Category Archives: Case of the Week

Venous lake corner lip

venous lake lip corner

Venous lake in the lip corner – Laser treatment Jacob called our office with what he believed from his internet research was a venous lake lesion.  He lives in New Jersey so he would need to travel quite a distance to see us.  In cases where people are not local, we have them take several […]

Venous lake lower lip

venous lake lower lip before and after

Venous lake lower lip treatment with laser Do you have a venous lake on your lower lip?  This is a procedure we complete in office with one visit.  The results speak for themselves, so check out our before and after section.  Almost all of our after photos are phone pictures since the patients travel to […]

Root canal MB2 27(22)-33 Numbers are MB2 present(cleansed and filled)-total

R30 x-ray

Case of the week   Just cause I love the look of these 4 canaled upper molars when we get a good shot of them separated.  Patients call them octopus or spider photos.  They are beautiful to me! Race WM Age 74 Categories of this blog are Tooth vital – tooth necrotic # teeth with […]

Discolored front tooth filling

anterior composite fixed

Do you have a filling on a front tooth that is discolored? Case of the week George came in and was concerned that his last dentist never seemed to properly address what he saw as an unesthetic filling.  The dentist told him this was as good as it could get.  George didn’t feel that was […]

Full mouth implant supported bridge

implant supported bridge full arch zirconia

Looking for all on 4, all on 6, hybrid denture, or implant supported bridge? Case of the week Sam came to us in desperate shape.  He had suffered from periodontal disease his entire adult life.  Now in his 50’s he was facing the reality of having NO teeth.  His lower front teeth were so loose […]

Veneers to replace old misshaped and miscolored crowns

veneer smile upgrade

Dental veneers and a little bonding Case of the week Jessica never really liked her smile.  She was missing two front teeth that were replaced with dental implants and crowns as a girl and had one center crown placed that was misshaped in comparison to the tooth next to it.  The color of the front […]

Small blue bump on lip

small blue bump on the lip

Small blue bump on lip?  Is it a venous lake? Case of the week If you have a small blue bump on your lip?  There is a very good chance it is a venous lake.  A venous lake is simply a misshaped blood vessel.  Blood vessels typically run in straight branching lines like creeks and […]

Composite veneers – Wheaton cosmetic dentist

Wheaton veneers

Veneers in Wheaton by cosmetic dentist Bryan Bauer Case of the week Tiffany had slowly gotten more and more upset with her smile.  Small chips and breaks started to add up and the aging of existing dentistry didn’t help.  She had attempted to have things improved with another local general dentist but wasn’t happy with […]

Cosmetic case published in Dental Product Shopper – Wheaton cosmetic dentist

before and after ceramic dental crowns

100% Porcelain crowns replace old porcelain fused to metal crowns Case of the week Grace has disliked her old porcelain fused to metal crowns for about 30 years.  This was totally unknown to our office until I added the question “Is there anything you are unhappy with?” to my regular examination chit-chat.  90-95% of the […]

Black front tooth? Whiten it!

before-and-after-internal-bleach

Black front tooth whitened with internal bleaching Black front tooth treatment options range from removal and placement of a dental implant to internal bleaching. Your best option will depend on why the front tooth is black. Case of the week Erica’s black front tooth treatment Erica had an accident in cheer-leading as a young adult […]