Beautiful and healthy teeth
cosmetic dentistry
Dear patients
Our practice will be closed for holidays from Tuesday, 23 December 2025 at 12:15 p.m. until Friday, 2 January 2026 inclusive.
In urgent cases outside of office hours, on weekends, public holidays and long weekends, you can contact the dental emergency service.
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From Monday, 5 January 2026, we will be back to serve you as usual.
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Your practice team perfect smile Dres. Krieter
Aesthetic dentistry is the branch of dentistry that deals with the appearance and aesthetics of teeth. However, this includes not only beautiful, white teeth, but also healthy gums and the interaction of the rows of teeth in the upper and lower jaw. Aesthetics and function are thus inseparably linked.
We correct shape, colour and minor misalignments using modern, tooth-coloured materials – always with a focus on function and tooth preservation.
Veneers – Veneers made of wafer-thin and translucent ceramics
A veneer is a wafer-thin, translucent ceramic shell for the teeth, which is applied to the tooth surface - especially of front teeth - with special adhesive.
Veneers can be used to correct slight tooth misalignments, tooth damage, gaps between teeth, unsatisfactory tooth colours and local discolouration. Veneers give the visible surfaces of the teeth an optimised appearance. Usually, when they are used, old plastic fillings or corner abutments are removed.
As a rule, veneers have a long lifespan.
from full ceramics
An inlay is a piece of ceramic that is later manufactured in a dental laboratory and inserted into the tooth. The inlay is usually used to treat cavities in the posterior region and replaces parts of the occlusal surface, but not the cusps of the tooth. The indication for inlays is to treat caries and to reconstruct the resulting tooth defect. An inlay is a precision-fit workpiece that is cemented into the tooth, as opposed to plastic filling material, which is placed into the tooth in a soft consistency using moulding aids and then hardens. An inlay can be made of different materials such as gold or ceramic. In our practice, we mainly use inlays made of individual tooth-coloured all-ceramics in cooperation with our dental laboratories.
One speaks of an onlay when the cusps of a tooth that carry the chewing force are also covered. In this case, defective, weakened tooth walls are replaced by additionally coupling over those cusps of the tooth that carry the chewing force. It is a kind of larger inlay. The overlay also overcouples cusps of the tooth and replaces the entire occlusal surface. The partial crown also partially incorporates the tooth walls.
The partial crown is considered the most durable solution for medium to large tooth defects where sufficient healthy tooth structure is still present. In contrast to a complete crown, a partial crown does not cover the entire tooth, but replaces only parts of the dental crown. Precious metal alloys and all-ceramic materials can be used. Ceramics are an excellent material for partial crowns, not only from an esthetic point of view, but especially because of the possibility of adhesive cementation and thus stabilization of the remaining tooth structure.
The definitions are not always clear-cut, as the differences in size between the inlay, the onlay, the overlay and the partial crown are sometimes fluid.
Tooth-colored composites
Composites are tooth-coloured plastic filling materials for dental treatment. The dental field of application of composites are fillings in the anterior and posterior region. Composites are available in many different colours, so that with careful colour selection, a colour difference to the existing teeth is difficult to detect. In the posterior region, we mainly use composites that have ceramic particles added to them. This increases the strength of the material so that chewing forces are better absorbed.
as small as possible and amalgam-free
Caries usually forms in places that are difficult to reach with a toothbrush. From a dental point of view, dental defects in hard-to-reach areas are difficult to treat. Therefore, healthy tooth substance is often removed in order to gain access to the diseased area of the tooth, for example in the interdental spaces, and to be able to treat it. The earlier even the smallest tooth defects, e.g. due to caries, are detected, the more gently they can be treated.
We work with magnifying glasses to detect even the smallest areas of caries and to treat them gently. Our technical possibilities, such as special matrix systems, tiny tunnel preparations and the smallest possible preparation diamonds, allow us to remove the diseased area with pinpoint accuracy and preserve healthy structures. In this way, we ensure the maximum preservation of healthy tooth substance. We also replace old, leaking filling material, taking into account the greatest possible protection of the tooth substance.
We consider all treatments that improve the appearance of teeth to be cosmetic dentistry – for example, veneers, all-ceramic inlays/onlays/partial crowns, tooth-coloured composites, minimally invasive fillings and minor shape corrections (shaping). We always take the gums and the interaction between the upper and lower jaw into account.
Veneers are very thin, translucent ceramic shells that are bonded to the front teeth in particular. They can be used to visually correct discolouration, small gaps between teeth, broken corners or slight misalignments. The visible tooth surface then appears more harmonious.
We use these restorations primarily for tooth defects in the posterior region, e.g. after caries. The ceramic part is custom-made in the laboratory and bonded to the tooth. An inlay replaces only parts of the chewing surface, an onlay also covers the cusps, and a partial crown replaces larger areas of the tooth – always tooth-coloured and very stable.
All-ceramic restorations are tooth-coloured, stable and can be bonded in place. This stabilises the existing tooth structure and produces a very natural-looking result.
Yes. We work with tooth-coloured composites in various shades so that the filling can be matched to the natural tooth. In the posterior region, we use reinforced composites with ceramic particles so that they can better absorb chewing forces.
Yes. Shaping involves slightly straightening and polishing the teeth in the enamel area or correcting small edges. This allows minor crowding or frayed cutting edges, for example, to be discreetly improved.
If a tooth defect is larger and several areas of the chewing surface or tooth walls are already affected, a normal filling is often no longer sufficient. In this case, a ceramic partial crown is the more durable and stable solution – it replaces only the damaged part and preserves the remaining tooth substance.
Yes. Tooth-coloured composites are available in many shades, allowing fillings to be matched to the natural colour of the teeth. Ceramic restorations can also be custom-made by the laboratory to match the colour of the teeth – this is important for a harmonious overall appearance.