People choose cosmetic dental procedures for various reasons, to repair a defect such as a malformed bite or with misaligned teeth, to treat an injury, or just to improve their overall appearance. For these and many other reasons, esthetic dentistry has become a vital and important part of the dental profession and one of the fastest growing areas of dentistry. For example, teeth whitening procedures have tripled in the last five years.

Some cosmetic dental procedures can be performed to correct discolored teeth, deformed, chipped or lost. They can also be used to change the overall shape of the teeth, if the teeth are too long, short or just need to be reformed.