Porcelain Veneers to create a beautiful smile Poorly shaped, discolored, spaced teethVeneers to correct shape, proportions, and spaces There is a lot more that goes into smile designs than most people realize. Most patients in our office have high expectations and have a really keen understanding of how they would like their smile to look. […]
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Worn and chipped teeth Dental Bonding and Reshaping of Teeth The highly trained esthetic dentists can usually offer several treatment options for patients looking to enhance their smile. In the case above, the issue was whether to use dental bonding or porcelain veneers. The patient only wanted the front teeth to not look worn and
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Narrow, discolored smile Non-prep and minimal prep veneers to correct smile and widen smile Every cosmetic dentistry case is different and designed for the that patient. In the case above, porcelain veneers were used to improve the midline of the teeth, widen the smile, and to whiten the teeth. This case was completed with minimal
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broken/chipped central incisors All Porcelain Crowns on Central Incisors One of the more challenging and artistic areas of cosmetic dentistry is to match single front tooth crowns. This requires a great deal of skill and artistry to create natural results. In many cases, patients are not interested in porcelain veneers or porcelain crowns on all
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This is not my usually type of article, however, I felt that it was important enough to write about this new research finding as it pertains to patient’s health. Essentially, the research shows that maintining periodontal health may contribute to a health respiratory system according to the reasearch published in the Journal of Periodontology.  This suggests
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I recieved a recent question from someone through email who was asking how come their jaw still hurts even though they wear a nightguard for TMJ treatment. There are many factors that can explain this. The first is that a nightguard helps relax the muscles. If a properly fabricated nightguard does not help, then it
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Bite Corrected and Full Mouth Smile makeover Worn Teeth and TMJ Problems  The purpose of this editorial is to give some insight to some of the complex cosmetic dentistry cases that we see. The before photo is a picture of a 38 year old who came to see us for a cosmetic dentistry consultation.Â
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Is your jaw sore sometimes or do you have head pain or headaches?Are you aware of clinching or grinding your teeth?Do you snore at nighttime? Are headaches and neckaches a part of your day? Does your jaw joint pop or make noise? Do you feel as if you have an earache? The temporomandibular joint  These are some
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Spaces between Front Teeth Dental Bonding utilized to Close Spaces There are usually several options when it comes to cosmetic dentists offering treatment for closing spaces for patients. Porcelain veneers can be beautiful and skillfully utilized to close spaces such as that in the photo above. However, a more conservative cosmetic dentistry treatment in this
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TMJ treatment is not a new field in dentistry, however, it is truly a field in which new therapies and treatment modalities  are being developed based on new understandings about this complicated TMJ joint. What has not really changed is the general way that TMJ is taught by dental schools and practiced by dentists.  Simply
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