Due to its therapeutic and medicinal properties, dentists can use BOTOX® for various purposes. Your dentist in Brentwood may discuss BOTOX® if you are looking for cosmetic enhancements, like reducing facial lines and wrinkles.
We can also use BOTOX® in the following ways:
- To reduce gummy-appearing smiles
- To treat jaw joint issues like TMD
- To treat the nocturnal habit of teeth grinding (bruxism)
- To treat angular cheilitis and lip issues
- To reduce muscle hyperactivity
- To help accommodate removable orthodontics and prosthetics
- To treat migraines and general face, head, and neck pain
- General smile aesthetics
Dentists are maxillofacial specialists, which makes them the ideal practitioners to administer BOTOX®.
What Is BOTOX®?
In its non-medicinal form, BOTOX is a known toxin. However, when administered for treatment by a doctor or dentist, it is a powerful medicine and popular aesthetic enhancer. It has been safely used for decades to treat migraines, bladder incontinence, strabismus, facial wrinkles, and more.
How Does BOTOX® Work?
BOTOX® relaxes the tissues and helps block signals to muscles, which aids healing by calming the jaw joints or smile lines and wrinkles. It is a way to gently ease symptoms by reducing specific movements, urges, pain triggers, or the skin.
We administer it using a thin needle, but BOTOX® treatment is not painful. It feels more like a mild sting than a shot.
You may notice light bruising or swelling for a few days after treatment, but you can remedy this with an over-the-counter pain reliever like ibuprofen.
Typically, results continue to improve even after you leave our dental office. Your dentist will discuss reinjection or how long treatment effects might last.
Are You Looking for BOTOX® in Brentwood, TN?
Contact a helpful dental team member today to learn more about BOTOX® or to schedule a consultation with our Brentwood dentist.