You can't put the same set of teeth in every mouth and expect them to look good. It takes part skilled technician, part artist, part psychologist to fathom what would look great and what the client is looking for. We don't want to destroy something you consider an important character trait - that little space that runs in the family or the slight incline that is critical to the wind instrument you play so well.
Prior to any major work we will propose doing a wax up - what this means is that we will take impressions of your teeth and create your proposed new smile on the model first. This model helps you see the changes and make suggestions.
Once you've decided we have it right, we can use the model to prepare temporaries. What does that mean? When we prepare your teeth we place transitional, or temporary, veneers/crowns/bridges to protect the tooth while the lab is fabricating the final restoration. This gives you a chance to 'try out' your new smile before the final restoration is made.
If we need to 'tweek' it we can - make a tooth shorter, round an edge etc. Your 'transitional' or 'temporary' restorations will also be very close in color to the fianl restoration (although not quite as good translucency or luster).
Once we have your OK, the lab will proceed and make the final restoration.
The final appointment is shorter than the preparation visit. We gently take off the transitional/temporary restorations and place the new ones - everyone is happy and you leave SMILING.
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