One of the biggest problems with being a dentist is how people perceive you. Are you a private dentist or cosmetic dentist?
I look on the best thing that I can provide my patients with is long term dental health. This means looking at all the factors that make up the way they use their teeth. The way the jaw works. Do they grind their teeth? Do their teeth have worn edges and maybe chips. Do teeth at the back keep fracturing.
These problems affect a lot of people and it is becoming more common as people retain their teeth well into old age.
Sorting these problems early means that as old age approaches they will have less problems.
Yes I do improve peoples smiles, with whitening, veneers, six month smiles, but only on a solid foundation that will give them continued dental health.