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All work showcased below are real cases completed by Dr. Feliciano
dental emergencies are never planned
but we’re here to help!
Patient states that her two front crowns broke off.
We reviewed multiple options with the patient such as implants, a bridge, or a removable prosthetic. Ultimately after weighing the pros and cons, the patient decided to go with a fixed bridge. For this case, Dr. Feliciano extracted the two middle teeth due to poor restorability. We opted to graft the extraction sights to hold onto as much bone for esthetic reasons. By grafting the extraction sites, the bone is likely to heal more evenly and we could keep the false central teeth at a natural length instead of compensating for a larger gap. Pt was left with a temporary bridge for 2 months while the sockets healed. After healing, the permanent bridge preparation was scanned and the patient had her new smile after one week. The results speak for themselves.
Small change, big result
Pt states she’s had this chipped tooth for a while, but she’s finally ready to do something about it.
Just because it’s a small area, doesn’t mean that it’s easy and straight forward to fix. On the contrary, making a small defect blend into the natural surrounding tooth structure can be quite challenging. Multiple steps of polishing over and over again to get this perfectly blended restoration takes time. But we can’t argue that the results were worth it!
A challenging case of space management
Pt states that he’s been worried about the gap in the middle teeth and missing teeth on the left side of his smile.
In this particular case, the pt did not want to opt into implants, the challenge was on. Pt was also concerned about the gum overgrowth between the two front teeth. During the prep appointment, we actually did a mild gingivectomy to remove some of the bulk to get a better result between the teeth and close the gap more accurately.
Crowns on #7 and #9 were replaced. A longer bridge was placed on the left side. to replace two missing teeth.
After the treatment was done, pt was happy with the results and looks forward to his beautiful smile everyday.
Esthetic case - managing recurrent decay and sensitive teeth
Pt states that he has sensitivity in his front teeth. Pt also states that he doesn’t like the dark spots when smiling!
The middle front teeth not only had decay on the front portion, but also had decay behind as well. Because of the circumferential bacterial infection on the tooth, crowns were recommended. The adjacent teeth had smaller cavities and were managed with composite restorations. After the decay was removed and teeth restored, the patient had no more pain on cold and was much more confident with his smile!
Pt had been missing her lower right first molar for a while, she wanted to be able to chew on both sides again!
implant on lower right molar
After taking an in-house CT scan, Dr. Feliciano saw that she had ample bone to house an implant! The patient had been missing the tooth for years, but this time she was ready to make a change. The patient was prepped for surgery and the implant was placed in about 30 minutes! Not all cases go this smooth, but luckily for us, she was in and out in no time.
The second photo is a one week post op. We can appreciate the gums bounding back after the procedure.
The third photo is the implant crown put in place about 3 months after. Overall, the patient was very happy to have her smile full again!
trauma case - restored with root canal treatment, a crown, and composites
Pt states he was in a vehicular accident, suffered blunt force trauma to his front teeth.
Dr. Feliciano started off the case with a flexible splint to stabilize the traumatized front tooth. After a month of stabilization, Doc removed the wire, re-evaluated the mobility of the tooth and decided it was possible to save it. Unfortunately, the tooth went necrotic, resulting in a dead tooth and a very obvious discoloration. The root canal treatment was completed to minimize any apical abscess and to remove the dead pulp of the tooth. A composite veneer was placed on the adjacent tooth and a crown placed on the necrotic tooth to restore a beautiful smile!
Veneers 7-10
Patient’s chief complaint was the wide spacing and inability to properly chew food.
Dr. Feliciano’s goal was to be minimally invasive and save as much tooth structure as possible. though crowns on the anterior 4 could have also fixed the issue Doc preserved the back sides of the teeth and essentially placed “masks” on these teeth. Overall, pt was extremely happy with results.