’s creating vibrant faces and smiles for people of all ages. To my pleasure, I was able to learn more about this fascinating field and its many facets from two Mount Pleasant dentists, Charleston Oral and Facial Surgery’s Dr. Graham Lee and Dr. Virginia Gregory of Virginia L. Gregory, D.M.D., LLC. I started with an element I was familiar with in my chat with Dr. Lee: Botox. I wanted to know how this miracle worker enhances the smile, as well as the various ways it’s incorporated in a cosmetic-dental sense. “The teeth are framed with the mouth, so if you’ve got a lot of fine lines, wrinkles, all those are going to affect the overall picture. Even when a dentist evaluates a patient, cosmetically, it’s not just the teeth. … It’s the smile and the frame of the BY HELEN HARRIS More than Just Teeth AGlimpse into theMouth of Cosmetic Dentistry Photos courtesy of Charleston Oral and Facial Surgery. The patient received filler for correction of frown lines and a slight upper-lip augmentation. Before. After.