Patti Neely  before completion of her smile makeover. She wanted here smile to look more uniform and updated. Her concern was that the yellow color of the older fillings and bondings was keeping her from smiling like she wanted to smile.
Patti's Testimonial

"I can't express how happy I am with my new smile. It's a gift from God. Thank you so much Dr. Bill for helping me with my lovely smile!"
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This "before" photo illustrates the way composite resins used for fillings and bondings will pick up stain over time and become darker than the surrounding porcelain crowns and natural tooth enamel. Updating them is essential to keep a youthful smile.

Her  new smile makeover lets her smile bigger, with more confidence. Best of all its now straight and level, brighter and all of the teeth are more ideally aligned. She now loves her smile and is flashing her grin everywhere she goes!

Patti was all smiles the day we gave her her new smile. Her treatment was done in two major appointments, one for the upper and one for the lower plus the two delivery appointments two weeks after the preparation visits.  "I did nor realize that I could get all my work done in just one or two visits but it was amazingly fast and comfortable", says Patti.

Her new smile six months afterwards. Read Patti's testimonial about how her new smile has impacted her life and her business.

Testimonial

The old amalgam silver-mercury fillings showed through the enamel as a grey color while the old composite resin picked up a yellow color over the year. All this led to a mismatch of colors in the smile.

When her old crowns and fillings were updated to her new all porcelain crowns, the look of health and beauty was dramatic.

Pretreatment look at the left side showing the significant color challenges we faced.

The new look is priceless!

Her upper teeth had many large fillings that needed updating to more sturdy as well as beautiful crowns. Notice here that the bicuspids (the teeth just in front of the larger molars) are tucked in and not as visible as the canines...this is a problem that we wanted to correct in order to make a full smile.

The upper teeth after reconstruction were straight and much more attractive. Note how the arch form is more rounded and full on each side (the buccal corridor). Each canine was deemphasized and each bicuspid was made larger to fill in the deficiency area. This is what make a smile really attractive.

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After Photo of Patti's Smile Makeover

A Classy Lady

A smile makeover is more than just putting new crowns over the front teeth. The balance of the lips, gums and teeth, the curves of each of them in relation to each other as well as the orthodontic alignment of each tooth have a dramatic effect on the end result.

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Putting together a smile takes lots of understanding of the what makes up a smile.

Her smile is now priceless!

 Smile analysis (a thorough examination and breakdown of the component parts of the smile by the dentist then the sequential planning of the steps to reestablish the ideal smile) is the key to excellent results every time.

Before our treatment

After the new crowns on the lower back teeth.

Notice that the first bicuspids in this view are entirely hidden. As mentioned above, the narrow arch form creates a dark area of the smile and makes the front teeth stand out while making the back teeth seem to disappear.

After the completion of her smile makeover, the smile is full and even, the colors are very balanced, even and attractive. Patti can now smile with confidence and know that she is as lovely on the outside as she is on the inside.

A wonderful result for a wonderful lady. Her bite is now stable, comfortable and beautiful.

Dr. Williams and Patti are proud of
 her new smile!

Patti is actively engaged in prayer ministry at the Healing Rooms at Sugar Hill and has a gift basket business.