Facial injectables are becoming a meaningful part of a more comprehensive view of dental care — and New Hampshire Smile Co. in Nashua, NH, Dr. Neveu provides both therapeutic and cosmetic injectables as part of the whole-person approach to care at our practice. Because a dentist knows your facial anatomy, muscle function, and how your dental structures relate to the surrounding soft tissue, a dentist provides a very unique clinical background for the application of injectables — and the advanced training Dr. Neveu has in dental and facial cosmetic injectables adds value to every injectable visit in our practice, and is provided with the kind of warmth, honesty, and care that patients receive when they’re here for other services at New Hampshire Smile Co.
How Injectables Can Help Your Oral Health
The therapeutic uses of injectables at New Hampshire Smile Co. aren’t limited to aesthetics — just as Dr. Neveu believes in a whole-person, functional approach to comprehensive dental care, his injectable treatments are meant to help improve your physical well-being:
- When injected into the masseter muscles, injectables can reduce the power of involuntary clenching contractions in a patient’s sleep — easing the pressure, pain, and headaches on a patient whose nighttime grinding and clenching is no longer well-handled by the standard treatment of a nightguard alone
- Injectable treatments are used therapeutically to help with a patient’s TMJ disorder by easing the muscle forces that contribute to TMJ overload during abnormal function
- Injectable treatments used by patients who have had full mouth rehabilitation and/or extensive restorative care in the past can help maintain those treatments and prolong their longevity by helping reduce parafunctional forces
Reduce Tension In Your Jaw
Clenching and grinding can place much greater forces on your jaw joints, muscles, and teeth than normal chewing function can. The constant pressure created by these activities, which builds up over time without proper management, can often result in:
- Reduced morning stiffness and soreness in your jaw and facial muscles
- Reduced pressure in your temples, often a symptom of the nocturnal clenching activity that occurs when you sleep
- Reduced pressure on the TMJ while you sleep, which contributes to a patient’s long-term joint health
- Less pain can also lead to better sleep for some patients because the physical symptoms of chronic clenching and grinding have been reduced
The Cosmetic Benefits Of Injectables
Dr. Neveu has advanced training in dental and facial cosmetics, allowing him to provide natural-looking cosmetic injectables that further complement your smile after cosmetic dental treatment with Dr. Neveu at New Hampshire Smile Co.:
- Smooths dynamic lines on the forehead, in the glabella (the frown lines between the eyebrows), and at the canthi (crow’s feet around the eyes)
- Fulfills lip shaping that naturally surrounds and accentuates the smile
- Rebuilds facial support and volume, which works in harmony with cosmetic dental treatments to enhance the appearance of the face as a whole
- Gummy smile correction via targeted injection for muscle reduction to stop the upper lip from elevating excessively when smiling
Frequently Treated Areas & The Procedure
Injectable administration at New Hampshire Smile Co. is a straightforward procedure that can easily be done in the office chair, all during the same appointment time. As with any other treatment, our patients will receive the same kind of care that they expect from any other visit at our office: it will be fast, comfortable, friendly, thorough, and focused on their needs.
Areas most commonly injected include the frontal (forehead), glabellar, periorbital (around the eyes), masseter (muscles that may need treatment for bruxism), and perioral (around the lips). Before any injectable treatment is done, the provider and patient will talk about the specific needs of the patient and the treatment’s goals. No treatment will be carried out unless the provider and patient are both in complete agreement on the plan and the anticipated outcome.
Outcomes, Maintenance, & Continuing Care
It takes up to two weeks for the injectable treatment to achieve its full effect, with results typically stabilizing four weeks following injection. The period of effect depends on a variety of factors, including the patient’s age, the body part or area treated, and the reason for the injectable treatment:
- The cosmetic effect of neuromodulators (injectable muscle-relaxing agents) lasts three to four months before additional sessions are required to maintain the improvement
- Therapeutic muscle-relaxing injections for bruxism (in the masseter muscle) typically provide relief for four to six months, again depending on the individual patient
Dr. Neveu checks in with every treated patient on every treatment visit to evaluate response to treatment and determine ideal treatment intervals for lasting results.
Using Injectables Alongside Other Services
The best possible results at New Hampshire Smile Co. will come from the smart use of injectable treatment along with the cosmetic and restorative dental treatment needed to address the patient’s needs comprehensively. Patients whose smile enhancements use veneers or bonding will experience enhanced beauty from lip shaping or facial rejuvenation around the mouth that accentuates the improved look. Patients undergoing full mouth rehabilitation will benefit from the added insurance of muscle relaxation that helps protect their investment long-term.
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