Facial Esthetics in Post Office Square, Boston, MA

How Botox Is Used in Dental Treatments

Botox is derived from the clostridium botulinum bacterium that creates a protein that can relax muscles and reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

Botox injections are well-known for reducing or eliminating wrinkles, particularly those between the eyebrows and on the forehead. However, dental Botox treatment in Post Office Square can help our patients achieve a more beautiful smile.

Botox can be used to:

• Relax lip muscles in patients that have a higher lip line so they can achieve a more esthetically pleasing smile line.
• Help make the transition to dentures easier and more successful for edentulous patients whose lip muscles have been repositioned because of the decreased vertical dimension after losing their teeth.
• Reshape and enhance your smile by reducing lip lines and wrinkles around the mouth.

Botox is given in small doses, and the results are temporary. You will need regular treatments to maintain the results.

Botox for Pain

In addition to being used for esthetic procedures, Botox is also commonly used in pain therapy. Botox can be used to address:

• Migraines
• Headaches
• Orofacial pain
• TMJ issues, including pain and bruxism

When combined with trigger point therapy and nightguard appliances, Botox has proved to be a powerful tool that your Post Office Square dentist can use to help patients with pain issues that have frustrated patients and dentists alike for decades.

Esthetic Dental Procedures in Post Office Square

In addition to Botox, our dentists can provide a variety of procedures to improve dental esthetics.

Dental Implants

If you are missing teeth, we can restore them with dental implants, which look, feel, and function like normal teeth. Besides the fact that a full smile with all your teeth is esthetically pleasing and confidence-boosting, implants can help in another way.

They help preserve your jawbone.

Teeth support the jawbone. When the teeth are gone, the bone eventually and progressively starts to recede, which is why you see so many fully edentulous patients with small jawbones.

Retaining the bone will maintain the structure of your face, preserving your youthful appearance. Whether you are missing one tooth or all of them, dental implants can be used to restore your smile and keep your jawbone healthy and strong.

Dental Bonding

Dental bonding is similar to veneers, except we use composite resin instead of porcelain. After preparing the teeth, we place the composite onto the teeth, shape it, cure it until it hardens, and then polish it. Bonding can help reshape teeth, repair chips, fill cracks, and eliminate stubborn stains.

Tooth Whitening

Professional teeth whitening can dramatically improve the appearance of your teeth, giving you a bright smile that gives you an extra boost of confidence.