Original and unretouched photography
By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.
Original and unretouched photography
By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.
Before
Original and unretouched photography
By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.
Fixing small chips
Many minor fractures only require exacting and precise smoothing and shaping instead of expensive porcelain veneers. This is a 25 year old woman with a great smile, but jagged after a trip and fall. Thirty minutes in our office and here beautiful smile is back!
PREVENTING CTS FRACTURES
The photos to the right show a pre-existing gold inlay that has already strengthened a molar. The tooth to the right of that has a decent size silver filling. The right photo shows the newly strengthened back molar.
CRACKED TOOTH
SYNDROME (cts)
One of the bigger problems for adults besides gum disease is the presence of fillings that are "larger than small" on back teeth. These fillings expand over time, flexing corners outward until they break. Sometimes it is disastrous. These photos show the split in the tooth, and the depth into the pulp requiring a root canal.
After
Steps of Inlay Fabrication
(All Photography on this site are ACTUAL images of Dentistry by Dr. Farley. Some images on the Web are stock...these are originals only!)
Slide 1: The existing two surface silver filling (amalgam) with strong cusps labeled a, b and c. The weak corner (d) is labeled in red. Note there is a gold
inlay above the filling and a gold onlay covering most, but not all of, the tooth like ALL designs of full crowns. This is CONSERVATION OF TOOTH
STRUCTURE.
Slide 2: The inlay is cemented. Their main
value is to strengthen cusps, avoiding a broken
back chewing tooth, THE most common dental
emergency.
Slide 3: The blue arrow shows the cemented inlay. Excellent edge adaptation and fabrication
by Rutherford Dental Lab, San Ramon.
Original and unretouched photography
By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.
Original and unretouched photography
By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.
Original and unretouched photography
By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.