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A Hand Built Smile

June 17, 2007 by Karl Smith 1 Comment

The case below shows a smile built up by hand using direct, fibre reinforced composite fillings to restore the front teeth to their original size.

The teeth had become very worn, mainly as a result of a high consumption of acid drinks such as orange use and cola combined with night time grinding. There was no drilling to the teeth as we were keen to preserve any remaining sound tooth tissue.

ashcroft worn smile

ashcroft facial before

ashcroft black background before

ashcroft black background after

In cases such as these it is always necessary to review the result a few days later to complete the final polish and complete any minor alterations.  The photos below are of the same case taken 2 weeks later.  The patient reported no problems with the build ups and was very happy with the result.

wear case incisors after final polish

wear case retracted no background at final polish
Facial shot cropped after final review and polish

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  1. accemiakasp says

    November 24, 2009 at 10:20 am

    Stunning, I didn’t know about that up to now. Thx!

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