Full mouth reconstruction with full porcelain crowns

Bonnie: Bonnie’s smile design was a full mouth reconstruction case that requires additional advanced training on the part of the dentist. Dr. Canto has not only accomplished advanced training for this type of case at several of the nations leading educational institutions but has been successfully rebuilding smiles like this for more than 10 years. Bonnie had lost vertical dimension due to excessive grinding of her teeth and old disproportionate crowns. This loss of dimension, or shortening of the teeth, causes a collapse of the bite which can cause pain in the TMJ or temporal mandibular joint and even neck and back pain. Along with these types of functional problems, a loss of vertical dimension causes many issues esthetically causing a very aged appearance to the mouth and face. The collapse of the bite causes overclosure of the lips which is reflected with heavy lines and thinning of the lips due to loss of lip support. Re-establishing proper dimension to the face by increasing the size of the teeth in a full mouth reconstruction is much like a non-surgical face lift. Our patients express that they not only feel physically better but they look many years younger. Dr. Canto utilizes top technology as well as sound physiological principles to determine a proper opening and then allows the patient to literally “test drive” their new look and bite with custom temporaries built at this new dimension. Once total comfort and stability was accomplished, Bonnie’s new younger smile was finalized with 28 full porcelain crowns. Bonnie was so happy with her temporaries that she said her twin sister would have loved to have kept those…her new teeth were definitely better than she could have imagined. Full mouth reconstruction is a very complex yet rewarding type of case as patients get the ultimate in renewed comfort and rejuvenation!   Before After