Published by Piedmont Dental by Design | Piedmont, CA
Overview
Your smile communicates confidence and warmth before you speak. Piedmont Dental by Design, led by Dr. Jill Martenson and Dr. David Ma, offers comprehensive cosmetic dental treatments to patients throughout Piedmont, Oakland, Rockridge, Berkeley, and surrounding East Bay communities.
The practice distinguishes itself through the combination of clinical expertise and artistic vision that the doctors bring to each case, prioritizing proportion, symmetry, and how your smile complements your face.
What Is Cosmetic Dentistry?
Cosmetic dentistry is the branch of dental care focused primarily on enhancing the appearance of your teeth, gums, and overall smile. While restorative dentistry repairs damage or disease, cosmetic dentistry improves esthetics—often accomplishing both goals simultaneously. Modern procedures are personalized, predictable, and increasingly comfortable, with results lasting a decade or longer with proper maintenance.
Invisalign® Clear Aligners
Invisalign® is an FDA-cleared clear aligner system that gradually shifts teeth into optimal alignment using custom-fitted, virtually invisible trays—without brackets, wires, or dietary restrictions of traditional braces.
Ideal for:
- Crowding and spacing issues
- Gaps between teeth
- Overbites and underbites
- Mild-to-moderate bite irregularities
Key advantages:
- Virtually invisible
- Fully removable for eating and oral hygiene
- Typically more comfortable than traditional braces
- Fewer office appointments
- Results visualized through 3D treatment planning
Professional Teeth Whitening
Professional teeth whitening is the most affordable and fastest cosmetic treatment available. Office-based whitening far surpasses over-the-counter options, using clinically validated bleaching agents at concentrations unavailable in retail products.
Results typically last 12 to 24 months, depending on diet, oral hygiene, and tobacco use. The practice offers both in-office sessions and customized take-home kits, with materials designed to minimize sensitivity.
Porcelain Veneers
Ultra-thin porcelain shells bonded to tooth surfaces, veneers correct discoloration, chips, cracks, gaps, uneven edges, and slight misalignment simultaneously, often in two appointments.
Dr. Martenson and Dr. Ma approach veneer design collaboratively, capturing esthetic goals and facial proportions before precise specifications go to a dental ceramics laboratory. With proper care, porcelain veneers typically last 10 to 15 years.
Dental Bonding
Composite dental bonding offers an elegant and cost-effective solution for minor chips, small gaps, surface stains, or uneven edges. Shade-matched composite resin is applied directly to the tooth surface, sculpted, shaped, and polished—sometimes in a single appointment without anesthesia or laboratory work required.
Choosing the Right Cosmetic Dentist
The quality of cosmetic outcomes depends heavily on the dentist's experience, artistic sensibility, and technical precision. Dr. Martenson has delivered cosmetic results to East Bay patients for over 30 years, combining advanced continuing education, state-of-the-art technology, and meticulous attention to detail. Piedmont Dental by Design was honored as Best of the East Bay 2024 and 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions
Invisalign® Costs: Vary depending on case complexity and treatment duration. Many dental insurance plans include orthodontic benefits applicable to Invisalign®, with flexible financing options available.
Whitening Longevity: Results typically last 12 to 24 months. Patients avoiding heavy staining foods and maintaining consistent oral hygiene enjoy results at the longer end of that range.
Veneer Permanence: Veneers are considered irreversible as they require small enamel removal. However, they last 10 to 15 years and can be replaced.
Invisalign® and Bite Correction: Invisalign® addresses cosmetic alignment and functional bite issues including overbites, underbites, crossbites, and open bites, depending on severity.
Finding the Right Treatment: Contact the practice for a personalized consultation at (510) 350-3937.
Contact: Call (510) 350-3937 or visit 1331 Grand Ave, Piedmont, CA 94610
