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Immediate provisional bridge

July 2, 2016bridges to replace missing teeth, smile makeoversarlington, bridge, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, smile, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient was very unhappy with her smile and wanted me to help. We discussed different treatment options and what would work best. I took study models, waxed up an ideal smile and made a provisional bridge of the ideal smile. At the treatment appointment I prepped the canines and centrals for the bridge, extracted the lateral incisors and adjusted, fitted and cemented, the provisional bridge. The provisional bridge will stay in place for 3 months while the extraction sites heal. Following healing I will re-prep the teeth and take the final impression for the porcelain bridge.

after — Two hours later with provisional bridge

extractedteeth — extracted lateral incisors

Porcelain crown case of the day

July 2, 2016crownsarlington, crown, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient chipped her front tooth and I restored her smile with a porcelain crown

crown case of the day

June 25, 2016crownsarlington, crown, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, smile, virginiaDoctorGentry

For this patient I restored his fractured front tooth with a porcelain crown and gave him his smile back.

Implant case of the day

June 23, 2016dental implantsarlington, dental implant, dental implants, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

Today I restored an upper bicuspid implant tooth.

implantfinal — screw access channel covered, looks great :-)))

Porcelain crown of the day

June 20, 2016crownsarlington, crown, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient had an old porcelain crown and was not happy with the esthetics, and came to me for a cosmetic consultation to improve the look of his front tooth. He was unhappy with the “black next to the gums and the square shape” of the crown and wanted me to make him a new better looking crown. I removed his old crown and cleaned up the decay that was under it and made him a beautiful, perfectly matched front porcelain crown.

complete upper denture case

June 6, 2016complete denturesarlington, complete dentures, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

In this case today, a lady came to me as an emergency with a broken old upper denture. I was able to temporarily repair her upper denture, use it as a custom tray, take the final impression, and make her a new nice fitting brand new upper denture in just a few days. She used the old denture while we made her a new one.

dental implant case of the day

June 1, 2016dental implantsarlington, dental implant, dental implants, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

For this patient, I replaced his missing upper left canine tooth with a dental implant.

implant4 — healing abutment in place following extraction

digital scans

cosmetic case of the day

May 24, 2016crownsarlington, crown, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, smile, teeth whitening, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient was unhappy with his 2 upper front teeth and as a result was reluctant to smile. I placed 2 porcelain crowns.

decay under an old crown

May 21, 2016cavities-before/afterarlington, caries, cavities, cavity, crown, decay, dental, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient had been taking medications for depression and allergies causing dry mouth. As a result he developed decay under an old crown. I was able to save the tooth by removing the old crown, cleaning out the decay, and placing a new beautiful all porcelain crown.

decay1 — old crown removed revealing decay

decay2 — decay cleaned and crown buildup placed

bone graft of the day

May 21, 2016bone graftingarlington, bone graft, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient had a broken down, infected, non-restorable molar. Today I extracted the tooth, cleaned out the infection, and grafted the socket. Following 3 months of healing we will place an implant.