The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (www.aacd.com) celebrates 30 Years of Making Smiles this week. I am forever grateful for the founders and leaders of this organization who inspire and continue to promote the art and science of this aspect of dentistry. Cosmetic Dentistry is not always about creating beautiful smiles with a mouthful of veneers. In many situations, mastering cosmetic dentistry allows dentists to give back the confidence that people may lose when damage to the front tooth occurs. We simply want to recreate what nature has intended for the teeth to look like.

I restored this patient's broken front tooth in 2006. Fast forward eight years, and this is what the patient has to say in a testimonial he posted on 4/30/2014:

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I've been going to Dr. Alex since I was a kid and he's pulled everything from my baby teeth to adult teeth, and even replacing broken ones! He used to be located in Southside San Jose before moving his office to Saratoga, and although it's a further drive and it's out of the way, it's very much worth it. ..... In 2006, I slipped and fell on my face and fell right on my mouth causing me to break more than 3/5 of my front tooth. My life honestly flash before my eyes that day thinking that I would have to go through the rest of my life looking worse than Jim Carey's character in Dumb and Dumber. Dr. Alex created a crown for me that looked almost identical to how my tooth was before and today you would never know that I have a crown in my smile. He's honestly one of the best out there if he could pull that miracle off, so I'm really glad that he's my dentist. Thank you!

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I have actually wrote a blog entry about this case before here, and the testimonial above was a coincidence and not solicited. Here is another look at the crown the patient was talking about: