| Best of Show |
Dentist: Dr. Thomas Nabors The patient desired replacement of crowns 8 and 9 (her two front teeth). After undergoing an exam and taking images, the treatment planned to replace the existing crowns with feldspathic crowns on 8 and 9, along with placing feldspathic veneers on teeth 7 and 10. The procedure also included soft tissue re-contouring and teeth whitening. The patient was fitted with temporaries for several weeks before placing her permanent new smile to help guide the final tissue margins. She used therasol rinse throughout the procedure and to aid in tissue healing and overall oral health. The treating doctor believes that cosmetic dentistry should achieve beautiful results like these while involving as few teeth as possible. This award winning case involved a lot of patience: waiting for the proper whitening results and tissue healing, as well as proper post-treatment care.
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| Peoples' Choice Award |
Dentist: Dr. John Vallone For this patient we placed ten Empress restorations on teeth #4-13. The goal of treatment was to realign the malpositioned teeth, improve the shade, and contour, eliminate the "gummy appearance", enhance the buccal corridors and feminize her smile. The patient didn't want to go through orthodontics as originally suggested. Gingival laser re-contouring was also performed using a diode laser on teeth #'s 7, 8, 10. The patient was warned of possible endodontic treatment on teeth #'s 6, 7, 9, 10, 11. Fortunately the case was completed without endodontic intervention. The laser re-contouring, tooth preparation, and the final impressions for all ten teeth were completed in a single day. All ten Empress restorations were cemented and the patient's mandibular teeth were bleached on the second appointment.
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