Best of Arlington

December 13, 2016articles/publicationsarlington, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

Crown, and post and core case of the day

December 12, 2016crownsarlington, cracked tooth, crown, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, post and core build-up, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient today broke off his upper lateral incisor. We discussed the different restorative options. I told him I would try to save the root and build a tooth back up for him and place a crown. The tooth had a root canal many years ago. I drilled out the canal and cemented a titanium post inside the canal and build the tooth up. I prepared the tooth and made and cemented a zirconium crown over the build-up.

post-cemented — post cemented/tooth built-up

Bridge case of the day

December 11, 2016bridges to replace missing teetharlington, bridge, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient had a non-restorable decayed upper first molar tooth. I recommended a bridge since his adjacent teeth already had crowns on them. We extracted the infected molar and placed a temporary bridge. Following healing I prepared the adjacent teeth and fabricated and cemented a fixed 3 unit zirconia porcelain bridge. Here’s the before and after pictures.

non-restorabletooth — X-ray of infected tooth

non-restorabletooth2 — photo of decayed tooth

Implant/crown case of the day

December 3, 2016dental implantsarlington, dental, dental implant, dental implants, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This 32 year old female patient was missing her upper left lateral incisor and the right lateral incisor was fractured. Today I restored the missing lateral incisor with a BioHorizons titanium dental implant, custom abutment, porcelain crown and broken incisor with a porcelain crown.

Chipped tooth of the day

November 30, 2016chipped teeth-before/afterarlington, chipped tooth, composite restorations, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient chipped her front tooth on the top of a metal water bottle. I repaired the tooth with a ceramic composite bonding in 10 minutes.

Crown case of the day

November 30, 2016crownsarlington, cavity, crown, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, porcelain crowns, smile, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient was concerned with her decayed upper right lateral incisor. I was able to remove the decay on that tooth and the adjacent one without a root canal, build-up the tooth, and restore the tooth with a beautiful zirconia crown. Here’s the before and after pictures.

Implant case of the day

November 29, 2016dental implantsarlington, dental, dental bonding, dental implant, dental implants, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient had a fractured upper first bicuspid tooth that needed to be extracted. I restored her tooth with a Zimmer Biomet 3i Encode screw retained dental implant. Here are my clinical photos of the crown delivery today.

healingabutment — Encode healing abutment

implantcrown1 — screw retained implant crown

implantcrownfinal — filling placed in access opening

implantcrown — implant crown, gold screw and torque wrench

Chipped tooth of the day

November 25, 2016chipped teeth-before/afterarlington, chipped tooth, composite restorations, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient fell and chipped her front left central incisor. I fit her in today and quickly and easily repaired the tooth with cosmetic composite restoration.