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Cosmetic dentistry for the front teeth - Before and after photos. The upper four front teeth received porcelain veneers. The lower canine (fang) was bonded from the inside; the lower front teeth were also reshaped. This took two office visits. |
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Cosmetic Dental Bonding used to treat a rotated first premolar tooth and palatally displaced second premolar tooth. Treatment time 30 minutes. Before and after pictures showing a side smile view. |
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Cosmetic Dentistry with one dental bonding and one porcelain veneer. Treatment time: 2 visits. The patient refused orthodontic treatment. The Veneer had pink porcelain around the gingival margin - gum - to hide its relative height. |
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Cosmetic Dentistry for a pretty 25 year old woman from Ireland with only one upper front tooth. The upper lateral incisor teeth had root canal therapy and posts placed. The laterals were then prepared for a dental bridge but more tooth reduction was taken from the mesial. The mesial of both canines were reduced so that the laterals could be "distalized." The central incisor was extracted and a bone graft was placed. A temporary lab-processed dental bridge is shown in this smile photo.
This patient came from Ireland and stayed in NYC from Monday to Friday of one week. Treatment was performed in only four hours on one day with the help of an Endodontist, Oral Surgeon, Joseph Tuil Dental Lab and Cosmetic Dentist.
A second lab-processed temporary bridge, reinforced with Ribbond, was placed before the patient's departure. She will return from Ireland in three months for fabrication and insertion of the final porcelain dental bridge. This second visit will also occur during one week. |
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Smile Makeover of a male model. 1) & 2) Before Photos. 3) & 4) After Photos. A combination of 20 all-porcelain Zirconium crowns, porcelain veneers and a lower front teeth bridge were used to treat natural tooth discoloration (and yellow old crowns) and a severe bilateral, posterior cross-bite. The cross bite means the upper back teeth closed down inside the lower back teeth. Total treatment time was about four weeks. The patient wanted his new teeth to be very white. |
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New dental bonding replacing old tooth bonding on an upper right lateral incisor. 1) and 2) Pre-op pictures. 3) and 4) Post-op pictures. The teeth color change was accomplished without shots in about 15 minutes. |
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20 Porcelain Teeth Veneers (laminates): Before and After close up mouth pictures. |
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Teeth Sculpting - Reshaping lower teeth to improve the appearance. One visit. No braces, no shots, no pain. |
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20 Porcelain Teeth Veneers - laminates. Before: top photos showing discolored teeth. After: bottom smile photos showing 20 porcelain dental veneers several days later. |
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Cosmetic dental treatment of upper and lower right canine teeth. The patient declined orthodontics. The upper and lower canines were extracted and the distal of the laterals and the mesial of the first premolars were bonded to close the space. The second photo is one week following extraction. Dental bonding was placed before the teeth were extracted so the patient never had to show the space between her teeth. Refer to other images in this series. |
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Cosmetic dentistry treatment of upper and lower right canine teeth. Focus on the upper jaw. The patient declined braces, orthodontics. The upper and lower canines were extracted and the distal of the laterals and the mesial of the first premolars were bonded to close the space. The second photo is one week following extraction. The dental bonding was placed before the teeth were extracted so the patient never had to show the space between her teeth. Refer to other images in this series. |
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Cosmetic dentistry treatment of upper and lower right canine teeth. Focus on the lower jaw. The patient declined braces, orthodontics. The upper and lower canines were extracted and the distal of the laterals and the mesial of the first premolar teeth received dental bonding to close the gap. The second photo is one week following extraction. The bonding was placed before the teeth were extracted so the patient never had to show the space between her teeth. Refer to other images in this series. |
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Cosmetic dentistry treatment of upper and lower right canines. The patient declined dental braces. The upper and lower canine teeth were removed by extraction and the distal of the laterals and the mesial of the first premolars received teeth bonding to close the gaps. The second image is one week following extraction. The teeth bonding was placed before the teeth were extracted so the patient never had to show the space between her teeth. Refer to other images in this series. |
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Cosmetic dental treatment of upper and lower right canines. The patient declined orthodontics. The upper and lower canines were extracted and the distal of the laterals and the mesial of the first premolars were bonded to close the space. The second photo is one week following extraction. The dental bonding was placed before the teeth were extracted so the patient never had to show the space between her teeth. Refer to other pictures in this series. |
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Free gingival gum graft three days after surgery. The upper front central incisor tooth exhibited a lot of gum recession that bothered the patient cosmetically. 1) The gum graft is shown after being sutured in place. These black sutures will be removed in about ten days. 2) The palate of the same patient showing the donor site for the graft. A gingival graft typically involves removing a small amount of palatal gingiva - gum - and sewing it where it is needed. |
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Closing a diastema (the space between the two upper front teeth) with dental bonding. Note how the bonding contours around the gingival papilla, gum point, in the bottom extra oral smile photo. |
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Aesthetic dentistry with Sculpting - teeth reshaping - and dental bonding. Note how the incisal edges of the top and bottom teeth were reshaped and how the gap space on the upper lateral incisor was closed with bonding. |
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Esthetic cosmetic dentistry with Sculpting - teeth reshaping - and teeth bonding for the upper central incisors, and teeth whitening - bleaching. Note how the eccentric teeth shapes of the centrals were reduced and dental bonding was added to the mesio-incisal angles. Collectively, this makes the teeth appear straight. |
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Aesthetic cosmetic dentistry with teeth reshaping - esthetic dental sculpting and dental bonding of the upper central incisors. Note how the eccentric teeth shapes of the centrals were reduced and dental bonding was added to the mesio-incisal angles. This makes the teeth appear straight in the full mouth smile picture. Treatment time: one hour during one visit without the need for dental shots. |
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Esthetic dentistry to extend the length of the upper front teeth with dental bonding. There are two ways to cosmetically lengthen teeth: bonding or porcelain laminate veneers. Porcelain laminate veneers are preferable due to greater strength and esthetics however they are a lot more expensive. Some patients can get a quite satisfactory result with bonding when cost is a concern. |
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Aesthetic cosmetic tooth bonding to make a rotated, upper lateral incisor appear straight. 1) Pre-operative front image. 2) Pre-operative occlusal image. Note how the tooth is rotated. 3) Post-operative front image. 4) Post-operative occlusal image. Note how dental bonding was added to the mesio-palato-incisal angle of the lateral. The other lateral tooth will be treated next. |
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Information about these dental photos
In medicine and dentistry "left" and "right" are based upon the orientation of the patient's body and not how they appear in a photograph of a smile. For example, a reference to the upper left teeth will actually appear to be on the right side when viewing a picture of the face and similarly an upper right tooth will appear to be on the left side.
Many words in dentistry like oral and mouth have a similar meaning and are frequently used together to help our readers find specific words they best understand. This is particularly important because a majority of our visitors are from countries where English is not their primary language. Maxilla or maxillary refer to the upper jaw. Mandible or mandibular refer to the lower jaw.
There are many other similar word combinations used throughout this website because our pages are read by patients and dentists. A few of the most common are discussed here. Tooth decay, tooth cavity and dental caries all mean the same thing. Tooth, teeth and dental are also frequently interchanged as in teeth veneers or dental veneer laminate. Oral rehabilitation and dental reconstruction mean smile makeover. The word for x-ray may be used with or without a hyphen (this is true for other words too) and can also be called a radiograph.
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