155 E. 55th St., Suite 301, New York, NY 10022
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155 E. 55th St.
Suite 301
New York, NY 10022
Existing Patients: (646) 440-3101
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A confident smile shapes the way you present yourself to the world. When your teeth look healthy and harmonious with your face, you’re more likely to smile openly — and that simple change can influence how others perceive you and how you feel about yourself.
Many adults notice discoloration, chips, gaps, or changes in tooth shape over time. Fortunately, modern cosmetic dentistry offers a broad spectrum of options to refresh and refine a smile. These treatments are designed to be both aesthetic and functional, helping patients achieve results that look natural and endure.
At Chroma Dental, cosmetic dentistry starts with a clear understanding of each patient’s goals and the clinical realities behind them. Our approach blends careful diagnostic work with an aesthetic sensibility so that every recommended treatment supports facial harmony as well as tooth health. We prioritize solutions that enhance your appearance while preserving or improving function.
Early in the process we use detailed imaging and clinical photography to map how changes to color, shape, or position will affect the overall smile. This visualization helps you see potential outcomes before treatment begins and lets your clinician fine-tune the plan to match your expectations. The goal is predictable, reproducible results that feel authentic to you.
Communication is central to our practice: we listen to your priorities, explain the options in straightforward terms, and show how each procedure fits into a broader plan. Whether you’re interested in a subtle brightening or a full smile redesign, our team focuses on conservative, evidence-based care that balances aesthetics, longevity, and oral health.
Transformative cosmetic results require both artistic judgment and reliable dental materials. Advances in ceramics, composites, and bonding technologies give clinicians the tools to create lifelike restorations that mimic enamel’s translucency and texture. Skilled technique and attention to detail ensure those materials perform well in everyday function.
Our clinicians combine years of training with an aesthetic eye to evaluate tooth proportions, smile lines, and facial features. This perspective helps determine whether a minimally invasive treatment or a more comprehensive restoration will best achieve the desired look. The focus is always on subtlety and balance rather than dramatic alteration.
Material selection and laboratory collaboration play a major role in predictable outcomes. We work with trusted dental labs and use high-quality materials that are selected for strength, color stability, and natural appearance. When restorations are fabricated and adjusted with precision, they blend seamlessly into the smile and resist wear over time.
Cosmetic dentistry is not one-size-fits-all. A careful clinical exam identifies the causes of visible concerns — whether staining, wear, spacing, or missing teeth — and helps prioritize treatments that address both appearance and function. From conservative surface improvements to full rehabilitations, each option is considered in the context of your overall oral health.
Minimally invasive procedures are often the first line of care for common concerns. Treatments such as in-office whitening and direct bonding can deliver substantial aesthetic improvement with minimal tooth alteration. For patients seeking enhanced longevity or significant changes to shape and alignment, more durable restorations or combined orthodontic-restorative plans may be recommended.
Our treatment planning emphasizes longevity and predictability. We discuss how each choice impacts maintenance, sensitivity, and future dental needs so you can make an informed decision. The aim is to provide a solution that not only looks good today but continues to perform well for years to come.
Direct bonding uses tooth-colored composite to reshape small chips, close narrow gaps, and mask minor surface irregularities. It is a conservative option that can be completed in a single visit and offers a natural appearance when matched correctly to the surrounding enamel.
When decay or damage needs repair, modern composite fillings blend with your teeth and preserve more natural structure compared with older metal restorations. These materials are strong, stain-resistant, and designed to integrate seamlessly with your smile.
Professionally supervised whitening provides a controlled and safe way to lift intrinsic and extrinsic stains. In-office systems and take-home trays tailored by your dentist produce more predictable and even whitening than over-the-counter alternatives.
Thin, custom-crafted porcelain veneers can correct color, shape, and minor alignment issues with natural-looking results. When designed to complement facial proportions, veneers create a cohesive and attractive smile while conserving as much tooth structure as practical.
Ceramic crowns restore teeth that are heavily worn, fractured, or deeply stained. These restorations protect the remaining tooth while recreating ideal form and function, making them a durable option for improving both appearance and bite stability.
A complete smile is an important part of cosmetic harmony and oral function. When teeth are missing, neighboring teeth can shift and bite patterns change, which may affect both appearance and long-term dental health. Restoring lost teeth helps reestablish balance and confidence.
We offer a spectrum of tooth-replacement options chosen to match your goals and anatomy. Implant-based restorations can recreate the look and function of natural teeth, while bridges and dentures remain reliable solutions in appropriate cases. The right method depends on factors like bone support, adjacent teeth, and your aesthetic priorities.
Our team evaluates each case carefully and coordinates surgical and restorative steps to achieve stable, lifelike results. When implants are part of the plan, we focus on precise placement and crown design so the final restoration integrates seamlessly with your smile and surrounding tissues.
Successful cosmetic outcomes begin with a thoughtful consultation. Your clinician will review your medical and dental history, take digital images and radiographs as needed, and listen closely to what you hope to achieve. We use these inputs to create a realistic plan that reflects both aesthetics and oral health.
Digital tools and mock-ups can help you preview the proposed changes so adjustments can be made before irreversible steps are taken. This collaborative process ensures your preferences are respected and that clinical decisions are backed by measurable diagnostic information.
Where complex care is required, our team coordinates across specialties — restorative dentists, implant surgeons, and orthodontic colleagues — to build a comprehensive plan. This interdisciplinary approach produces cohesive results and simplifies communication for patients navigating multiple phases of treatment.
Throughout care, we emphasize patient education and preventive strategies that protect your investment. Proper maintenance, routine checkups, and realistic expectations are central to sustaining the beauty and function of cosmetic restorations over time.
Cosmetic dentistry can be transformative when it is planned with care and executed with precision. By combining aesthetic judgment, modern materials, and patient-centered planning, our practice helps individuals achieve smiles that look natural and feel comfortable.
If you’d like to learn more about cosmetic options and how they might address your concerns, please contact us for more information.
Cosmetic dentistry offers solutions to improve the look of teeth that are stained, discolored, chipped, worn down, misshapen, a little gapped, or misaligned. It combines the art and science of dentistry to transform a less-than-perfect smile into one that looks naturally beautiful while at the same time enhancing overall facial aesthetics.
The great thing about cosmetic dentistry is that it offers multiple solutions to quickly improve the look of one’s smile. It all depends on your specific dental needs and cosmetic smile goals. While procedures such as teeth-whitening, tooth-colored fillings, and dental bonding typically provide dramatic improvements in just a single visit, others such as dental veneers only take a couple of visits.
A teeth whitening procedure as provided by our office is often the simplest, quickest, and most effective way to significantly lighten and brighten your smile.
Porcelain veneers are capable of concealing a range of imperfections, dramatically improving the look of teeth that are misshapen, have minor chips, enamel defects, or stains. They also provide an excellent solution for closing small gaps as well as addressing other minor alignment issues. While teeth whitening procedures can effectively treat many cases of dental stains or discolorations to produce cosmetically pleasing results, darker stains, as well as specific issues involving the size, shape, and alignment of the teeth, are better addressed with porcelain veneers.
How a back tooth is repaired and restored depends on the extent of the cavity or damage it has sustained. In many cases, a tooth-colored filling is often sufficient to restore the form and function of a back tooth. However, when a significant amount of tooth structure is damaged, or the tooth has had a root canal, it’s often necessary to fabricate a full coverage crown. In this way, the remaining tooth structure is protected from further damage while full function and a natural- looking smile is restored.
Whether or not a chipped or fractured tooth requires a dental crown depends on the extent of the damage. Some minor chips can be addressed with a dental bonding procedure or a veneer. When a significant amount of tooth structure is lost, rebuilding the form and function of the involved tooth may require a full coverage crown.
While conventional dental bridges and dentures offer effective and satisfying ways to rebuild a complete and attractive smile, dental implants represent the most advanced solutions for replacing missing teeth. With dental implants, our office can replace a single tooth or multiple ones to give you a smile that feels, looks, and functions like a natural one. Dental implants behave in much the same way as the root of an actual tooth, providing stable, secure, and long-lasting results of care.
How long your teeth whitening lasts depends on your lifestyle. Eating, drinking, and smoking habits can have a big impact on maintaining your result. Our office will inform you which food, beverages, or habits can stain your newly whitened smile. As needed, we’ll also help you maintain a white and vibrant smile with a periodic, safe, and effective touch-up whitening procedure.
At the office of Chroma Dental, we want every patient to enjoy the benefits of a beautiful and healthy smile. We strive to make dental care affordable and accessible. Improving the look of your smile is a worthwhile investment, and we always try to optimize any dental insurance benefits to cover your work. However, it’s essential to keep in mind that cosmetic dental procedures may not be covered by your plan. You can count on our office to explain every cosmetic option available to address your needs and the fees involved. To help you begin care without any additional stress or day, we can discuss different payment options and financing plans.
Although achieving aesthetically pleasing and long-lasting results of care requires knowledge, experience, and technical proficiency, it also calls for a professional with an artistic eye and awareness of facial aesthetics. At the office of Chroma Dental, we successfully combine the art and science of dentistry to create smiles that are as beautiful as they are healthy. From performing professional teeth whitening procedures, fabricating custom dental veneers or crowns to rebuilding complete and beautiful smiles with dental implants and much more, we’re well equipped to transform less-than-perfect smiles into ones that look good and feel great.
