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Lenny always hated his teeth. He is a hard working family man that always put himself last. In 2007 it was Lenny's turn to put himself first and fix his smile. We completely restored Lenny's teeth by using a treatment combination of braces too place the teeth in better position and then crowned all of his teeth with Lava Porcelain Crowns. Total treatment time was 10 months and at the end Lenny said, "It's the best thing I have ever done for myself."
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For Merrill it was just time to do something about his teeth. For years Merrill was aware of the continued deterioration of his teeth caused by his strong bite. Over the years his teeth were fixed by placing large fillings which would keep braking and then replaced with even larger fillings that left little natural tooth structure to hold the fillings in place. Even though his bite was badly worn he had no complaints of pain. Merrill felt he had could no longer put off addressing the problem if he wanted to keep his teeth. For him the idea of having his teeth extracted and wearing dentures was not an option. We completely restored his mouth with natural appearing ceramic Empress Porcelain Crowns. Merrill smile is only outshine by his wonderful personality.
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For Lilly the gaps in her front teeth always bothered her and wished something could be done short of having to wear braces or the expense of crowning her front teeth to close the spaces. We where able to help Lilly with her concern by bonding tooth like enamel material to her front teeth. Bonding is a gentle dental one appointment procedure that is less expensive with good results and can be the answer for people having gaps and the same concerns as Lilly.
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Phil owns a small business and was concerned about the appearance of his teeth. He knows how important personal appearance and first impression is when involved in a business that is based in sales. What Phil didn't know is for years his daily headaches and face pain which he had attributed to all the hard work and stress of starting a successful business was really caused by his worn-out broken down bite. We treated Phil with splint therapy which allowed his jaw muscle to heal from years of his jaw muscles being force to function in an abnormal position. After a short period of splint therapy his jaw muscle relaxed and the jaw positioned itself where the muscles could function comfortably when chewing. We then rebuilt his bite to support this new position of comfort with all ceramic Lava Porcelain crowns. Phil appreciates not only his new smile and additional self confidence it has given him but the fact that he no longer suffers from daily headaches. He is happy to report that he is hard at work and the sells are growing.
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Susan had a terrible problem. She never was happy with her smile combined with a great fear of having dental work done. Because of this fear she would only see a dentist when she was in pain and then request that she be sent to an Oral Surgeon to be put to sleep and have the tooth removed. Susan didn't want to loose her teeth and have to have full dentures but she didn't know what else could be done. Our office is the only office in the Quad Cities that offer general dental and full mouth reconstruction procedures using IV sedation making it possible for fearful patients like Susan to receive dental care that they desperately want. We restored Susan smile with dental implants to replace missing teeth and crowned her teeth with all ceramic Empress Porcelain Crowns. Sue says the investment in herself was worth every penny. Now instead of making payments on a new car which looses value everyday Susan has invested in herself giving her renewed self confidence which she says is "Priceless"