By: Russell McFarlane In 2011, we completed composite bonding on the patient’s peg laterals. A peg lateral is a tooth that naturally is smaller due to a genetic variation. Peg laterals or even missing laterals (Tooth #7 and #10) are very common. So, patients with peg laterals or missing laterals are often looking for a
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The patient was in a bad bicycle accident, which left her severely injured. Her most notable injuries were the fracture of her front teeth. One tooth (a central) came out completely, while the other three anterior teeth were fractured off. It was determined that the other central (think: front middle tooth) would also have to
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Composite Veneers vs Porcelain, which one would you choose? By: Dr. Megan Mobley This is one of our beloved employees. She had composite veneers placed about 5 years prior by a previous boss on her upper canines. She is congenitally missing her upper laterals ( #7 and #10) so she had orthodontic treatment to close
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Click the picture to see it enlarged Before and After Photos are favorites for people discovering what is possible. This patient presented with a history of her friends making fun of her and telling her that “she looks British.” This jabbing hurt her feelings and she asked if there was anything we could do about
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Click to enlarge This is a before and after in-office whitening. This took 5 (15-minute) sessions all completed in one sitting. The teeth moved up the shade guide considerably. This was taken using ‘No Flash.’ Because it is hard for a camera to capture the real effect your eyes can see with an in-office whitening.
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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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Enjoy the before and after! Patient could tell something didn’t feel right, it hurt initially, and a small piece broke off, but, then, the pain temporarily subsided. There was meaningful decay into the dentin in the area where the chipping occured. We removed the old amalgam, the caries (decay), and restored with a composite. Recurrent decay
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