The Evolving Role Of Cosmetic Dentists

Cosmetic dentists are specialized dental practitioners

, whose specialty concentrates on improving the 'dental appearance' of the people who seek their help. This, the cosmetic dentists are able to do in a number of ways. Examples of these include teeth whitening (for those of their patients who might have gotten their teeth stained one way or another), and 'teeth straightening' for those who may either have been born with 'crooked' teeth or those whose teeth may have fallen 'out of order' with time. The later, dental dentists are able to do using appliances such as dental braces. A person looking for the help of a cosmetic dentist with a missing tooth could have the cosmetic dentist suggest a reasonable replacement, or a way of masking the gap with some sort of a veneer.

Now in days gone by, there used to relatively few specialized cosmetic-dentists. Today, cosmetic dentistry is one of the most popular specialties, with an ever growing need for the services of the cosmetic dentist. More and more people are looking to look good, and will go to any lengths to do so. Of course, in their going to such great lengths, a stop at the cosmetic dentist's is considered one of the first steps.

As it turns out, a new role is evolving for the cosmetic dentist.

To understand the evolving role of cosmetic-dentists, it would help to first have an appreciation of the fact that we are living in an extremely image conscious society. Today, a person's worth is more often than not judged by, first and foremost, the appearance of that person. A person could be great in all other ways: great virtue, athletic, hard-working (and whole traditional fare of values), but in as much as they don't 'look good,' they will tend to find winning the acceptance of others a tall order.

All this leads to a situation where many people who don't 'look good' almost inevitably end up with self-esteem issues, thanks to the implicit rejection they get from others. These people of course, by way of taking control of their thoughts, may get a way of building defenses against the rejection they get from other people, on account of their less than perfect looks. They may bring themselves to believe that they don't need the acceptance of everybody to live a full life (which is true). They may even bring themselves to believe that they can be happy on their own, enjoying their own company (as it is termed). Yet the rejection they get from others, on account of their less than perfect looks still hurts, and impacts on their self-esteem. It tends to be a fact, a reality, and it can't just be wished away. For these people to truly regain their self-esteem, they need to have their looks improved. And herein comes the evolving role of the cosmetic dentist (and other cosmetic practitioners): repairing the self esteem of people whom the society has refused to accept, on account of their looks.

Traditionally, the role of repairing broken self esteems was the forte of the likes of counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists. In today's image conscious society, the work of the likes of cosmetic-dentists is getting pulled into the 'self esteem repair' bandwagon too. Indeed, repairing broken self esteem is turning into the main role for today's cosmetic dentists.

by: James Maloney

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