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Zeis Dental

Our patients love the kind and thoughtful care they have received through the years.

11/22/2023

Hi, do you like teeth? I do.

Here we have some teeth post-ortho. The teeth are straight but the edges are uneven. Why? Because when the teeth were crowded, the patient’s upper and lower teeth rubbed against each other in a way that damaged the upper teeth.

Ten feldspathic veneers were placed to build out and even the smile. You can’t not love this!

Safe travels to everyone trying to get home this week. ❤️

01/08/2023

A very special friend is coming to Minneapolis this spring! Orthodontist Dr. Christian Leonhardt will be discussing comprehensive treatment planning with aligners. As a Kois-trained graduate, he will be speaking to the functional occlusion, restorative, and airway problems that we are all trying to resolve and address with aligners.

May 12-13
Hotel Landing, Wayzata

DM me if you would like to attend.

12/11/2022

When technology can make dentistry easier, more predictable, and fun, I am IN!

These trial veneers can be 3D printed in different shades or hand stained to match. They’re useful as guides for gum contouring, temporary restorations, and communication with the patient. Together, we can see what is possible and what isn’t.

Designed in Exocad and printed on the SprintRay Pro95.

11/02/2022

Canine substitution. It’s something orthodontists will do when one or both lateral incisors are missing—the canines are moved forward into the missing spaces. They do it with the intention that a dentist will later veneer the teeth to look like a lateral incisor. Sounds easy but it is actually challenging to get it to blend in well.

Six porcelain veneers helped mask an undersized lateral incisor, a canine pretending to be a lateral incisor and a baby tooth wanting to be a big guy.

Patient’s smile looks fabulous now! I will share more pictures later this week. I call her Adele because she has the same gorgeous hair and eyes.

71 degrees today in Minneapolis. November 1st! It will be even warmer tomorrow…last call for shorts and sandals! ☀️

08/26/2022

Remember that bike accident? After I pushed that tooth back into position and repaired it, we waited a few weeks to test pulp vitality. Interestingly, the patient returned and the other front tooth had died and changed color. After the root canals, we did some internal bleaching with great success.

For the internal bleaching, I left the endo access hole open and had the patient syringe regular whitening gel (10% carbamide peroxide) inside it 2x daily. She wore her clear retainer over it. “Call me when it’s done,” I said. Way easier than the superoxol pellet that you have to switch out multiple times in the office.

Next step: back to ortho

08/02/2022

Not perfect but waaaay better. When it comes to the front teeth, patients ask me two things. First, how many should I do? Followed by…Can I just do the front 6? Also called the Social 6 by some dentists. Sometimes you can…but sometimes you cannot.

You cannot do it if the premolars are aligned with the front teeth. See how they look sunken in, dark and missing?

You cannot do it if you want your new front teeth to look whiter. The color difference will make your front teeth pop and look bucky.

For this patient, I replaced a failing bridge with a combination of implants and crowns. Four veneers were placed on the premolars to balance the smile.

The sweetest patient…she is an artist up north and has a really warm heart. She brought delicious pastries for us every appointment and appreciated everything we did for her…even if it meant the appointments were a little longer. 🫠

07/14/2022

Me: “In 4 years, you’re going to graduate from Harvard Dental School and think you’re God’s gift to dentistry.”
Her: “Maybe I will be.” 💥

Saying goodbye to one of our front office all-star Franny (that’s her in the center). She moves to Boston next week to start her own path in dentistry. Dentistry is a unique profession populated by weirdly persistent, tough, and optimistic people. Franny, you are one of us!!!

07/13/2022

Things I look forward to in life:

1. Spicy Bloody Marys
2. The next season of Ted Lasso
3. White teeth against this sweet blue background.

Here is another injection molding case with composite on six teeth. People wonder about this technique and wonder if they can use this for full composite veneers.

You can…but I find it works best when you just want to add to the lower incisal third and you don’t need to do any tinting or characterization.

Currently enjoying this fleeting season of joy called summer in Minnesota! ❤️ ✌🏼 ☀️

07/05/2022

Sharpie Smile Design. Any SSD dentists out there?

I don’t shorten teeth much but when I do, I always mock it up for patients with a black Sharpie so they can see what it would look like.

06/09/2022

“It’s going to get worse before it gets better.” Sound familiar?

I put these teeth in a better position so he wouldn’t continue wearing his teeth away and then did some composite bonding on the incisal edges.

Composite bonding is so flexible. In a couple weeks, the patient will return and we can tweak it any way we want…shorten, lengthen, round off edges, square up edges, add different tints or add/remove texture.

Patients generally need that long to get used to their new look and articulate the changes that they want. As for myself, I look at the pictures and think about the little tweaks I could make, too.

Miami tomorrow for an Exocad course. It was so good I’m going again!

06/03/2022

My periodontist referred this patient to me. This woman spontaneously lost her two lateral incisors due to external resorption. It was a particularly tough case that involved bone grafts and tissue grafts. And it all happened during that COVID year! Restored with two eMax crowns and a little esthetic crown lengthening on 8-9. I was disappointed that I couldn’t do more for her in terms of gum symmetry without veneering her two front teeth but then I saw a historical photo of her smile. 😃

This patient has been so patient and sweet. She is a teacher, has young children of her own, AND fosters children. What an incredible heart. It is a great privilege to restore a person’s smile.

Thanks Bobby and Dr. Shahir Malek.

05/02/2022

The annual meeting for the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry just concluded and what a week it has been!

There were a ton of workshops from the most talented dentists in America and so much to learn.

What I enjoyed most were the people. Although they live and practice all over the US, these are my colleagues, my mentors, and my friends. We joke that we actually see each other more than we see our real family.

Of particular pride for me is that there appeared to be so many Minnesota dentists in attendance. Other states probably had more but we just all happened to know each other.

Thank you to for being such a fabulous organization and hosting this great meeting.

✌🏼 ❤️ 🦷

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Tuesday	7:30am - 4:30pm
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