When people describe what they dislike about their smile, they almost always describe teeth. Color, shape, a chip, a gap. Very few describe gums. But the gums are what the teeth are set into, and they decide a surprising amount about how a finished cosmetic result looks: where each tooth appears to start, whether the […]
Most people notice the result before they notice the cause. The front teeth look shorter than they did in photographs from a few years ago. The edges have gone flat and straight instead of slightly rounded. There is a small chip that was not there last year, or the edges have started to look faintly […]
There are more dentists advertising cosmetic work in Manhattan than any patient can reasonably compare. The photographs look similar. The language is similar. What is not similar is how the work is planned, what is removed from your teeth to achieve it, and what happens in ten years. This is a checklist for that comparison. […]
