Cosmetic dentistry at our dental office, located in Southpark Charlotte NC, includes a wide range of dental treatments, such as Teeth Whitening, Deep Bleaching (TM), Porcelain (laminate) Veneers, Porcelain crowns and bridges, Dental Implants. Dr. Charles Payet has extensive training and experience in providing patients beautiful Smile Makeovers for over 10 years.
Porcelain Veneers to Close Space Between Teeth
Most of the time, when adults are looking for a Charlotte dentist to close gaps between their teeth, the best and most affordable way is our Six-Month Braces. However, sometimes circumstances get in the way, and porcelain veneers become a better and faster option. Porcelain Veneers by a Charlotte Cosmetic Dentist Tishka came to us in the late spring with an urgent mission - to brighten her whole smile and close the gap between her front teeth; the important event? Graduating from her MBA program! As a professional woman, heading out for interviews in the financial world, she knew that a great smile is super important when it comes to the all-important first impression. Even though braces would have been more conservative, there wasn't enough time. Tishka wanted a dazzlingly bright smile, so she chose the Evolve Deep BleachingTM method for teeth whitening. After that, we shaped the 2 front teeth for porcelain veneers, impressed them with our CEREC digital impression technique, and 2 weeks later, Tishka had her Smile Makeover complete. If you're looking for a Charlotte dentist who offers a complete range of options in cosmetic dentistry, make sure you take the time to truly investigate the RIGHT option for you. You can see more of our patients who have had Porcelain Veneers in our Before-and-After Photo Gallery. We aren't just a cosmetic dental office, though, so if you're in need of a good family dentist to take care of the kids, or in need of dental braces, or want an alternative to conventional gum surgery with a dental laser, we can take care of you! To make an appointment for a Complimentary Consultation: Request an Appointment Online or call us at [...]
10 Ways to Ruin a Smile Makeover
Don't Destroy Your Porcelain Veneers! With more than 12 years of doing cosmetic dentistry under my belt, including veneers, crowns, bridges, implants, and various combinations thereof, it is still surprising sometimes to hear a new way that a patient has chipped, cracked, or broken one of the beautiful restorations in their smile. Obviously, this is upsetting for the patient, because it means additional time and money to get it fixed, and no one wants that. No - not even I want that, because I take pride in the quality of work that I do and want it to last as long as possible so I can brag about it. Seriously! "Lisa's" Story of Broken Cosmetic Dentistry Recently, a long-time patient (name changed for privacy) came in with broken porcelain on her dental bridge - the THIRD one we've done for her! Needless to say, both the patient and I have been very frustrated, as we've worked hard to create a strong, long-lasting and beautiful smile, but somehow, she has kept breaking the porcelain off, and this time the bridge had loosened on one side, too. This time, though, Lisa brought in a newsletter she'd received from another dentist, which highlighted some of the things to avoid or be careful of if you've had cosmetic dentistry done. It turns out, Lisa had been doing several of them, but never realized they might be a problem, so she never mentioned any of them to me. Here are the "No-No's" that she either was recently doing, or was doing previously: Chewing popcorn daily - if you bite into an unpopped kernel, you can easily break porcelain Chewing hard candy - same thing. Anything hard enough to break a [...]
Our Convenient Dental Office
Have you ever gone to the dentist for a problem, only to learn that you were going to have to see 1 or even several specialists to get all your treatment done? It's a bit irritating and inconvenient, isn't it? Even having to make appointments at the dentist and the orthodontist to get a cleaning and then braces means multiple trips, the doctors are (hopefully) communicating to make sure your treatment runs smoothly, etc. Certainly, this can be done very successfully, and I'm fortunate to work with some great specialists myself, but it's still a bit inconvenient, don't you think? Specialist-Level Dentistry in Charlotte NC Dental Office Just to be perfectly clear (gotta comply with state regulations, of course): I am a "General" dentist. What does that mean, really? Well, it means that I am allowed to perform pretty much every dental procedure of which I'm capable, unlike a dental specialist, at least in North Carolina, where regulations limit them to the area of their specialty. The catch is this: if I offer a procedure usually done by a specialist, i.e. an orthodontist, endodontist, periodontist, etc., I have to make sure I can do it as well as that specialist can do it. Of course, that requires that I really know my stuff! Now, given that I am a serious dental geek, there are several reasons I offer and perform a wide variety of procedures: I absolutely love learning and getting better at what I do; I like having total control over the outcome; Patients appreciate convenience and getting everything done in 1 place. How Many Services Do We Offer? Now, if you browse our website, you can read all this, but let me summarize [...]
Teeth Whitening for Brown or White Spots
Have you tried teeth whitening many times without success? Do you have brownish or whitish patches on your teeth that just don't change, no matter what you've tried? Have you tried the In-Office "Laser" Whitening, the super-high concentration gels, the Crest White Strips......EVERYTHING.....only to see your teeth the same after 2 weeks? If you're looking for a Charlotte dentist who can help, read on. One of the most common frustrations experienced when people want to whiten their teeth, occurs when there are whitish and/or brown spots, because it can be very difficult to get the spots "evened out," and with brown spots, it seems they just don't whiten at all! Or do they............? ;-) What Causes Brown and White Spots on Teeth? Besides the usual causes of tooth stains (coffee, dark sodas and juices, tea, etc), there are several causes of really hard-to-get-out tooth discoloration: Excess fluoride intake as a child Rheumatic fever as a child Tetracycline antibiotics taken when young Conventional whitening has difficulty with these stains, because they are deep inside the teeth. But can it be done, and how? Teeth Whitening for Resistant Stains First of all, it can be done, but only by a dentist, because a strong acid must be used to open the enamel "pores," so to speak, which will remove the dark mineral stains. The key, though, is that the right minerals must immediately be applied to replace what is taken out. We use a remineralizing paste called MI Paste Plus, which contains calcium, phosphates, and fluoride in just the right concentrations to remineralize teeth. We do this literally moments after the acid etch is washed off, so you don't walk around with weakened teeth. Additional applications of the [...]
Six-Month Dental Braces Move Teeth Fast
Which is "Better:" Six Month Braces or Invisalign? Among adults, when they are considering having braces done to straighten their teeth, one of the first options that always comes to mind is InvisalignTM, because what adults usually want is for no one to actually know that they have braces! With adult orthodontics becoming more popular and mainstream, largely thanks to marketing by Invisalign, it's not quite as critical as it used to be that the braces be invisible, but it's still preferable. The other thing that adults want with their braces, is that they do NOT want to have them on for 2-3 years. In fact, most of the Six Month Braces Patients that we see have had 1 or more consultations with an orthodontist already, and they just refused to be in braces that long. Why I believe Six Month Braces is the better option for adults: Now, let's keep in mind that short-term orthodontic treatment is not something new; in fact, the concepts have been around for decades. It's just recently, though, that more classes have become available for general/family dentists, so you're hearing more about it. Most just never learn about it from their orthodontists! But for adults, Six Month Braces is IMO the "best" option for adults who want straight teeth. Why? It's simple: Six Month Braces is usually at least $1,000 less expensive than Invisalign; Six Month Braces is able to handle more difficult situations than Invisalign; and Six Month Braces works faster than Invisalign because the dentist has greater direct control, and besides, you can only move teeth that are set in bone so far with rigid clear trays; Six Month Braces may not be quite as invisible as Invisalign, [...]
We will soon welcome our newest Team Member, Samantha
I am very pleased to announce that we have just hired our newest Team Member, Samantha H., who will be joining us sometime in the next 2 weeks as our full-time Orthodontic Assistant. With the dramatic increase in patients getting 6MonthSmiles Clear Adult Braces, as well as the Comprehensive Orthodontics we now offer for teens, now that we have the additional chairs to accommodate them in a more timely manner, it became important to have an assistant with real experience. Rosie has done well, but her real knowledge and expertise is in the areas of fillings, crowns, bridges, LANAP, and other aspects of general dentistry, and this will allow her to provide more dedicated assisting time with me, in order to make your appointments go more smoothly and quickly. Some of you have already met Samantha when she came to us for a working interview, and you can surely attest (please feel free to comment here :-) ) to how pleasant and skilled she is, as pretty much all of you requested her back at your next appointment! With 13 years of experience, she is fast AND easy-on-the-teeth. We are sure that you will all love working with her.
Smiles by Payet Dentistry is Moving in May!
As we've been telling so many of our patients in recent months, we are moving to a new office around the middle of May 2010, and we're REALLY excited about this! For a number of reasons, our new office is going to make it so much easier for us to see even more patients, faster, with BETTER customer service than we already strive to offer every day. Read on for more........: Expanding from 3 Treatment Rooms to 6: We will be dedicating at least 1 of those new rooms strictly to our Six Month Braces, because we are seeing so many adults who want a pretty, straight smile, but who don't want or need to go through comprehensive orthodontics. In addition, we will be soon adding Tip-Edge Orthodontics for our teen patients, which will make orthodontic treatment for both parents and teens even more convenient. Private Consultation Room: Oh how nice this will be. For a while now, we've had to use a converted treatment room for consultations, but it's never been as quiet and private as we'd have liked. That's changing! You'll have total quiet and privacy when discussing whatever you need to tell us. Kid's Play Area: There will be a small area in the Reception are just for kids to play, which will make it so much easier for parents with those small children to keep their appointments. Internet Bar + Free WiFi: In today's interconnected world, it's so important to be able to stay connected. We will have a separate WiFi network just for our patients, and the one that we use will be securely encrypted to maintain privacy. And while we will work to ensure your waits are minimal, if [...]
SmilesbyPayet Dentistry moving in May & Other Updates
Here at SmilesbyPayet Dentistry, there are some very exciting changes coming to our Charlotte family dental office that we want you to know about. In order to really stay on top of things, you can subscribe to the RSS feed or you can become a Fan on our Facebook Page Facebook.com/TheCharlotteDentist to get all the latest updates. So here goes: We're MOVING! Our new office will be located at 4601 Park Rd. at the corner of Park Rd. and Abbey Place, which is just 1 stoplight south of the intersection of Park Rd. and Woodlawn Rd., where you'll find the Park Rd. Shopping Center. It's really easy to find - the big, white, square building on the corner opposite the Bank of America Branch; we'll be Suite 175. This new office will have some tremendous advantages: MUCH easier to find! Our name will be easy to read on the Monument sign right on Park Rd., and if you're using GPS, it won't be a problem at all, compared to our current Morrocroft Professional Park location. We're growing so fast, we're moving from our current 3 treatment rooms to SIX! Due to the incredibly popularity of our 6MonthSmiles adult cosmetic braces (listen to our radio spot on WLNK), we'll be dedicating 1 of those rooms exclusively to our orthodontic patients. A truly PRIVATE consultation room. Whenever discussing financial matters, health conditions, personal fears, whatever else that you don't want anyone else to hear, of course you want privacy, and our current office doesn't give us that luxury as we'd like. In the new office, you'll have complete privacy. A childrens' play area! They will be able to scribble on the walls, play Xbox, and more. Big-screen [...]
Six-Month Adult Braces + 2 CEREC Porcelain Veneers equals one happy patient!
Ever since we started doing Six Month Braces in 2004, the number of smile makeovers that we've done with porcelain veneers has dropped dramatically. This is because we can create beautiful smiles much more conservatively with six-month braces than we can with veneers, simply because there is no drilling on the teeth. There are times however, when porcelain veneers are an excellent option. Caroline's case is a perfect example of how the two can work together: we first used six-month braces to straighten her teeth, then whitened them. Finally, we used our CEREC CAD/CAM machine to make to 2 porcelain veneers right in our office, in a single appointment to complete the smile makeover by matching her peg lateral incisors to match the rest of her smile. If you are interested in learning more about either porcelain veneers or Six Month Braces (see more in our Before and After Smile Gallery), please contact us at either 704-364-7069, or Request an Appointment Online.
