Given Up A Nail Biting Habit But Not Happy With Your Teeth? Here's How You Can Get Help

Quitting nail biting is a very hard thing to do for most people, so you deserve a pat on the back for pulling it off. But even though you've given up biting your nails, chances are your teeth have already suffered somewhat for it. If you're not happy with the way that your teeth look after spending a long time biting your nails, then here's what you should do about it.

Damage Done

Biting your nails can do a lot of different kinds of damage to your teeth. The most common ones associated with biting your nails are as follows.

The first is that you're likely to have your teeth become crooked. Teeth tend to overlap when they're put through the regular pressure of biting through a fingernail. This can make a previously straight smile look crooked and less professional.

Furthermore, biting your nails can start to break down individual teeth themselves and cause them to look rough around the edges, or even appear blunted or shorter than their neighboring teeth.

Unfortunately, these problems are commonplace with nail biting, but that doesn't mean that you have to put up with them.

Improving the Appearance

Changing the way that your teeth look and function could take a long time if you seek out braces and traditional care, but the good news is that you don't have to. If you just want the look of your smile back, a cosmetic dentist can help.

Cosmetic dentists specialize in improving the appearance of smiles and they can fix all of your problems with dental veneers. Dental veneers are thin layers of porcelain that are adhered to the front of each tooth. They look like real teeth, feel like real teeth, and are glamorously white, so your whole smile gets an overhaul.

Your dentist will be able to improve the look of your smile by ordering custom-crafted veneers for your teeth. When attached, the veneers will take over the appearance of your smile as the full teeth will be hidden behind them. Your veneers will make your smile look evenly-spaced, white, and evenly-sized, correcting all of the problems that biting your nails once caused (and then some).

Biting your nails is a difficult habit to give up, so congrats on already getting over that hurdle. Now's the time for you to treat yourself for giving up that habit, so talk to a cosmetic dentist and get the help that you need to get your old smile back.

To learn more about improving the look of your teeth, reach out to a cosmetic dentist near you.