Cosmetic Dentistry

How Much Is Lip Filler? Price Per Syringe, Half vs. Full Syringe, and What You’re Paying For Thinking about lip filler but not sure what it should cost? Dr. Liza Wakim explains how lip filler is priced, half vs. full syringe, what drives the price up or down, and the red flags to watch for […]

Yellow Teeth: 9 Reasons Teeth Turn Yellow and What Actually Whitens Them Wondering why your teeth look yellow even though you brush every day? Dr. Liza Wakim explains nine common causes, what whitening can and cannot fix, and when bonding or veneers are the honest answer. Yellow teeth are one of the most common reasons

Dermal Fillers at a Dental Practice: Why It Makes More Sense Than You’d Think Why get dermal fillers at a dental practice? Dr. Liza Wakim — AAFE-certified — explains why dentists are uniquely qualified for facial injectables, what treatments she offers, and what patients should know.   When patients find out that I offer dermal

Tooth Sensitivity vs. a Cavity: How to Actually Tell the Difference “Is this just sensitivity, or do I actually have a cavity?” This might be the single most common diagnostic question I field in a given week, and it makes total sense why — both show up as tooth pain triggered by cold, hot, or

Cracked Tooth Syndrome: Why a Tooth Can Hurt Only Sometimes “It only hurts when I bite down a certain way, and my X-ray looked fine — so what is it?” I hear a version of this almost every week, and it’s one of the more frustrating experiences a patient can have: real pain, no visible

Teeth Grinding and Your Smile: When It’s Cosmetic, When It’s Structural A patient recently came in wanting veneers because her front teeth had gotten noticeably shorter over the past few years and looked worn at the edges. That’s a completely reasonable thing to want fixed — but before we talked about veneers, we needed to