Smile Gallery: Crowns & Bridges
Deciding on any type of dental treatment is a team effort. We will provide you with all the information you need and work with you to make sure your treatment matches your goals.
A great way to help you understand the outcome of your treatment is to share before-and-after pictures of actual cases we’ve worked on. No matter what treatment we choose, you can expect the same type of outstanding results that you see here.
This patient has been coming to our office for years and she informed us recently she does not like her front crowns, hoping to replace them. There were also various structural issues with the crowns that can't be seen on the photos. We agreed it's time to replace them. Through the help of our labs, we were able to use a more esthetic crown material and customized some white staining to create a very close match to her adjacent teeth. Patient was very happy with the results and we're happy to have helped this patient improve her smile.
This patient has crowded teeth on the upper arch with lateral incisors protruding out from the crowding. They also have large and old fillings that have failed. The old fillings have developed decay underneath them and they have also accumulated stains. All these conditions are making the lateral incisors look unpleasant. Patient is not happy with the look but we needed to restore these teeth anyways so fixing the look is like the icing on the cake! We made sure we had enough tooth reduction on our crown preparation designs to correct the protrusion. We also made sure we selected ...
Patient does not like the look of her old front crown and who could blame her. The old crown was done a long time ago and the gum has receded, causing metal margin of the crown to show, and extensive amount of root surface exposed. Due to having a previous root canal therapy, the tooth has gotten darker over time as well. For cosmetic reasons, we decided to crown both front teeth to create better symmetry and enhance esthetics. We do not use metal in our crowns so we do not need to worry about a dark crown margin showing ...
This patient came to us because she's in need of a smile makeover but she couldn't afford to do crowns on every tooth. In fact, she was only able to do a few crowns at a time. We sat down together completed our exam, records, x-ray, and formed a treatment plan based on realistic goals and budgets that were possible for the patient. We decided to remove hopeless teeth and do several crowns over a few appointments to at least stabilize the dentition and achieve a better smile. Afterwards, we will revisit and decide how to replace missing teeth and ...
Patient presented with multiple missing teeth and did not like her smile. We did a complete evaluation and went over a few options on how to replace the missing areas and improve her smile. At the end, we decided to proceed with dental implants and replace some existing dental work to improve esthetics. With the help of an oral surgeon, we were able to place implants, abutments, and crowns to replace her missing teeth. We also replaced a front crown to achieve a more natural looking smile with a more contemporary crown material that is thinner and more translucent. Overall, ...
This patient came to us because his crown on his front tooth is getting loose and he had the crown for decades. While he always knew the crown didn't look so great, he never cared enough to have it redone for cosmetic reasons. Now that the crown is falling out, he doesn't really have a choice to have it replaced. Patient's existing crown looks off because it's a porcelain-fused metal crown, which can look very opaque if the crown preparation design is not done right. We decided to switch patient's crown material to a ceramic material with more translucency. We ...
This patient came to us because the front teeth are very yellow and patient does not like them. The front teeth had old bonding done 25 years ago. They lasted a long time but over the years they developed stains internally due to the old porous bonding materials. Since we are unable to make them whiter with whitening, we have to remove the existing bonding and come up with new ways to make them look better.
Patient and us went back and forth on what treatment options can achieve the best results and at the end we decided to go for ...
This patient came to us with several issues and one of them is a missing front tooth. He needed an efficient option that will fix most of his problems at the same time while minimizing cost. Bridges are not typically recommended at our office between it has a few disadvantages. It connects the teeth together so if you have 1 issue anywhere on the bridge it will involve all the teeth. Cleaning underneath it is difficult and bridge requires us to cut away significant amount of tooth structure on teeth adjacent to the missing space. However, sometimes bridge option can ...
This patient presented to us because she does not like her two front teeth with old composite bondings. They are dark and stained. Staining and chipping are typical issues with composite bonding and they don't last as long as crowns. After further discussion, we decided to move forward with crowns to improve esthetics of the front teeth. Patient was very happy with the results and she no longer have to worry about her front teeth staining and chipping.
