Charlotte Cosmetic Dentist

Office reconstruction

10.20.08

A little while ago I posted some pretty scary photos of my office as it was being renovated, including this one:

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Speed up your Computer

10.13.08

After only a few months a new computer can really slow down.  Here’s a good article to help speed things up again.  Many of these suggestions are easy and really do help!  Read here.

Front teeth-after bleaching and bonding

10.06.08

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.

After bonding

Front teeth-before bonding

09.25.08

Let’s get to the bottom line:  I felt crowns were WAY too aggressive to replace a little discolored bonding.  Veneers were an option, but with this patient in her late teens, I was looking for a more conservative option (leaving veneers for the ‘next step’ down the road in 5-10 years.) We decided on a course of tooth whitening and then simply re-surfacing the existing bonding with a brighter-colored composite.  We only had a few weeks, so she quickly finished whitening at home.  Here’s what she looked like after the whitening, with the original bonding:

Before bonding (teeth whitened)

Dental Implant-

09.15.08

We were not able to save the natural tooth that was originally located in this position.  You can see why here.  Now the implant has been placed and healed, so it’s time to finish with the post and crown.

Dental implant

Dental Implant

09.11.08

This is a case that I first talked about here.  Now, the implant has been placed and it’s time to put the post and crown in.

Dental implant

Tooth repaired after Cavity

09.08.08

And here’s the new filling. It came out great! And surprisingly there was no sensitivity to hot, cold, or biting after the big cavity was cleaned out and the tooth filled.

Tooth with filling

Repaired Front teeth

08.20.08

We tried to save her current, new crown with some bonding and, at the same time add back to the other tooth. This was a quick, painless repair and got her on her way and back to work in no time!

Repaired front teeth

Dental accident

07.28.08

Teeth meet glass door……….teeth lose. Glass door wins.

Broken teeth