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Dental Implant Case of The Day

October 11, 2022dental implantsarlington, best dentist, cosmetic dentistry, cracked tooth, crown, dental, dental implant, dental implants, dentist, dentistry, digital dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, smile, smile makeover, top dentist, virginiaDoctorGentry

Friday Morning Scooter Accident

May 28, 2019chipped teeth-before/afterarlington, best dentist, chipped tooth, composite restorations, cracked tooth, dental, dental bonding, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, tooth bonding, top dentist, virginiaDoctorGentry

I’m seeing 1 scooter emergency every week. Here’s this week’s… I restored these teeth with composite restorations in 30 minutes.

Dental implant case of the day.

July 8, 2018dental implantsarlington, cracked tooth, dental, dental implant, dental implants, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, implant, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient presented with severe pain to biting and cold on his upper right first premolar tooth. CT scan confirmed fracture and angular bone loss. Tooth non-restorable-extracted and implant placed. New computer designed 3D printed tooth looks great and he can eat again on the right side.

intra_oral_image_fracture — image of fractured tooth

dental_implant5 — tooth extracted,implant placed

dental_implant_finished — filling placed in access channel

finished_implant — happy patient and dentist :-)))

Friday afternoon front teeth fix

April 21, 2018crownsarlington, chipped tooth, cracked tooth, crown, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, smile, virginiaDoctorGentry

Although this patient has other dental problems, I wanted to fix his smile first so he can smile and enjoy the weekend. Here are the before and after pictures.

Demi Moore’s Cosmetic Dentistry

June 17, 2017nightguards for grinding/clenching teetharlington, cracked tooth, Dr. Philip Gentry, nightguard, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginia, worn down teethDoctorGentry

Demi Moore revealed on The Tonight Show this week that she is missing her two front teeth. She said that stress caused her to grind and clench her teeth breaking off her upper central incisors. Although I did not do her dentistry, I wanted to share with you her photos and what modern dentistry can do. She appears to have porcelain crowns on all her teeth and a bridge across the front to fill in the missing teeth. Ms. Moore also probably had a bone graft and periodontal surgery to sculpt her gums.

Stress can indeed take a toll on people’s teeth. When people are stressed they tend to grind and clench their teeth. This causes them to wear their teeth down and crack and fracture them. It also caused pain and headaches. Stress also effects the immune system and our ability to fight gum disease. Periodontal disease causes bone loss around the teeth. When you are stressed, you also do not eat or sleep well and tend to neglect your teeth and gums. Combine clenching and grinding with weakened teeth and gums, and teeth are going to break for sure!

A small break can be repaired with a filling or crown. Sometimes a root canal is needed. If the tooth is fractured or broken down to the root, it cannot be saved and we need to extract it. Here is an example an upper premolar tooth that was fractured down the middle from grinding and clenching that I extracted.

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A simple preventative solution to help protect your teeth while clenching and grinding during sleeping is a nightguard. A nightguard is a proactive step to protect your existing healthy teeth. A clear, thin removable device, your custom-made bite splint, is worn over your lower or upper teeth as you sleep.

Studies suggest those who grind and clench their teeth may experience up to 80 times the normal tooth wear per day compared to those who do not. The good news is that a simple bite splint can help offset the effects of this often-subconscious habit while protecting your teeth from daily wear and tear.

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

Crowns of the day

October 16, 2016crownsarlington, cracked tooth, crown, dentist, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, virginiaDoctorGentry

This first patient came to see me for this broken lower molar. He said he had 4 silver amalgam fillings placed in his lower molar over the last 10 years by various dentists and the tooth or filling and kept breaking. I told him he needs a crown. Here’s the pre-treatment x-ray, and photo of the broken tooth before and after removal of the old filling and decay, composite build-up and placement of the porcelain crown.

This next patient broke her molar biting into an almond. I removed the broken part and old amalgam filling and restored this tooth with a crown. Here’s the before and after photos.

This next patient broke her last molar and old amalgam filling biting on hard seed. Here’s this before and after.

cosmetic restorative case of the day

April 2, 2016crowns, root canalsarlington, cracked tooth, crown, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, root canal, root canals, smile, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient was hit in the mouth, fracturing his front tooth. I was able to save the tooth with a root canal, composite buildup, and porcelain crown. Here are the before and after pictures.

Cracked tooth of the day

January 16, 2016cracked teetharlington, cracked tooth, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient had a root canal but never returned to have the crown placed. She bit down on a nut and fractured her molar. The tooth was cracked down the roots and non-restorable. I extracted the tooth. She was not planning on having an implant and she elected not to have a bone graft.

Chipped tooth of the day.

November 24, 2015chipped teeth-before/after, dental bonding-before/afterarlington, cracked tooth, dentist, Dr Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, smile, tooth bonding, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient chipped his front tooth when he was bumped into while drinking at a restaurant. The glass he was drinking from knocked into his tooth, fracturing off the corner. I repaired it in 15 minutes with a cosmetic composite bonded restoration.

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