This article explains the steps you need to take in order to find a top cosmetic dentist.

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This article explains the steps you need to take in order to find a top
cosmetic dentist.
Did you know that not all “cosmetic dentists” have received
training as such? Many consumers are shocked to hear this,
seemingly because they assume that any licensed healthcare
professional claiming to be a specialist in some well-known
field must have gone through a post-graduate training for that
specialization credential. While this is legally required for other
dental specializations such as endodontics, implant dentistry,
periodontics, and orthodontics, there is no set post-graduate
educational route for the area of cosmetic dentistry. Because
this field is still relatively new in dentistry, there is not as much
regulation and oversight. This may change in the future as
current cosmetic dentistry training programs and voluntary
certification boards reach some agreement about what should
be the minimum requirements for general dentists wanting to
take on this designation.
Until that point is reached, however, it is important as a consumer to take a series of
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recommended steps for consumers seeking cosmetic dental work:
1) Look up voluntary training programs for cosmetic dentistry, certification boards, and
cosmetic dentistry conferences and symposia. Then search for members of those
credentialing agencies in your area. Since there are several different organizations
offering some kind of training or certification in cosmetic dentistry, it is probably
impossible to find each one of them (even using the internet). Therefore, there could still

2. be some very skilled and highly trained cosmetic dentists in New York that won’t be
listed as members of the organizations that you find online. Obviously, if the field were
regulated like the other specialty fields there would only be one board issuing one set of
cosmetic dentistry credentials.
2) Search for cosmetic dentists on Yelp and Google Maps.
This kind of search will show cosmetic dentists who may or
may not have any training as such. However, with Yelp you
can read consumer reviews and get a good idea of a dentist’s
“chair-side” manners, the efficiency of his staff, and how
pleased former patients are with the results of his work. A
cosmetic dentist who comes across as “salesy” to potential
clients, and then delivers flawed cosmetic work, would
likely have some reviews on Yelp from angry clients. If you
are able to find any cosmetic dentists on Yelp who have
fixed the cosmetic dentistry mistakes made by poorly
trained cosmetic dentists, you are on the right track. With
Google Maps, you can do a location search to find cosmetic
dentists within a certain distance from your home or
workplace. This can be a good way of finding a cosmetic
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dentists to choose from.
3) The final step is to choose two or three different dental offices to visit. You should be
able to schedule a free consultation and tour of a cosmetic dentistry office before making
any major financial commitments. This way, you’ll be able to get a feel for the staff, find
out about the dentist’s personality and style of working with clients, and be able to make
both a logical and intuitive decision about which dentist’s office to choose. You may even
schedule a cleaning before going through a cosmetic procedure; just to be sure you are
treated as well as a paying client as a prospective client.
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