Another successful venous lake treatment We are seeing about 1-2 people a month now for treatment of lip hemangioma (venous lake treatment). The procedure is very simple and typically only takes a few minutes. The key is that the right laser must be used. I have seen several patients that have had failed treatments from […]
Natural looking smile with dental veneers A natural looking smile with dental veneers is possible, no matter what you consider natural! Case of the week Sharon’s natural looking dental veneers Sharon was on a recent trip with her daughter and noticed how yellow and worn down her teeth were getting in the family photos. Although […]
Case of the week Sometimes when an accident occurs and a front tooth is broken a decision is made to re-face the entire tooth with a porcelain veneer. It is very challenging for all those involved to get a “perfect ” match. Fortunately their are very skilled lab technicians out there that are capable of […]
Case of the week Sam took a spill late night on his college campus on a sheet of ice and landed directly on his mouth. The result can be seen below. Fortunately the tooth did not break into the nerve and I was thus able to restore the tooth with a composite veneer. I don’t […]
Case of the week Frank fell and broke his tooth off as a young man but forntuantly saved the teeth and his previous dentist was able to bond the two pieces back togehter and it lasted for several decades UNTIL ………. I received a photo in a text message stating the piece is now […]
Implant supported zirconia bridge – What is it? Implant supported zirconia bridge is one of several framework options to make an implant supported bridge. Screw retained implant supported zirconia bridge framework (a hybrid denture upgrade) Case of the week Jane’s implant supported zirconia bridge story The implant supported zirconia bridge and Jane….. Jane had suffered […]
Painful implant with bone loss (peri-implantitis) Peri-implantitis Case of the week Click for larger view Liz had trouble, more specifically pain, around this implant ever since the crown was put on. After the original dentist (the one that placed the crown on the implant) couldn’t help her, the surgeon that placed the implant referred her […]
Case of the week Matching a single front tooth can be very challenging for both the dentist and the lab tech making the crown. I give credit to my lab partner for her excellent work on this case. Can you guess which of these is a new crown? For answer scroll down…… Bryan Bauer, […]
Case of the week This is NOT the same thing as a brown front tooth What do you see when Sally smiles? All Sally could see was that old discolored filling. Although structurally there was nothing wrong with the composite filling, it no longer looked esthetically pleasing. Composites used years ago lacked color stability properties […]
