12/08/2020
If something bothers you in life, you have the power to do something about it. If you are insecure about your nose and feel like everybody is looking at it when you enter a room, then that will hold you back in life. But the beauty is that we can go get plastic surgery and have whatever we want fixed if we like. And if that’s what it takes to give somebody confidence, who am I to judge?
This patient is a new dentist who was going to the military. He wanted me to do his veneers. I refused the first few times because I thought it was in his best interests to pursue orthodontic treatment first. He informed me that he had gone through ortho for 4 years and there was no way in hell that he was going through that again. He needed surgery to correct his “crooked smile” but he refused that. The orthodontist did the best he could given the circumstances and the patient ended up like the top left photo. He told me that he is going to do the treatment regardless, and if I didn’t do the treatment then he would find somebody else. However , he only trusts me. How could I say no now?!? Challenge accepted on a difficult case for a patient that is a dentist...
A case like this takes planning. There are Many ways to go wrong on this case. We did a digital smile design to camouflage his cross bite. The final result is on the right and the patient loves it. I realized again that we as dentists can bring so much joy to people by giving patients a smile that they can love and share 😍
