One of These Teeth Is Not Like The Others
When this patient first came in, she had one of her front teeth completely off at the gumline.
Now, in these after photos, can you even tell which tooth is the fake one?
Happy Tooth: One-Day Decay Removal & Crown
This patient had decay that kissed the nerve in 3 places. With laser decay removal and a one-day crown, the tooth is still happy.
Taking Out & Replacing Teeth in One Day
I’m excited to be taking out and replacing teeth today, so I wanted to run you through the process for this same-day case.
Zirconia Crowns Milled Same-Day
We are now milling same-day zirconia crowns right here in the office.
Zirconia crowns offer you the HUGE advantage of being virtually unbreakable. They also will not wear or chip.
What Makes Moonlight Beach Dental Different
In this new video, I cover some of the ways Moonlight Beach Dental is so different from other dental offices – in ways that people don’t typically expect.
One-Day Dentistry: Root Canal, Crown, Filling & Cleaning
I love being able to do one-day dentistry! This patient was able to get a root canal, crown, filling and cleaning in a single visit.
Broken Tooth Fixed Just In Time For New Job
This guy had a broken tooth, but started a new job in 2 days. No problem! He was stoked we could fix everything in one day,
Veneers from “the only dentist I trust” in Encinitas
This patient looked me up and found me because I was her dentist 10 years ago. Since then, she had gotten veneers at another dentist. When she came to see me in Encinitas a few weeks ago, she has a few requests: She let me know that she never liked the color on those veneers. …
Before & After: Front Teeth Replacement
I’ve been busy during COVID. Last week, 4 people with front tooth emergencies had the same story: Their regular dentist wouldn’t return their call.
Before & After: Same-Day Crowns
This patient hated the crowns she had for over 15 years. As you can see in the before photo, the crowns were over-contoured. Her gums were constantly infected, painful, and quite often bled.
All I Want For Christmas Is My One Front Tooth
This patient had a removable tooth for a decade that broke on December 23rd. We milled and bonded in a non-removable tooth out of porcelain in one visit.
New Video Highlights Your Benefits At Moonlight Beach Dental
I’ve really been looking forward to this video being done, and now it’s here!
I wanted to make a video highlighting some of the key benefits that Moonlight Beach Dental offers people.
At the same time, the video highlights Moonlight Beach Dental’s whole-body, biologic philosophy – meaning that since teeth are connected to the body, dental health can effect overall health.
One-Visit Dentistry At Its Finest!
In the photo here, a large cavity from the wisdom tooth was pressing on the back of the second molar causing a cavity we couldn’t reach. It was so deep it was almost to the nerve.
Missing Tooth Fixed In One Day!
This patient had a tooth on a retainer that broke.
She couldn’t get an implant due to spacing, so we bonded in a tooth that was affixed to the back of her two adjacent teeth.
No drilling. No numbing. No removable tooth!
Gum Disease: What It Looks Like, How To Treat It
Gum disease, aka Periodontal disease, is the inflammation of gum tissue caused by tartar (essentially a calcified mat of bacteria).
Here’s how to prevent and treat gum disease.
Before & After: Creating A New Tooth In One Day
This patient drove 5 hours for a consult here at Moonlight Beach Dental. She had a tooth removed 6 months ago, and she wanted the tooth replaced in a conservative and natural way. It turns out that the doctor who took her tooth out damaged the bone, so she could not be a candidate for an implant.
A Huge Difference: In Just 1 Hour
This was a simple case. And simple can mean a big difference aesthetically.
We replaced these older fillings using a lighter shade, so that we could make her a new retainer.
It made a HUGE difference in her smile… in just 1 hour!
Fast, Single-Visit, Permanent Dental Work
People are always wowed that we can do permanent dental work, quickly, in a single visit – and at the same time address fear with sedation. And they should be! Check out this guy who cracked a tooth but he had to leave the country in 2 days. No problem.
Little To No Pain For Extractions & Root Canals? Here’s Proof
Ahh! What is that, you say? This here is an extracted tooth with a little something extra on it. The patient came in for a different treatment, but we noticed a “pimple” that was draining on the gum. That pimple was a fistula, and it was pus draining from a failing root canal that was performed years prior at another dentist.
Before & After: One-day crown
Here’s a simple post that shows, really dramatically, the difference a day can make when it comes to replacing old-fashioned, bad crowns in a single visit.
By the way, we are the only local dentistry we know of that offers a 5-year warranty on crowns.
Before & After: See the difference of crowns done well
I think this is it… the perfect example of the difference crowns done well can make.
You can see in the before pics, how the existing crowns from another dentist make the patient look 10 years older.
And in the afters, you’ll see how by replacing just 4 teeth in a single visit, she looks 10 years younger.
Before & After: Patient flies in from New Mexico with a challenging case
Many of my patients are extremely loyal… this one flies in from New Mexico just to have her dental work done at Moonlight Beach Dental!
She had a unique case with some unique requirements. Check out the before and after pics on this one!
Before & After: This lawyer needed a new smile in one day
This patient didn’t like that his teeth were wearing down. He compensated by showing very little of his teeth while speaking. This made him look angry or grumpy, and indeed his face had started to have a frowning appearance.
As a lawyer, it was important that didn’t look upset all of the time.
Hit in the face by a complete stranger
This poor fella was randomly hit in the face by a complete stranger.
As you can see, all of the enamel was sheared off of the lower part of his 2 upper front teeth and the upper part of 2 lower front teeth.
Before & After: Crown replacement
This patient hated her crowns. They were done 10 years ago to mask her tetracycline-stained teeth.
She also had an open bite. Several other doctors told her she needed to have her jaw broken, braces, and 28 crowns done to restore her bite. She was very concerned about having “fake looking teeth”.
To top all that off, she is phobic, and wanted to be sedated to have any dental work.
Replacing a problem veneer in a single visit
This patient was missing a veneer on a malformed tooth that fell off after 1 day!
Her previous dentist really struggled with her complex bite (an underbite). Making it even more complicated, she is missing the matching tooth on the opposite side, so creating a mirror image that fit her unique bite was very difficult.
One of these things is not like the other
Our last post was about the difficulty of matching a single front tooth, especially one with a mosaic of colors.
This patient had a crown placed by her old dentist many years ago. As you can see, the shade and shape do not match, and you can see the unsightly metal collar from the metal of the crown.
Fixing a chipped front tooth
This patient fell forward and chipped her tooth on the pavement. Needless to say, she was very traumatized.
For dentists, it can be difficult to match a single front tooth with porcelain. But, since we are able to do most treatments in a single visit, we are able to customize the porcelain.
Porcelain crown materials: Monolithic vs. fused to metal
When a porcelain crown is deemed necessary, we use monolithic materials. This means the crown is made from a single piece. Many older crowns are composed of porcelain fused to a metal base, and can fail and break easier.
This patient had deep root decay – down to the bone. What’s great is that we were able to push the tissue back and design a crown so that the tissue can grow back – up against the porcelain!
Always a student: Never stop learning
Last Friday I was at a course learning more about the use of digital CAD/CAM technology in smile design and esthetics.
Learning from Dr. Klim on how to perfect one-day smile design and delivery!
