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Can you have a perfect smile?

Teeth say a lot about you. Do you drink coffee? Smoke? Did you take a lot of antibiotics as a child? How old are you? Do you take care of your teeth?

Glamorous models and Hollywood celebs bank their reputations on perfect, white gleaming smiles. They know their looks are their calling card. A broad, flashy smile exudes confidence, sexiness and beauty. Both men and women have their smiles enhanced through cosmetic dentistry.

The trouble is, teeth are rarely perfectly straight, perfectly even or perfectly uniformed in shape and size. This is for several reasons.

The enamel over time wears down - normal wear and tear from chewing and grinding. Your teeth are strong, but not indestructible. They can grind down unevenly if your bite from upper to lower is a little off. Teeth can get tiny little cracks and chips in them that over time can grow and become bothersome, if not downright painful.

Of course, they can also not grow in perfectly straight from the get go. Teeth, especially the ones in front, can have gaps between them that can catch food particles, affect speech and hinder proper food processing. Some may be slightly crooked or out of line.

Then there is the yellowing. Foods, caffeine, colas, wine and tobacco are all culprits. But so is time. Just like old fashion ivory, our teeth turn colors over time. It is unfortunately part of the natural process. Like grey hair, yellow teeth can age you.

So - how an you get a perfect smile? See your dentist.

Cosmetic dentistry is not new, but many of their techniques are. There are new methods of whitening and correcting nature's flaws and time's ravaging. Most dramatic and costly are porcelain veneers. They take hours in the dentist chair over weeks to have done. It is painful and your natural teeth must be shaved down first. Veneers are permanent. They are sturdy enough to last decades and can give you a uniform, virtually perfect smile for years and years. Resistant to staining, you can still enjoy the foods and drinks that you once worried about. Many people find the veneers significantly reduce the sensitivity they once had to cold and hot foods. Others find their bite has greatly improved and they can savor harder to chew foods they thought they never could again.

A vast majority who undergo the time, hassle and expense of getting porcelain veneers say it was well worth it. They are more confident than they have been in a long, long time, perhaps ever. We depend a lot on smiles. It is the way we communicate, they way we judge a person's mood, the way we show love and friendship, anger or distaste, shyness or boldness.

If a perfect smile is important to you, there is a way you can get one. There are many options out there to from which to choose. A consultation with a cosmetic dentist is your best move. Together you can go over the options, look at the costs and discuss the expectations you have versus the results you can count on getting.

But by far, for the most perfect smile, porcelain veneers offer the best outcome.