The patient has had a lower anterior tooth that had gradually lost all the attachment around it as a result of localized periodontal disease. This left the tooth mobile and hopeless and it was starting to become uncomfortable chewing with it. Once we determined that the tooth was hopeless, we set out to make the
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Patient presented with a fractured off tooth, which we were able to repair in-office same day with an all ceramic crown. We used the laser to lower the gums, so there is some slight coloration in the gums (right now temporarily) from the use of the laser. That mild discoloration at the gumline will be
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Enjoy the before and after: On this case we completed today, we moved a patient from a A4/C4 to a B3. In-office whitening uses a process where we retract the lips and isolate the gum tissues using a soft light cured resin. The process takes about 1 hour. We do 3 applications of 38% H2O2
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I recently sat in a Hands-On course with Dr. Peter Harnois. We spent several hours discussing veneers. The primary topic was a discussion of prep design, tooth preparation in order to get the tooth ready to receive a veneer. Specifically, Dr. Harnois discussed Lumineers, which use strong lithium disilicate, and can be as thin as
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