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Cosmetic case of the day

January 21, 2017crowns, smile makeoversarlington, bridge, crown, dental, dental implant, dental implants, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, smile, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient wanted me to give her a pretty smile in time for her sister’s wedding. Here’s the before and after pictures. Her smile looks beautiful.

Chipped teeth of the day

January 11, 2017chipped teeth-before/afterarlington, chipped tooth, composite restorations, dental, dental bonding, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, tooth bonding, virginiaDoctorGentry

The first two patients I saw today chipped the same front right central incisor biting into a chicken bone. The third one chipped her lower right incisor biting into a sandwich. The last patient grinds his teeth and fractured the edge off his upper left central incisor. I restored each these teeth in about a half hour, for each one, with bonded ceramic composite restorations. Here are the before and after photos taken 30 minutes apart.

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Quick easy filling of the day :-))

December 22, 2016cavities-before/afterarlington, caries, cavities, cavity, composite restorations, decay, dental, dental bonding, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient had decay on her back upper first molar. I cleaned out the decay and placed a beautiful ceramic composite restoration. Here’s the before and after pictures. Looks great!

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.

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

Filling of The Day

November 24, 2016cavities-before/afterarlington, cavities, cavity, composite restorations, decay, dental, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient had an old amalgam filling with recurrent decay. I removed the filling and decay and placed a beautiful ceramic composite restoration.

dental implant of the day

August 8, 2016dental implantsarlington, dental, dental implant, dental implants, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient’s upper left first molar tooth was fractured and very painful. We extracted her tooth and placed a Biomet Zimmer Encode Implant. Today I finished restoring her molar with a beautiful dental implant.

simplant2 — implant crown with screw access channel visible

simplant3 — filling placed in screw access channel

beforeimplant — initial x-ray, fractured molar

simplant4 — molar extracted and implant placed

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

filling of the day

February 18, 2016cavities-before/afterarlington, cavities, cavity, composite restorations, decay, dental, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, tooth bonding, virginiaDoctorGentry

These photos are of a 30 year old lady with a large cavity in her last upper molar. I was able to save the tooth and restore it with a bonded composite restoration without a root canal in 30 minutes. The procedure was totally painless and she was very pleased and had no discomfort after. The tooth will require a porcelain crown in the future.