Smile Part 2
Posted on Thursday 3rd July 2008
For those who have been on tenterhooks for the past year, ever since this posting, here at last is the follow-up.
Shortly after arriving in Adelaide last year my dodgy old crowns started to break apart. This left me with a very unattractive smile. One crown was an offensive off-yellow with a split down the middle. The other was a grey peg tooth. I’d put up with these for some time for financial reasons and lack of motivation. However being afraid to show one’s teeth is a significant blow to self-confidence.
Spyro, my dentist, has really shown off his expertise. In conjunction with his preferred dental technician he has created some incredibly faithful replicas of my natural teeth. Firstly I did some home teeth whitening to recover years of staining from food. Then we carefully matched colour, lustre, translucency and shape. Technology has come along way from the era of gold and amalgam crowns, as mine are made of a specialised blend of ceramics and glass. The end result is flawless and I’m sure people won’t be able to tell the difference.
In a makeover inspired montage, here are the before …
… and after pictures:
It’s nice to have this completed. For the first time in almost 20 years I can smile, beam, smirk or grin with confidence.
