Cosmetic Dentistry Gallery

To improve this patient's smile we re-contoured the gumline, and placed Porcelain Veneers on her upper ten teeth. By including ten teeth we achieved a broader looking smile. Before, this beautiful young woman always wore a guarded smile, now she shows it off every chance she gets.

 

This patient had existing bondings with stain. We removed the bondings and stain and placed new bondings that covered the entire tooth. By covering the entire tooth, Dr. Testa can make more changes to the shape and color of the tooth. In about two hours Dr. Testa was able to bring new life to the patient's smile.

 

Crooked teeth is one of the most common issues that patients want to have corrected with veneers. This patient not only wanted to have straighter teeth, but she also wanted to have a breathtaking smile. Dr. Testa transformed her smile by placing a combination of Full Porcelain Crowns and Porcelain Veneers on the upper ten teeth. Dr. Testa definitely gave the patient what she wanted, or at least that's what her husband thought when he saw her new smile for the first time on their wedding day.

 

For some people, a little can go a long way. There is a misconception that to have an absolutely beautiful smile you have to crown every tooth in your mouth. Dr. Testa proved that theory wrong with this patient. By simply bleaching his teeth and bonding the lower edges of the patient's upper teeth, Dr. Testa made big improvements with very little changes.

 

In some situations crowning almost every tooth in the mouth is needed but not necessarily for cosmetic reasons. Some patients have functional issues that require crowning a lot of teeth. The fringe benefits are that a beautiful smile is produced in result, such is the case with this patient. Dr. Testa found that this patient had functional issues with his bite and decay. His main concern was that he did not like the crowding or color of his teeth. He also did not like that his lower teeth arched like "a rainbow". As with most of our patients we recommend more conservative orthodontic treatment, but due to his decay issues orthodontics would not solve all of his problems. He chose to have a straighter, whiter smile and he wanted to change the shapes of his teeth. With a combination of the 8 upper veneers and full porcelain crowns and 6 lower crowns we were able to give him a smile that he was excited about.

 

Just because you have Porcelain Veneers done, does not mean that you have to look like you just had Porcelain Veneers done. Dr. Testa creates a look that is very natural. She was able to create a very beautiful, natural look for this patient. The patient suffered from erosion of the enamel on the tongue side due to citrus acids and gastric reflux. This also made her teeth very sensitive.