SMILE GALLERY

Crooked, crowded teeth tend to wear unevenly. For this patient, the crowding was resolved with orthodontics. The stained old restorations on her front teeth and the worn areas were restored using new bonded composites for a beautiful result.

Severe wear and erosion, often caused by aggressive brushing and acids in the mouth, usually involves extensive restoration of most or all teeth–in this case, with porcelain crowns.

Heavy staining of an old veneer and the dark rim of an old porcelain/metal crown can be improved with a new porcelain veneer and a new all-porcelain crown.

This patient had a porcelain/metal crown on her front tooth that was too long and the wrong color, and a stained old filling on the tooth next to it. The crown was replaced with a new all-porcelain crown, and the filling was redone to bring harmony to her smile.

After many years of wear, chipping, and staining, this patient was ready for a new smile! Since the lower teeth did not show when smiling, we focused only on the upper teeth, which were restored with all-porcelain crowns from canine to canine.

This patient’s old veneers had become darkly stained and worn down around the edges. New veneers brightened up her smile and gave her teeth a more even appearance.

A front tooth, chipped at the playground, was carefully repaired with composite and shaped to match the neighboring tooth.