Dr Tom Farley » creating a beautiful smile

Veneer photo

Dr T. — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:28:41 +0000

And here’s another of the veneer photos. The tissue now has had a few weeks to fully mature, so you can see how the papilla (the piece of gum tissue we have between our teeth that extends down to a point) has begun to drop into place. Again, no sensitivity and one happy, happy patient!!

Veneers on central incisors

Restoring Front teeth

Dr T. — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:13:51 +0000

So this gentleman is not ready to crown his teeth, but there is a large fracture. It doesn’t hurt, but esthetically it looks less than ideal. He’d like a temporary ‘fix’ until we can crown it (which, again, he is not ready to do right now). What to do???

Broken front tooth

Dr T. — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:13:33 +0000

Sometimes people are not ready to restore their front teeth. There might be a need, whether from fractures, wear, large fillings….any number of reasons. But maybe they just are not psychologically or financially in a position to really ‘fix’ their teeth. Here’s a quick example: This tooth fractured, but the gentleman does not want to crown his front teeth just yet. So….what to do??

Final bonding results

Dr T. — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:32:09 +0000

And one last look at our before-and-after of the happy patient:

Prior to orthodontics and bonding--full face

After the bonding and ortho--full face

New bonding

Dr T. — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:09:01 +0000

This tooth needed to look better. We ruled out a crown or veneer, and rebonding the edge was the most conservative treatment. The other teeth have some dramatic characterization so this was a tricky procedure. But, when we finished, the patient was excited about the final result.

After new bonding

Cavities-filled

Dr T. — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:56:10 +0000

And here’s the final result, only a few minutes later. Look how nicely the shade of the filling blends with his tooth color. And the little redness at the gumline is from finishing and polishing the filling in this area and should heal uneventfully within a few short days.

Gum-line Fillings

Dr T. — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:54:50 +0000

This is a quicky, but shows how nice a little bonding can make a big change. These two teeth obviously have cavities at the gumline:

Old crowns

Dr T. — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:49:14 +0000

This pretty patient had been very happy with the crowns on her front teeth for MANY years. But recently they started to show signs of aging, and we decided it was time to replace them. When you look closely, they seem to be angled slightly to one side and there are spaces that have developed between them.

Front teeth-after bleaching and bonding

Dr T. — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:16:48 +0000

We resurfaced the bonding on her lateral incisor, leaving the existing bonding on her canine tooth (That will be resurfaced later). The change was dramatic. It was an easy fix and got this young lady off to college with a new, brighter smile. A few years from now we’ll consider some conservative veneers.

Cavity in Tooth

Dr T. — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:08:50 +0000

But, when the tooth is opened up, look what’s inside:

This was NOT evident when you looked at the tooth (see below) and was only found with an x-ray.