Results

Very little if any tooth structure or enamel was removed to achieve this result. Tooth colored filling materials in a variety of colors and layers were added to get just the right blend on the front four teeth ONLY, to achieve a seamless and natural look. This was 6 years ago. None have chipped.

A run-of-the-mill “tooth colored” filling, removed and replaced with the same material, but with highly specific color blending techniques and astute color choices. “Invisible”!

Spaces can be challenging to close and still look natural! But crowns can do the trick when all the “I’s” are dotted and the “t’s” are crossed with the tooth preparations!

A touch of bonding in strategic places combined with 4 crowns in the front seemingly fixes everything!

Four crowns in front is all that’s needed to change someones life sometimes!!

Starts off as a garden variety leaky “tooth colored” filling. Finished as one of my “invisible” fillings. Same material. Way different technique and attention to detail.

Sometimes a little bit of bonding goes a long way! No anesthetic needed here. Choose colors wisely, and get the fit and finish just right!

This patient was looking for a refreshing and a more feminine look. Who would guess that the front four teeth had been lost long ago and are all a permanent prosthetic bridge?!

Patient was unhappy with the shape, color and “black triangles” at her gumline from some garden variety gum recession. Although the teeth were perfectly healthy, I found that a quality result would be VERY hard to predict accurately with anything other than crowns. We got the magical result we were looking for!

This Patient started with all crowns and ended with all crowns on their top teeth. Why the dramatic esthetic difference? Proper, precise, and ultra refined technique when preparing the teeth underneath, and proper porcelain color matching. In the after picture (which is 15 years old) we were still using crowns with metal in them – just like the old ones! No fancy all white materials, just taking the time to do it right!

Most people who have crowns recognize the grey/brown at the gum line in this first photo. Yes, the crown has metal in it, EXACTLY like the crown I did in the after picture. I just made sure that once I cut off the old crown (took 1 minute), that I re-prepared the tooth PROPERLY and with care with respect to the gumline. And thus, the metal is hidden. Done almost 20 years ago and metal still hidden today!

Bonding below the gum line can be extremely difficult, but is a requirement for a case like this!

Sometimes patients are worried that their temporary crowns may not look “right” or as pretty as they would like them to.  The front four teeth in this after photo is the temporary crowns for this patient

Orthodontics (Braces) could only close the spaces to this level. The teeth were just on the slender size for this young man. We added bonding ONLY where needed. And blended in and color matched each and every in-between sliver of bonding individually. Result? Seamlessness between nature and man made material.

Some bonding, some bridges, all mixed together! Bonding is plastic and porcelain is glass – trying to get them to cooperate and produce a homogeneous finish can be challenging! We got this just right!

Amalgam “Silver” filling removed (in about 20 seconds – very easy!) and replaced with “invisible” filling.

This patient was born with missing adult teeth. 17 in all. Restoration required Crowns/bridges/implants etc. We managed to achieve the natural/beautiful result we had all hoped for.

In the before picture, the patient had come directly from having this crooked new crown permanently cemented by another dentist.  Yikes.  Looks like the natural tooth next to it took on a little damage from less than proper and precise technique!!  Yikes again.  In the after picture I bonded the damaged tooth, removed the “new”/other dentists crown, Ultra refined the tooth preparation and cemented the new crown.

Tooth seems to have been magically added! In fact, the tooth behind the space and the tooth in front of the space have been prepared and are being used as anchor teeth for a “Bridge”. In this case, a three-tooth prosthesis is permanently cemented in place. Precise color/shape/texture matching makes it amazing!