Welcome to our Gallery of Smiles!
We believe that everyone deserves optimum oral health so we focus our treatment on optimum comfort, function, and esthetics. Therefore, a pleasing, natural smile is a key component of oral health. Enjoy the photos and stories from our actual patients below.
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Andy was involved in an auto-accident many years ago and wanted more natural looking teeth.
A bicycle accident as a child left Lori with this darkened front tooth. Her previous dentist had built it up with bonding several times through the years but it would always discolor. A thin porcelain veneer was placed and now she has a very natural looking, healthy smile!!
"Dr. Crete, I'm now working in sales and find myself very self-conscious about the way my teeth look....is there anything you can do to improve the look of these old crowns?" , Mark
A Complete Smile Analysis revealed an imbalance in the size of Mark's 4 front teeth. Porcelain crowns and veneers were designed and fitted to provide him with a beautiful, natural looking, harmonious smile.
This good looking gentleman in his mid 50's initially came to us to whiten his dark teeth. BriteSmile in-office whitening was performed and then all-porcelain restorations were designed to give him an esthetically pleasing, youthful smile. "Wow...it makes me look 10 years younger!", Ken
This teacher in her early 60's wanted to close the space between her front teeth and bring back the length she had worn off her teeth due to a grinding habit. Porcelain veneers were designed giving her a very natual looking and symmetrical smile.
"Thanks so much for your attention to all the details...you are truly an artist....I get compliments on my teeth all the time!" Nan
"My son is getting ready to graduate from college and he's afraid to go through job interviews.....he's very self conscious of his fang teeth....is there something you can do for him?" Lori H
Digital photographic and 3D design techniques allowed Dr. Crete to give this 22 year old young man a new smile that he could confidently take to his new position with a large accounting firm. "Wow.....now I can even smile big for pictures!....I can't thank you enough....I finally feel good about my smile.", T.H.
Through the years this patient, in her mid 70's, was experiencing broken and chipped teeth on a regular basis. She was interested in a long-term solution..."so I can grow old and not have to worry about having dentures." Porcelain crowns and bridges were used to create a very natural, lasting smile.
In his mid-50's, Bill came to see Dr. Crete for a consultation and Smile Analysis. "I'm ready to do something about my teeth... I've been grinding the heck out of them for years and I thought I better take care of them before I end up with no teeth at all!" A compreshensive treatment plan was developed by Dr. Crete to ensure he would end up with restorations that would withstand his heavy bite forces and also give him a natural looking smile. "I'm amazed at how many people compliment me on my teeth....most of them think they are natural."
11 year old Nicholas was on vacation with his family and chipped his front teeth on the handlebars of a jet ski. Dr. Crete was able to use direct composite bonding to repair the fractured tooth to it's natural size, shape and color. Note how the tooth matches the other developing front tooth!
Rivertown Dental and Dr. Crete - A cosmetic and family dentist serving Grand Rapids, Grandville, and West Michigan