Category: Reconstructive Dentistry Cases
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Custom Abutment, Implant Crown
Implant and crowns enhance aesthetics after dental abscess causes tooth loss This patient had damaged a front tooth as a child many years ago. At the time, the standard of care was to restore the damaged tooth with a porcelain-to-metal crown and to place a crown on the adjacent tooth to make a match. Since…
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Implant Reconstructive Dentistry
Heavy metal poisoning results in full mouth reconstruction When we first met, this patient was in critical dental condition with many failing restorations due to either decay or infected root canals. Her teeth were treated by several different dentists throughout the years, using several different types and shades of porcelain materials. Though she did not…
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Smile restoration after trauma
Implant dentistry and pink porcelain gums create lifelike final outcome in smile restoration after trauma This patient had been been traumatized by a baseball as a child, causing him to lose one front tooth and badly damage another. At his initial consultation, he had a failing four-unit bridge connecting two seemingly healthy teeth to one…
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Internal tooth bleaching, braces
Childhood baseball trauma corrected with braces and internal tooth bleaching This patient had been hit with a baseball as a child, and the front left central incisor was damaged: the color turned dark, the enamel became brittle and thin, and the tooth got slightly jammed into the socket higher than the adjacent tooth. In order to…
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Baby Teeth Get Implant Dentistry
A permanent solution when permanent teeth don’t erupt Typically a patient will lose primary (baby) teeth as the permanent teeth in the bone below develops and matures, pushing the primary tooth out of its way. In the case where there is a congenitally missing permanent tooth, the primary tooth may be retained for an indefinite period…
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Braces and Resin Bonding
Successful adult improves confidence through aesthetic dentistry! As a consultant to big financial firms, this patient was aware that a powerful image was important to portray. However, she felt limited by having never lost the upper baby-teeth canines. The proportion between her teeth and lips was not balanced. She did not realize that the two…
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Gum Recontouring, Braces, Crowns
Gummy smile enhanced through gum recontouring, braces, and crowns This patient initially wanted to improve the appearance of her smile, complaining that her teeth were too small, and spaced apart. The aesthetic analysis concluded that the overall size of her upper front teeth were both too narrow for the width of the patient’s mouth, and…