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Alex Nguyen, DDS is a Saratoga Dentist who practices General Dentistry, Cosmetic, and Implant Dentistry. For over 20 years the practice has been serving the residents of Santa Clara County and San Francisco Bay Area.
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Alex Nguyen, DDS is a Saratoga Dentist who practices General Dentistry, Cosmetic, and Implant Dentistry. For over 20 years the practice has been serving the residents of Santa Clara County and San Francisco Bay Area.
Restoring worn out front teeth is all about the details. Properly designed restorations using the right materials, technique, and collaboration with the right ceramist can bring back years of life to the front teeth. Here is an example of a case where we used a combination of teeth whitening, crowns, and veneers on the four front teeth to restore this gentleman's smile.
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Alex Nguyen, DDS is a Saratoga Dentist who practices General Dentistry, Cosmetic, and Implant Dentistry. For over 20 years the practice has been serving the residents of Santa Clara County and San Francisco Bay Area.
When it comes to Implant teeth, the work should begin with proper diagnosis and treatment planning with the restorative dentist who will fabricate your final restorations. If the restorative dentist does not place the implants, he/she will coordinate with the surgeon so that the outcome of the treatment can be optimized for both esthetic and function. In the case below the patient went to an oral surgeon before coming to me for a consultation for crowns to be placed on the implants in her mouth. This is actually a reversed pattern of treatment. Sometimes the ideal final result cannot be achieved because the implants have been placed in the wrong position.
We will be gathering some detailed diagnostic records and studies to come up with a plan to restore these teeth, but there are obvious issues with the case.
In the X-ray you can see that Implant # 1 and # 2 were placed too close to each other. Here are the potential problems:
1. The crown for Implant # 1 may be much smaller than its ideal size.
2. The gum tissue between the teeth for Implant # 1 and Implant # 2 will not have any room to sustain a normal shape and healthy environment.
On the other hand, you can also see that implant # 2 and # 3 were placed too far from each other. Here are the potential problems:
1. The crowns between these 2 implants may appear unusually large/wide and may not fit the patient's smile esthetically.
2. It may also be impossible to create normally looking gum tissue between these two implant teeth.
Additionally, Implant # 3 was placed too close to the adjacent natural tooth. This may cause the natural root to resorb if indeed the threads of the implants have impinged on the ligaments and/or root of the natural tooth.
To ensure an optimal dental implant result, it is always recommended that the patient seek proper consultation with qualified clinicians prior to proceeding with the treatments.
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Alex Nguyen, DDS is a Saratoga Dentist who practices General Dentistry, Cosmetic, and Implant Dentistry. For over 20 years the practice has been serving the residents of Santa Clara County and San Francisco Bay Area.
When restoring front teeth, we begin the process with temporary restorations. Below is a case in progress. In a 90 minutes appointment I removed the patient's old misfit veneers and made her two acrylic temporaries. I use the temporaries to test out the length, shape, contour, and position of her front teeth in relation to her adjacent teeth as well as her lip. I will continue to make changes to the temporaries until the patient is happy with the way the front teeth look. Next, my patient will begin to whiten her teeth so that I can match her final porcelain restorations to a brighter smile. She is already ecstatic with these temporaries even though they are work in progress.
Photos of old veneers
Photos of temporaries in progress
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Alex Nguyen, DDS is a Saratoga Dentist who practices General Dentistry, Cosmetic, and Implant Dentistry. For over 20 years the practice has been serving the residents of Santa Clara County and San Francisco Bay Area.