Category Archives: crowns

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.

Crown case of the day

December 23, 2016crownsarlington, crown, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient was hit in the mouth with a tennis racquet and broke his front tooth. The tooth also required a root canal, and periodontal crown lengthening surgery. I placed a temporary crown on the tooth for 2 months while the gums healed and did a computerized custom shade match to obtain a perfect color match.

Crown case of the day

December 18, 2016crownsarlington, crown, dentist, dentistry, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, virginiaDoctorGentry

For this patient today, I removed 2 porcelain fused to metal crowns that she recently had done in El Salvador, cleaned up the decay underneath, polished her other teeth, and placed 2 beautiful new zirconia crowns. She was so happy and has a beautiful smile for Christmas :-)))

before-crowns — removed old crowns and decay

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

Crown case of the day

November 30, 2016crownsarlington, cavity, crown, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, porcelain crowns, smile, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient was concerned with her decayed upper right lateral incisor. I was able to remove the decay on that tooth and the adjacent one without a root canal, build-up the tooth, and restore the tooth with a beautiful zirconia crown. Here’s the before and after pictures.

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.

Porcelain crown cosmetic case of the day

August 17, 2016crownsarlington, crown, dentist, Dr Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient bit down on a fork and fractured his upper left lateral incisor in half. We cleaned and polished his teeth, and I restored the tooth with a porcelain crown. He was very happy.

Replacing a 20 year old crown

August 13, 2016crownsarlington, dentist, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient wanted me to replace her 20 year old crown. She had gum recession exposing her root and recurrent decay that had spread under her old crown. The dark area showed when she smiled. I cut off the old crown, removed the decay and made her a beautiful new porcelain crown to cover the exposed root. Here’s the before and after photos.

Porcelain crown case of the day

July 20, 2016crowns, smile makeoversarlington, crown, Dr Gentry, Dr. Philip Gentry, northern virginia, Philip Gentry, porcelain crowns, virginiaDoctorGentry

This patient came to me wanting me to fix his smile. I did this with 6 porcelain crowns on his upper front teeth. He was very happy with his new smile and now we are working to get his gums in better shape.