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Treatment for a Traumatic Tooth Injury

February 16, 2021 by writeradmin

I took a nasty fall a while back and now some of my top and bottom teeth are turning black. Do and need to get dental crowns or remove them and get false teeth? Is there any way these teeth can still look nice? One of the teeth seems to be in the wrong place […]

Filed Under: Dental Implants Tagged With: AACD accredited dentist, finding an expert cosmetic dentist, porcelain veneers, root canal treatment, traumatic tooth injury

Dental Bonding Doesn’t Match

January 2, 2021 by writeradmin

I had a chipped tooth that my dentist said he could repair with dental bonding. While I don’t have a chipped tooth any longer, the bonding part doesn’t really match the tooth part and it looks weird. Is that how dental bonding always looks? If not, should the dentist fix it or should I go […]

Filed Under: Dental Bonding Tagged With: chipped tooth, finding an expert cosmetic dentist, porcelain veneers, smile makeover

Will Dental Insurance Cover the Repair of Splotched Teeth?

November 27, 2020 by writeradmin

My daughter has always had problems with her teeth because she doesn’t have as much enamel as she should. She recently had her braces removed and there were splotches on her teeth. The dentist suggested we do teeth whitening to even out the color. While we can afford it, I wondered if dental insurance will […]

Filed Under: Dental Bonding Tagged With: AACD accredited, Best Des Moines Cosmetic Dentists, finding an expert cosmetic dentist, splotchy teeth, teeth whitening, tooth bonding, weak enamel

Implant Crown Doesn’t Match My Teeth

September 30, 2020 by writeradmin

I had a dental implant placed for a missing front tooth. So far, my dentist has placed the crown for it three different times none of which matched the teeth next to it. She’s now completely fed up with me and said I’m being unreasonable. Apparently, the shade of my teeth is between two colors. […]

Filed Under: Dental Implants Tagged With: AACD accredited dentists, finding an expert cosmetic dentist, implant crowns, matching a dental crown to a front tooth, porcelain crowns

Dentist Wants to Reconstruct Her Bite to Make Her Teeth Whiter

July 3, 2020 by writeradmin

I need some advice. I’ve got a dental crown and 5 porcelain veneers. All of them are quite old 30+ years and need to be replaced. My dentist wants to crown all of my teeth because my smile isn’t very white and he feels it will look better. Is there an advantage to this I […]

Filed Under: Teeth Whitening Tagged With: AACD accredited dentist, Best Dentist, bleaching teeth, finding an expert cosmetic dentist, full-mouth reconstruction, porcelain crowns, porcelain veneers

Can You Get a Single Porcelain Veneer?

November 7, 2019 by writeradmin

I was planning on just getting one porcelain veneer for a tooth which has always bothered me. It’s always been darker than the other teeth. Originally, my dentist wanted to do a dental crown, but I didn’t want to grind the tooth down. He agreed to do the porcelain veneer. When it came in, it […]

Filed Under: Porcelain Veneers Tagged With: AACD accredited dentist, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentist, dental crowns, finding an expert cosmetic dentist, Matching a single porcelain veneer, porcelain crowns

Covering Tetracycline Stains

September 13, 2019 by writeradmin

My twin sister and I both have tetracycline stains. About seven years ago, she had porcelain veneers placed to make her stained teeth look better. While I feel they do look better than the darkly stained teeth we’ve both suffered with, to me they didn’t look quite natural. She was told they had to use […]

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Gum Inflammation with Porcelain Veneers

August 30, 2019 by writeradmin

I had porcelain veneers put on four teeth. Since then, my gums have been inflamed. I went to see my dentist and they said they’ve never seen that happen and it must mean I’m not brushing well enough. Not only did this annoy me because it wasn’t true, it did nothing to help me. The […]

Filed Under: Cosmetic Dentist Tagged With: AACD accredited dentist, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, finding an expert cosmetic dentist, getting a second opinion, gum inlfammation, porclain veneers, smile makeover

Dental Tourism Disaster

June 17, 2019 by writeradmin

Can you help me? I went to a European country in order to get a smile makeover I could afford. Even with the travel, I saved $50,000. I loved how the smile looked and was pleased as punch until they started falling off.  I’ve been doing everything they’ve told me to. I cut up all […]

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Disqualified from Teeth Whitening for Service

May 31, 2019 by writeradmin

I’m frustrated. When I signed up with my new dentist it was with a free teeth whitening for life offer. All new patients received it. The only caveat was that you had to keep up with your cleanings and they’d provide tubes of teeth whitening gel. I’d done it once, had two cleanings and then […]

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