The face is the most recognized element of a person. The mouth, consisting of the lips, cheeks, jaws, teeth, and gums, makes up the lowest section of the face. Cosmetic (or aesthetic) dentistry may give strong changes to the quality of life for some people who require it.

Cosmetic dentistry can be classified as skeletal or dental. Skeletal changes may be done with oral surgery, which changes the location of the jaws. Dental structure can be done through either adding to, removing, or shifting the actual teeth. The preferred materials to add to the teeth to adapt their appearance are bonding, a tooth-coloured plastic, or porcelain, a kind of ceramic. Removing tooth structure is achieved with using a drill. If there is a small extract of a tooth is extracted, it is called sculpting or reshaping, and no foreign substance is subsequently added. If a substantial substance of tooth is removed, then porcelain might be added in a new place. Relocating teeth is achieved by using braces, which will be either fixed or removable.

Reconstructive dentistry
Reconstructive dentistry is any significant rebuilding of the mouth, generally by use of porcelain and metal. Reconstructive dentistry is often wanted by individuals who have lots of dangerous cavities, have generalized serious gum disease, or may have been in an accident. Reconstructive dentistry commonly utilizes a combination of every the dental specialties; individuals might require multiple crowns (caps), gum therapy, root canal therapy, braces, or oral surgery, and also dental implants.

Reconstructions are initiated to at the first instance stop the furthering of existing disease and secondly repair the damage. Emotional aspects of treatment, like fear, are frequently expected, and a dentist would ideally be considerate and have an understanding of psychology. Severe likely causes of postoperative pain are usually taken out early in treatment by performing root canal therapy when indicated. The placement of final porcelain bridges generally starts 6 to 12 weeks after the finalisation of the necessary surgery. It is fundamental for a patient to know that reconstructed teeth demand frequent cleanings and maintenance.

Implant dentistry
A dental implant is an artificial tooth root. It is inserted to secure artificial teeth to the real jawbone. Dental implants could be paralleled as screws, and the jawbone could be visualized a piece of wood. In this parallel, a screw would be turned at half its length into a piece of wood, and an artificial tooth would be stuck to the area of the screw projecting out of the wood. The tooth should be firmly held to the screw, which in itself should be firmly secured in the wood. A single dental implant might be employed for a single missing tooth. Four to eight dental implants will be given in a jaw that is missing most of the teeth.

Dental implants should only be set in an amount of bone that is free of infection. In other cases surgical procedures are required either to extract existing infection or to manufacture supplementary bone for an implantation, like bone ridge augmentation or nasal sinus elevation. The surgery to set the dental implants themselves is almost like that of tooth removal.

Dental implant reconstructions usually require 6 to 12 months to finish, mostly attributable to the healing time required between each of the surgeries. As bone is living tissue, it requires time to accede favourably to the biocompatible titanium implants. The biophysics of the early cellular response of the hard (bone) and soft (skin and ligament) tissues to dental implantation is an area of intense research and debate. The positives of this level of research are akin orthopedics for example, with replacing spinal rods and the healing of badly broken bones, both of which need screws for correct immobilization.

Implant dentistry has moved into a easily predictable treatment scheme for the average people.

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