Cosmetic Dentistry Orange County | Huefner Sensational Smiles Blog

Breaking and losing a front tooth can be devastating and very embarrasing. Everyone sees it.

Rita broke off just such a tooth at the gum line and it needed replacement. We discussed several options with her (placing a porcelain bridge, a removable partial denture or dental implant). In her case she didn't want to do anything to the adjacent teeth, so a porcelain bridge wasn't chosen. Also, she didn't want a tooth replacement that came in and out like a removable partial denture, so that wasn't chosen either. She wanted something permanent and very strong and accordingly, chose to do a dental implant.

Here is the process that we used to restore her tooth and smile with the dental implant.

First, the remaining part of the tooth (the root) was removed (extracted). A dental implant was placed into the area were the root was.

Then a zirconia abutment was made.

It was placed into the metal dental implant.

A porcelain crown was made that fits onto the zirconia dental implant abutment.

The porcelain crown was cemented onto the zirconia dental implant abutment.

This was a successful case, but could have looked better had veneers been done on the two adjacent teeth to cover over the yellow root areas. Notice how beautifully matched the dental implant was to the two adjacent teeth!

Dr. Norman Huefner, General and Cosmetic Dentistry, Laguna Niguel, CA

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Cosmetic dentistry can certainly be “life changing” for many patients with unslghtly teeth, embarrassed to smile. A great example of this would be this patient who had a combination of numerous dental problems. Rather than describe all the issues we had to deal with, please examine the photo below and some of the problems she had should be obvious. The end result is after I completed her cosmetic dentistry this wonderful lady looked younger, more attractive, had a healthier mouth and beamed a beautiful new smile from ear to ear!
BEFORE
This was an excellent example of cosmetic dentistry at its finest, but fortunately most of our cosmetic dental patients don’t have problems this “extreme”.
AFTER

Dr. Norman Huefner, General and Cosmetic Dentistry, Laguna Niguel, CA

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Kathleen had crooked teeth and the fact that they didn't have a normal shape. Also, she didn't like the color of her teeth.

BEFORE
She had seen "Extreme Makeover" on TV and heard that new techniques in cosmetic dentistry made it possible to do smile corrections with porcelain veneers in just a few visits. She was elated to learn from Dr. Huefner that she was a great candidate for porcelain veneers and "instant orthodontics".
How long would it take? How many visits? Dr. Huefner told her that she would have her lower teeth finished with porcelain veneers in less than a month, and if she wanted, she could follow up with her lower teeth as well. After getting an incredible result she did just that, had porcelain veneers placed by Dr. Huefner on her lower teeth as well. Here is the final result of Kathleen's new smile with upper and lower porcelain veneers.

AFTER

Dr. Norman Huefner, General and Cosmetic Dentistry, Laguna Niguel, CA

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Most people appreciate a beautiful smile, but ladies in beauty pageants really recognize the importance of a great smile and looking one's best. We recently had the privilege of treating Dolores Couceiro from Madrid, Spain, who won the title of Mrs. Spain, and later Mrs. Globe.

She actually came to Dr. Huefner’s cosmetic practice in Laguna Niguel for porcelain veneers and a smile makeover before the beauty pageant. Dr. Huefner did her smile makeover in two visits before the pageant finals. Dolores’s teeth were crooked and discolored and she wanted her new smile to have whiter, more perfect teeth, which was achieved by Dr. Huefner using MAC Empress Veneers (Microdental Advanced Ceramics laboratory).

Dr. Huefner with Dolores Couceiro, Mrs. Globe
Dr. Huefner with Dolores Couceiro, Mrs. Globe

Dr. Norman Huefner, General and Cosmetic Dentistry, Laguna Niguel, CA

Labels: dental implant, irvine, orange county cosmetic dentist, porcelain crowns, porcelain veneers, san clemente, santa margarita