Smile Makeover

• November 10, 2019

  why won't my dentist do all-on-4 dental implants?

  I want to get dental implants but have lost some bone. My dentist says I need to have bone grafting done before I get the implants. I read that you can do all-on-4 without bone grafting. When I asked him about it he said that isn’t a good fit for me. Why not? Because the…

• June 27, 2019

  another dental tourism disaster story

  If you want a beautiful smile, don’t leave the country. It is sad to hear heartbreaking stories from patients who traveled out of the country in order to get what they thought was an affordable smile makeover only to have their teeth and even their bite destroyed with absolutely zero recourse. One such story was…

• January 18, 2019

  Worried Dentist Ruined My Porcelain Veneer

  I just had a set of porcelain veneers placed. I did like them but noticed one of them had a scratch on it. I mentioned it to him and he said it’s no problem he could even fix it before I left. I was thrilled and he bonded them on. Then he did some something…

• December 19, 2018

  Do I Need to Replace Every Crown for them to Match?

  I’m kind of hoping you give me the answer I want, but am willing to follow your advice regardless. I had crowns on eight teeth on my top arch for a smile makeover. One of them became loose. I went back to my dentist. He said there is decay on the edge and the crown…

• November 30, 2018

  Dentist Stained My Lumineers

  I am so angry, but don’t know if I can do anything about it. Before getting my “smile makeover” my dentist and I discussed what I wanted it to look like. One thing I specifically said was how white I wanted them. Despite my instructions, he put a stain on my Lumineers. When I asked…

• August 15, 2018

  Did I Make a Mistake Getting Porcelain Veneers?

  I’m wondering if I made a mistake getting porcelain veneers. My teeth have been getting shorter and shorter recently and it was really beginning to bug me. My dentist suggested I get porcelain veneers. They were expensive but my dentist said they could make my teeth longer. I was excited about that. I went forward.…