After photos were taken 1-4 Weeks after surgery/procedure.
Category:Porcelain Laminates Age: 44 Gender:Female Skin Tone: Medium Description: During a routine re-care appointment, we suggested a way to improve this patient's smile. We made impressions of the upper and lower arches and sent them to the Dental Laboratory. There, they created a "mock-up" or simulation of the ideal set up, with our input. Due to one thing or another, I did not hear back for several months. One day, I receive a phone call." My son's Bar Mitzvah is in 2 Wks., can you finish before that?". Yes, was the answer and since we had the initial materials for Porcel...
After photos were taken 1-4 Weeks after surgery/procedure.
Category:Inlays and Onlays Age: 60 Gender:Female Skin Tone: Medium Description: Often, with only the slightest symptoms, it is possible and even probable to overlook what is actually happening. The 10-20 year old silver filling gradually causes microfractures in the tooth's enamel. Fluctuation of temperature from hot to cold has different effects on different materials, ie. silver fillings and enamel.These changes promote tooth fractures. Here, we replaced the silver filling with a bonded onlay. This white restoration will support the tooth because it is bonded. It will pro...
After photos were taken 1-4 Weeks after surgery/procedure.
Category:Composite Resin Bonding Age: 22 Gender:Female Skin Tone: Medium Description: A person's worst nightmare, accidentally fracturing a pristine front, top tooth. Several possibilities exist in restoring the smile.
Direct composite placement to rebuild the defect, porcelain laminate( ceramic veneer) or full porcelain crown.In this case we selected option one, the direct composite restoration. This is the same material a white filling is made of. It is durable and immediate. There are shortcomings as with any procedure. However, a porcelain laminate can be done later if desir...
After photos were taken 1-4 Weeks after surgery/procedure.
Category:Crowns & Bridges Gender:Female Skin Tone: Medium Description: After many years of thinking about "fixing her front teeth" it was finally decided upon. First step in correcting this less than ideal smile, was to wax up a diagnostic model to the ideal proportions and fabricate a clear plastic stent that would enable us to transfer the ideal to the patient's mouth. This technique is crucial, as it allows the patient to preview the proposed changes to the smile, before it is finalized in the form of porcelain veneers or laminates.
Our goal was to complete onl...
After photos were taken 1-4 Weeks after surgery/procedure.
Category:Porcelain Laminates Age: 35 Gender:Female Skin Tone: Fair Description: There are Different ways of achieving a significant improvement in one's smile. There is also the ideal way to create the best result possible. In this case, the patient was missing key teeth and others that were in the wrong positions. The previous Dentist and I presume Patient chose the easiest way possible. They overbuilt the teeth to close spaces.
The Patient and I decided to position the teeth to near ideal positions and the re crown or laminate the remaining teeth.It was made clear to...
After photos were taken 1 Month after surgery/procedure.
Category:Porcelain Laminates Age: 60 Gender:Female Skin Tone: Fair Description: After having major Reconstructive Dentistry, the only thing left was to cosmetically restore the lower 8 front teeth with Porcelain laminate veneers.This concerned Patient wanted to have a natural, durable alternative to crowning. We suggested minimal preparation Porcelain veneers.In order to allow space to properly orient the lower teeth forward, it was necessary to adjust the backs of the upper front teeth to accomadate the position shift. If we had not preplanned this, the end result would ha...
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