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Dr. Groves' philosophy of practice is to treat conservatively.
Cosmetic restoration to improve the look of your smile can be achieved in many ways.
Your three options are usually:
- Cosmetic Bonding
Of these options, bonding offers many advantages: less trauma to the teeth, less cost to you, excellent cosmetic results (as you can see below), repairability, seldom-required-anaesthetic.
- Porcelain Veneer
Porcelain veneers require tooth reduction (which requires anaesthetic), higher costs to you, non-repairability (fractures require replacement).
- Porcelain Crowns
Crowns are the most aggressive and are only recommended if absolutely necessary.
Dr. Groves has performed numerous procedures of all three kinds. Each prodecure gets more complex, expensive, and traumatic. Over the years he has discoverd simple bonding returns the best investment.
Time is minimal, often no anaesthetic is needed. Results can be wonderful!
He has presented a few cases below for your examination of before and after treatment:
| Gaps or spaces between teeth can be closed. |
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| After: gaps closed; nice smile. |
Before: gaps between teeth on right. |
Before: gaps between teeth on left. |
| Severe chipping and wear from grinding |
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| After: chipping and wear fixed; nice smile. |
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Before: chipping and wear from grinding. |
| Removal and replacement of unsightly silver fillings |
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| After: silver fillings replaced by cosmetic bonding |
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Before: unsightly silver filllings |
| Older bonded fillings after stain (new ones do not stain) |
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| After: unsightly stains are gone; nice smile. |
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Before: unsightly stains. |
| 2 years of orthodontics or 4 hours of bonding (patient age 60+) |
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| After: cosmetic bonding evens teeth; nice smile. |
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Before: unsightly smile. |
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