Eliminating Buck Teeth with Face Lift Dentistry ®
Dealing With Buck Teeth
The greatest contribution of cosmetic dentistry is the ability to positively affect patients' faces by reversing years of aging with bite reconstruction. The anti-aging dentistry treatment called Face Lift Dentistry ® combined with the ultimate level of dental care delivered by Dr. Muslin actually changes lives. A younger or better looking face can have a positive impact on the patient's personality, self-esteem, and relationships with others. The best anti-aging effects of a cosmetic bite reconstruction completely revitalize the face. Facial proportions are improved, profiles are in better balance and of course the smile looks amazing. The results should enhance the patient's entire face with a totally custom look that enhances the individual character of the patient.
Bite Reconstruction and A Deep Overbite
A bad bite worsens over many years and it becomes destructive to the face and the teeth. This patient's bite began to collapse and her teeth shifted because of a deep overbite. The deep overbite caused migration of her front teeth and jawbone to such a level that her lips and face were negatively affected. She has the classic "Buck Teeth" or "Buck Tooth" appearance characterized by big teeth which stick out and which have large gaps between them. Her front teeth are literally being pushed out of her mouth while the gap teeth look gets worse every year.
In an effort to hide the gaps and bucked teeth she would strain her face and stretch her lips to fit over the teeth that were sticking out. This made her entire face look stressed and out of balance.
Slurred Speech and a Bad Bite
In general her speech was unclear when she tried to talk but she did not understand that her teeth and bad bite were the problem. More specifically her "S" sounds and "TH" sounds were quite slurred and sloppy. Many people suffer from sound annunciation problems that sometimes go uncorrected with speech therapy. What many people underestimate is the importance of a proper bite and tooth position for successful speaking.
Her upper jawbone and teeth were sticking out past her lips so just working on the teeth would not yield a good cosmetic dentistry result. There was a structural problem at play which had to be addressed in order to achieve a great aesthetic result that also functioned.
Now her teeth are shorter, whiter and they fit under her lip comfortably. Notice that her upper lip is now balanced in size with the lower lip. Face Lift Dentistry deals with every possible element from the best in dental cosmetics to ideal sound annunciation to optimal jaw health so that the treatment is quick. All of the anti-aging elements are developed simultaneously with the bite reconstruction elements so that you look and feel great right away.
Complex Dentistry Specialist
Dr. Sam Muslin has narrowed his practice to complex dentistry treatments such as his trademarked treatment Face Lift Dentistry ®. For those patients that want natural looking non-invasive porcelain veneers or for those that have complex dental problems such as the patient above call or e-mail for your appointment. All of the photos on this website are actual patients of Sam Muslin DDS and he personally treated each one of them. None of the patients were compensated in any way for the use of their photos and none of the photos are touched-up or unaltered in any way.