Often, we are so busy taking care of our other business, we forget about ourselves. After general restoration of cavities, the patient told us she was interested in fixing her front teeth and asked what was involved. We told her that first, we would make a diagnostic wax-up of the ideal and let her see what things would look like in her mouth. After trying in the provisional stent(without any tooth preparation) the patient was so excited to begin. "How soon can we start?" .Your wish is my comman...

Sometimes, orthodontics is required to align the teeth to allow for the most conservative preparation to be used. This was the case here, where we fabricated 4 Porcelain Laminate Veneers after the Othodontic treatment.

Time passes and we are not always aware of the changes that come along with it. Since we are not usually looking at ourselves, it would more likely be someone else who sees the changes. However, once it is pointed out and the person becomes aware of it, restoration can then be done to refreshen the time worn condition. Here, we were mostly concerned with the worn and thin edges of the front teeth. These were refreshed with porcelain laminate veneers.

White spots or hypercalcified areas can create quite the Aesthetic dilema. After a long period of time, this Patient decided she wanted to improve her smile. We placed 2 porcelain veneers(laminates) which matched the natural tooth pretty well. She was quite happy with the result.

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...

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...