With the broken piece bonded into place this patient will be able to function just fine until he can get back with us to make a new crown for this tooth and the one next to it. He was just relieved to have the tooth back together in one piece!
Bonded broken porcelain
So this piece of a crown was broken, and we needed to get the patient fixed up as quickly as possible.
Broken porcelain
The solution? We quickly re-bonded the piece back into place.
Bonding broken porcelain
This was a tough deal. This poor man was on a camping trip with his kids in the middle-of-nowhere when his porcelain crown broke. He managed to slip it back into place and showed up to see us with the piece in hand.
Broken porcelain
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
This tooth recently had a root canal. The specialist referred her so that we could improve the esthetics of the corner or edge. Our solutions included a veneer, a crown, or bonding. Although the tooth may need the other more invasive procedures later, we opted to try and improve the look by altering the existing bonding.
Tooth before new bonding
A few minutes later and we got this retired dentist back together. He was pleased with the final result….and so were we!
Repaired fracture tooth
Here’s a retired dentist who had an old filling that fractured out of this tooth. It was originally placed when he was in dental school and had served him well for many, many years.
Fractured front tooth
So we cleaned the cavity out of both, filling the front tooth and placing a porcelain crown on the one next to it. The resulting change was dramatic! And our patient was VERY happy to get both of these teeth fixed….and looking MUCH better! (Again, for reference, the old porcelain crown- with the obvious margin where the tooth and crown meet-is located directly behind our new crown).
Crown and filling-after
These two teeth were in need of some help. The one had a large, old tooth-colored filling that had begun to discolor and decay. The tooth behind it also had a very large tooth-colored filling and was also starting to develop a cavity. You can see the margin of an old porcelain crown on the tooth behind it.
Old filling
So to review: A wakeboard accident cracked this tooth:
Cracked tooth
His mom was concerned about fixing the tooth and making it look ‘natural’……but I think we were really successful, don’t you??
Repaired tooth
Repaired tooth
