Problem: This man was always fearful of coming to the dentist. Along with long term nighttime grinding and oral health neglect, he envisioned a new and improved smile.
Solution: Utilizing intravenous sedation, we removed the four front teeth and placed two implants while creating a temporary smile during the healing phase. Crowns were placed on #6 and #11 (canines), and a non-removable bridge was cemented to the implants spanning across the front creating this beautiful smile. Thank you for trusting us in transforming your smile and improving your overall health and wellness!
Problem: This charming lady had a life long fear of dental care and visits. She has always wanted a beautiful smile that reflected her nature and personality, but couldn’t face her fears to receive the desired care.
Solution: Being able to utilize Intravenous sedation and accomplish multiple needs in one visit we were able to transform her smile, restore healthy teeth and eliminate the gum disease in 3 extended visits!
Problem: Despite her ‘cuteness’, this young lady has several compromises to her smile and a severely limited ability to bite and chew. effectively. Her permanent teeth were crowded to the point that she only had four molars barely occluding (touching)at the start of her treatment.
Solution: One of her underlying problems was a retained tongue thrust swallowing pattern that caused the separation and crowding of her front teeth. Retraining her tongue thrust and establishing a new swallowing pattern help to resolve her smile and function while establishing a great smile to compliment the rest of her face! All this was done with avoiding the removal of permanent teeth which would have been an option for many practitioners, but one Dr. Reese tries to avoid at all costs.
Before:
After:
Initial Smile: Orthodontic alignment failed to make up for the tooth size discrepancy, resulting in a smile that lacked to project the personality that existed with this young man.
Solution: Porcelain veneers custom fabricated allowed a transformed smile to happen in 3 visits. These veneers are durable yet beautiful thin porcelain restorations that only required minimal alteration to the underlying tooth to allow appropriately sized and shaped individual teeth. A beautiful and natural smile is possible with the appropriate skill and attention to detail.
Before: Every women’s nightmare (and many men’s too) of tripping down the stairs resulted in this lip trauma and fracture to the front tooth. Fortunately, the nerve was not damaged nor the root fractured. The black spots are from driveway tar!
After: Two days later, the lip had healed enough to allow us to comfortably retract and access the tooth for single visit repair with a bonded resin filling that also mimics the natural appearance of the adjacent tooth.
Before: Function and comfort was not to be had with removable partial dentures for this young woman as she’d struggled for years with an upper and lower partial to replace her missing teeth.
After: Seven Implants placed in the upper arch, and 3 in the lower arch allowed all of her missing teeth to be securely replaced with a custom implant bridge on the upper that doesn’t move or come out, and cemented crowns and a bridge on the lower to securely and comfortably replace her teeth with the smile she’s always wanted!
An unfortunate slip and fall resulted in unrepairable trauma to her front tooth. The immediate discoloration resulted from bleeding into the pulp chamber
This photo was taken the same day the tooth was removed, a zirconia ceramic implant placed and temporized with an acrylic temporary crown so she wouldn’t have to go without a front tooth to smile with or have to wear a removable type of tooth replacement.
After 3 months of healing, the temporary crown was replaced with this custom porcelain crown that mimics the shade, contour, and function of the original tooth.
Problem: This busy professional had developed gum disease resulting in undesirable tooth drift with decay and staining around existing teeth.
Solution: Rather than restore these compromised teeth she elected to ‘start over’ with secure implants replacing the compromised natural teeth and custom fabricate an all porcelain bridge that is permanently cemented onto implants.
Problem: The spacing, and poor appearance of prior crowns were compounded by gum disease and ongoing drifting of her front teeth.
Problem: The spacing, and poor appearance of prior crowns were compounded by gum disease and ongoing drifting of her front teeth.
Solution: Three implants were placed to support the new front tooth bridge resulting in a natural looking smile with all spaces closed and perfect alignment of the four ‘missing’ teeth that were replaced with a permanently placed bridge restoring comfortable chewing, smiling, and confidence!
INDIANAPOLIS DENTISTRY
Creating Smiles and Calming Fears
Phone: 317-882-0228
We are open a variety of hours in order to accommodate a variety of schedules:
Monday-Thursday 8AM-5PM
Friday by appointment only
We also are available for dental emergencies and for hospital dentistry.
7218 US 31 S, Indianapolis, IN 46227
We are located just south of I-465 on US 31