The team at Eagle Gate Dental is proud to help patients achieve healthy, beautiful smiles through the latest dental care treatments available. Our Salt Lake City restorative and cosmetic dentistry center tailors every treatment to carefully meet the needs of patients.

For example, we offer many different treatments for dealing with gaps between teeth. Let's consider why tooth gaps are a problem and what treatment options are available.

Cosmetic Problems Related to Tooth Gaps

If you have gaps between your teeth, it can lead to a number of aesthetic flaws. For once, gaps between teeth, especially between your front teeth, can result in self-consciousness, making you hesitant to laugh, smile, or speak, even around others, even people you've known for many years.

Health Issues Caused by Tooth Gaps

When you have even minor tooth gaps, this can lead to issues with your tooth alignment and overall occlusion. Sometimes these spacing issues lead to dental pain due to extra pressure on the teeth, or it can contribute to teeth grinding (bruxism) and TMJ disorders, as well as other serious problems down the road.

Dental Bonding for Minor Spacing Issues

When your tooth gaps are relatively minor and purely cosmetic, the best option for treatment typically involves the use of dental bonding. Dental bonding involves the use of tooth-colored dental resin that is applied directly onto the teeth, building out tooth structure to fill the gap.

In addition to addressing minor tooth gaps, dental bonding is a great option to consider to treat chips, cracks, and stains.

Porcelain Veneers for Cosmetic Gaps

For more serious gaps between teeth that are still predominantly cosmetic in nature, porcelain veneers are a good option to consider. These thin shells of dental ceramic are affixed to the fronts of the teeth to help mask imperfections of various kinds. The veneers blend in seamlessly, helping patients achieve full smile makeovers that look totally natural.

Porcelain veneers are ideal for addressing minor gaps and spacing issues as well as chips, cracks, stains, and asymmetries.

Orthodontic Care to Address Major Spacing Problems

When you experience significant problems with dental spacing and the look of your smile, the best option to consider is orthodontic care. This will use carefully applied tension in order to shift the position of the teeth along the dental arch. Gaps can be closed, crowding addressed, and the overall health and appearance of the smile enhanced a great deal.

There are different options to consider for orthodontic treatment. Whether you decide to get traditional braces or an alternative to braces, rest assured that the orthodontic procedure will improve the cosmetic and health issues associated with your dental alignment.

Options for Gaps Left by Missing Teeth

When you have issues with tooth gaps that are related to missing teeth, the best option to consider is the use of a restorative appliance, such as a dental bridge, or the use of dentures for more pronounced levels of tooth loss. Implant dentistry can be considered to fix a crown, bridge, or denture in place, effectively functioning as an artificial tooth root.

Removable and fixed appliances can both work wonders, and we can go over the pros and cons in greater detail during your visit.

Schedule a Consultation at Eagle Gate Dental

To learn more about treating gaps between teeth and how we can help you have a perfect smile, be sure to contact our cosmetic and restorative dentistry center today. The team at Eagle Gate Dental will work with you to help you have the healthiest smile possible.