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Unsurpassed Dental Cosmetics
This patient came to my office complaining of loose
teeth, pain, headaches, and a smile that often had her
covering her mouth at social events. This patient had
multiple crowns placed on her front teeth about 10 years
before coming to my office.
The metal underneath the porcelain was starting to show
through the porcelain and the roots were becoming exposed.
Patient had gum disease problems, missing teeth, and jaw
joint dislocation (the main cause of headaches).
It is so important to pay attention to the health of the
gums and jaw joint when performing cosmetic dentistry. Too
many dentists are in a rush to place porcelain teeth in
patient's mouths without paying any attention to underlying
problems associated with gum disease and improper jaw function.
This patient demonstrates what happened ten years after her
dentist rushed to place crowns on her teeth, without
treating her gum problems and maintaining her mouth
properly. After careful gum treatment we started restoring
her mouth with two bridges on her lower
jaw in order to stabilize her bite and produce proper jaw function.
These bridges included fabrication of 12 new teeth on her
lower jaw. Without good function cosmetic dental work can fail after a few
years, so it is critical to make sure that the jaws work effectively and the jaw joints conform to the
function. If this is not taken into consideration, the
patient can end up with headaches and jaw joint problems. We
specialize in these forms of reconstruction, paying
careful attention to muscle function, jaw to jaw relationship, and
health of the jaw joint (dental occlusion).
Finally, we end our treatment with unsurpassed cosmetics! We
ended her treatment by placing 14 porcelain crowns on her
upper teeth, including 2 bridges to replace her missing
teeth. We used Jeneric Pentron Porcelain fused to
precious metal. Our own, on-site lab, produced these
results. Due to her weakened teeth we decided to connect all
of the teeth together. This is a very difficult procedure to
accomplish because of the precision involved to "splint" all
of the teeth in one unit for strength, stability, and long
term health. The
patient stated to us that she feels 20 years younger and has never been able to chew so well.
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