Botox and Fillers
Our Services
At Makeover Dental, Dr. Mosquera offers expert injectable treatments, including Dermal Hyaluronic Acid Fillers and Botulinum Toxin (Botox), designed to rejuvenate your appearance. These advanced procedures restore facial volume, smooth out wrinkles and fine lines, and minimize the appearance of scars, helping you achieve a youthful, radiant complexion. With precise, personalized care, Dr. Mosquera enhances your natural beauty, leaving you looking refreshed and confident.
Most common areas treated with Hyaluronic Acid filler
Most common areas treated with Botulinum toxin ( Botox)
Why Choose a Dentist For Your Botox or Dermal Filler Treatment?
Dentists are highly skilled medical professionals who have to go through extensive training to qualify. During their training years, dentists will acquire in-depth knowledge of the anatomy of the face from the forehead down to the chin (the maxillofacial area).
Some dentists may have experience in the use of botox in their dentistry work such as when they are treating patients with dentures, orthodontic cases or patients with high lip lines. No other healthcare provider has the ability to help patients in the way a dentist can.
Although dentists will need to undertake additional training to administer Botox and dermal filler injections, they already have a wealth of theoretical knowledge in the facial area and as a result, they are able to make patients more comfortable during the treatment using not only topical but injectable local anesthesia. Dentists are perfectly suited to the delivery of Botox and fillers because of their understanding of the facial anatomy they can work with clients to meet their specific requirements.
Dental offices are now much more than a place to go for dental treatment and they are becoming increasingly recognized as a place where they can provide a one-stop shop for Botox, fillers and dental treatment.
What Are the Similarities Between Botox Injections and Dermal Fillers?
Everyone wants to protect their natural beauty by treating unwelcome signs of aging, like wrinkles, loss of volume, and texture. There are several nonsurgical treatments that can help you obtain a more youthful look. Two popular non-invasive treatment options are dermal filler injections and Botox. Botox and dermal fillers have revolutionized the cosmetic industry for various reasons. Although Botox and liquid fillers have different functions, they have several things in common:
- Both treatments are minimally invasive with nearly no downtime.
- Both treatments are an alternative to surgeries, so a facelift may be delayed.
- With both treatments, a natural result may be achieved with a visit to an experienced doctor.
- Both treatments usually require multiple procedures to receive optimal results.
- Both Botox injections and dermal fillers are commonly used together to rejuvenate the face. There are several important differences to keep in mind.
What Are the Differences Between Botox Injections and Dermal Fillers?
- Chemical composition: Botox is a widely known injection brand that contains low amounts of botulinum toxins. Dermal fillers are made of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance that can be found in your body, such as in your eye fluids, and as a substance that lubricates joints and tissues.
- Different processes: Botox works by freezing or paralyzing the muscles in your face to prevent wrinkles. Botox is meant for wrinkles that are caused by muscle movement known as expression lines. Injectable fillers are meant to volumize or plump up the injected area. Liquid fillers are used for deep-set lines already in place. In this way, Botox can serve as a preventive procedure while liquid fillers commonly serve as a corrective procedure.
- Different parts of the face. Botox is usually used in the upper part of the face including the areas between eyebrows, forehead lines, top of the nose, eyebrows, hooded eyes, wrinkles around the eyes, and under the eyes. On the other hand, dermal fillers are used mostly on the lower part of your face, such as the lips, around the mouth, and cheeks.
- Durability. The results of each treatment vary and can last for different periods of time. Botox’s benefits remain for a smaller period of time than injectable fillers. Depending on the type of Botox, most treatments are effective for 3 to 4 months while injectable fillers may last up to 24 months. Although Botox and liquid fillers have affordable options, the price range for both products also varies depending on the brand.
- Visible results. Botox’s optimal results are fully seen until 2 weeks after the procedure day while injectable filler results are seen almost immediately.
HYDROFIRM® & RAIL TECHNIQUE®
HYDROFIRM® and RAIL TECHNIQUE® are exclusive innovations of the Cardona Method®, available only to professionals who complete specialized training, such as Dr. Mosquera.
HYDROFIRM®
HYDROFIRM® is a cutting-edge aesthetic technique designed to rejuvenate and revitalize the skin with a natural lifting effect. By precisely applying a hyaluronic acid-based dermal filler, it stimulates collagen and elastin production—key elements for maintaining skin firmness and elasticity. This bio-stimulation process enhances skin texture and tone, resulting in a smoother, firmer, and more radiant complexion.
Clinical Benefits:
- Collagen and Elastin Stimulation: Activates the regeneration of these key fibers, strengthening the dermis and improving elasticity and firmness.
- Deep Hydration: Increases the skin’s moisture retention capacity, providing significant hydration.
- Lifting Effect and Comprehensive Facial Rejuvenation: The injection patterns in Hydrofirm generate a lifting effect, offering a complete and harmonious facial rejuvenation.
- Skin Illumination: The treatment enhances luminosity, giving the face a fresher, revitalized appearance.
- Smoothing of Expression Lines: Hydrofirm effectively reduces expression lines, contributing to a smoother and more youthful appearance.
- Natural and Long-Lasting Results: Provides rejuvenation that respects the natural aesthetics of the face, with durable and satisfying effects.
- Exclusivity: This medical-aesthetic procedure is categorized as a premium service and is particularly exclusive, as it can only be learned through the Cardona Method® and not through mass training.
Longevity: HYDROFIRM® is a preventive, corrective, and maintenance procedure, so it can be applied to people of any age. It is especially popular among individuals from their twenties onward.
Recurrence: As a maintenance procedure, the practitioner can implement protocols to perform multiple sessions over the years and decades.
Satisfaction: This is a high-satisfaction procedure, and those who receive it often look forward to repeating their maintenance protocol.
Safety: Due to the focus on technique and application layers, HYDROFIRM® is one of the safest protocols for pati
ents, with a low risk of complications.
Credibility: This innovative technique makes patients feel as though they’ve discovered the “fountain of youth” when they realize that, in just a few minutes, they can regain a youthful and relaxed appearance.
RAIL TECHNIQUE®
The Rail Technique® has set a new benchmark in aesthetic medicine for treating nasolabial folds and marionette lines, delivering superior results through an innovative, scientifically backed approach. Utilizing hyaluronic acid, a trusted dermal filler, this technique applies a unique pattern inspired by train rails, ensuring precise distribution that efficiently fills grooves while enhancing structural support. The result is a smoother, more natural, and harmoniously balanced appearance.
Clinical Benefits of the Rail Technique®
- Improving Facial Aesthetics: By focusing on the nasolabial fold and marionette lines, this technique significantly contributes to smoothing these areas, rejuvenating the overall appearance of the face.
- Precision and Less Product Use: Unlike traditional methods, the Rail Technique requires less hyaluronic acid, thanks to its precise application technique, which minimizes the risk of overtreatment and provides a more natural look.
- Improved Durability: The Rail Technique’s specific application design optimizes the durability of the filler effect, extending the longevity of the results.
- Support and Structure: By going beyond simply filling the groove, this technique offers structural support to the face, improving firmness and maintaining the natural dynamics of facial expression
- Minimally Invasive Technique: Using a carefully designed injection technique, the Rail Technique is a minimally invasive procedure with reduced recovery times.
