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I'm in love with my new porcelain veneers!
This entire process has been quite a journey for me! And now that it is finally over I want to share my story with you in a little more detail:
(Before I continue I want to remind you that I had 2 veneers on my front teeth, and one implant / crown implant on my left lateral incisor)
July 2016
I first started seeing Dr. Gold at the beginning of the summer. At my very first consultation with him I explained everything that was bothering me about the veneers that I had. Besides their shape, the biggest issue for me was their color. My two front veneers were much yellower than both my crown and my natural teeth. I also told him I wanted to veneer my right lateral incisor. Even though this tooth was perfectly healthy, I felt that veneering it would create the best symmetry in my mouth (because I would have the front 4 all matching with the same material and color). He was very thorough and asked a lot of questions to get really understand my goals. At the end of my first appointment, he told me the first step we would take was to whiten my natural teeth. Once my teeth would reach the level of white I wanted, then we would continue on to the next step in the process (making the temporaries). At the end of the appointment he took a mold of my teeth and then I left.
August 2016
This was the appointment in which I received my whitening trays and equipment. The brand that he used was Opalescence (35%). The whitening kit came with my custom trays, and syringes of whitening gel. The gel was to be applied the trays and to be worn for 40 minutes at a time. Because my teeth are sensitive, I did not whiten them every day (rather did every other day) which is why whitening for me was the longest part of this entire process.
October 2016
The greatest part about the whitening treatment is that I was the one who decided when I was finished. He told me that if I felt they were not white enough that we would continue until they were at the shade I truly wanted. In October I went to my third appointment, in which I would review the wax up he and the lab created based on the things we discussed at my first appointment, along with the mold of my mouth he took. I was IN LOVE with the wax up model he made, which meant that I was ready to take my old veneers off and put on the temporaries!
November 2016
The next appointment (right before Thanksgiving) was to get my temps put on. This was a very simple appointment. He numbed me, took the old veneers and crown off, and placed the mold in my mouth with an acrylic substance that shaped over my teeth to replicate the wax up model. The temporaries came out perfect! However, there was one problem the doctor came across while taking my crown off: I had a dental implant with a crown placed back in 2011. The surgeon I went to put the gold screw in so tightly that actually it stripped the screw! Dr. Gold tried for about half an hour but the screw was not coming out of my mouth. This became problematic because Dr. Gold wanted to replace the gold screw with a zirconium screw, which blends better underneath crowns and looks more natural, especially in outdoor lighting. Now, matching the crown to the rest of my teeth and hiding the gold color underneath the material, would be more difficult. However, this was not Dr. Gold’s problem, rather the malpractice of another doctor. The appointment took about 2 hours.
December 2016
This appointment was the first to try on my porcelain veneers! The dentist reminded me that because they are the first pair that they most likely will not match or fit right and that is totally fine! He put them in and we both decided that they were too grey / not as white as I wanted, and the crown did not cover up the gold well enough and was too opaque compared to the rest of the veneers. Dr. Gold wrote down the observations, and we put on a new set of temporaries.
January 2017
My last appointment! We tried on the second set of veneers and they were just right! I was extremely nervous about not knowing if I would ever like the veneers or if I would ever know if they were the “right” pair. Trust me when I tell you, you just know when they are the ones for you! Dr. Gold put them in and I loved them!
I only have two minor complaints about the veneers: one being that the crown is a little brighter than the rest of my veneers, but I also understand that this is about as good as it gets. It will never look the same as the rest of my teeth because it is an implant, and I know that. The second complaint is that I feel that the veneers where placed in slightly crooked. I had mentioned this to Dr. Gold and he told me that they are not crooked, rather one tooth is thicker than the other. I find that this is odd because why would one be thicker than the other? Also, they were perfectly straight when he was just trying them on before he cemented them in. However, I really don’t mind it because I feel that them being slightly off helps them look more natural (I hate the look of perfectly straight, obviously fake teeth). Even if I were to make a stink about it and demand he replace them, he would then have to take them off and remove even more of my underlying tooth structure. I just don’t think that ruining my teeth even more would be worth it. Plus, if I keep chasing after perfection, I will never reach it because it doesn’t exist!!
Other comments:
I would have to say Dr. Gold was overall a great doctor to work with. He is pleasant and a good listener. He is very thorough with his practice, and explains everything in great detail to you before he performs it on you (he even explains how long it will take in exact seconds!). His office is clean, and his staff is great. He had a receptionist at the office named Alexa, and she was awesome. They were really easy to contact and talk to. They never made you feel like you were annoying or being a pest. I even called them a few times while I was wearing my temporaries, telling them small adjustments I wanted the lab to consider while making the veneers. Alexa would call the lab and make sure they got the message. If you are in the area I would highly recommend Dr. Gold., here is his website: http://robertgolddds.com/
(Before I continue I want to remind you that I had 2 veneers on my front teeth, and one implant / crown implant on my left lateral incisor)
July 2016
I first started seeing Dr. Gold at the beginning of the summer. At my very first consultation with him I explained everything that was bothering me about the veneers that I had. Besides their shape, the biggest issue for me was their color. My two front veneers were much yellower than both my crown and my natural teeth. I also told him I wanted to veneer my right lateral incisor. Even though this tooth was perfectly healthy, I felt that veneering it would create the best symmetry in my mouth (because I would have the front 4 all matching with the same material and color). He was very thorough and asked a lot of questions to get really understand my goals. At the end of my first appointment, he told me the first step we would take was to whiten my natural teeth. Once my teeth would reach the level of white I wanted, then we would continue on to the next step in the process (making the temporaries). At the end of the appointment he took a mold of my teeth and then I left.
August 2016
This was the appointment in which I received my whitening trays and equipment. The brand that he used was Opalescence (35%). The whitening kit came with my custom trays, and syringes of whitening gel. The gel was to be applied the trays and to be worn for 40 minutes at a time. Because my teeth are sensitive, I did not whiten them every day (rather did every other day) which is why whitening for me was the longest part of this entire process.
October 2016
The greatest part about the whitening treatment is that I was the one who decided when I was finished. He told me that if I felt they were not white enough that we would continue until they were at the shade I truly wanted. In October I went to my third appointment, in which I would review the wax up he and the lab created based on the things we discussed at my first appointment, along with the mold of my mouth he took. I was IN LOVE with the wax up model he made, which meant that I was ready to take my old veneers off and put on the temporaries!
November 2016
The next appointment (right before Thanksgiving) was to get my temps put on. This was a very simple appointment. He numbed me, took the old veneers and crown off, and placed the mold in my mouth with an acrylic substance that shaped over my teeth to replicate the wax up model. The temporaries came out perfect! However, there was one problem the doctor came across while taking my crown off: I had a dental implant with a crown placed back in 2011. The surgeon I went to put the gold screw in so tightly that actually it stripped the screw! Dr. Gold tried for about half an hour but the screw was not coming out of my mouth. This became problematic because Dr. Gold wanted to replace the gold screw with a zirconium screw, which blends better underneath crowns and looks more natural, especially in outdoor lighting. Now, matching the crown to the rest of my teeth and hiding the gold color underneath the material, would be more difficult. However, this was not Dr. Gold’s problem, rather the malpractice of another doctor. The appointment took about 2 hours.
December 2016
This appointment was the first to try on my porcelain veneers! The dentist reminded me that because they are the first pair that they most likely will not match or fit right and that is totally fine! He put them in and we both decided that they were too grey / not as white as I wanted, and the crown did not cover up the gold well enough and was too opaque compared to the rest of the veneers. Dr. Gold wrote down the observations, and we put on a new set of temporaries.
January 2017
My last appointment! We tried on the second set of veneers and they were just right! I was extremely nervous about not knowing if I would ever like the veneers or if I would ever know if they were the “right” pair. Trust me when I tell you, you just know when they are the ones for you! Dr. Gold put them in and I loved them!
I only have two minor complaints about the veneers: one being that the crown is a little brighter than the rest of my veneers, but I also understand that this is about as good as it gets. It will never look the same as the rest of my teeth because it is an implant, and I know that. The second complaint is that I feel that the veneers where placed in slightly crooked. I had mentioned this to Dr. Gold and he told me that they are not crooked, rather one tooth is thicker than the other. I find that this is odd because why would one be thicker than the other? Also, they were perfectly straight when he was just trying them on before he cemented them in. However, I really don’t mind it because I feel that them being slightly off helps them look more natural (I hate the look of perfectly straight, obviously fake teeth). Even if I were to make a stink about it and demand he replace them, he would then have to take them off and remove even more of my underlying tooth structure. I just don’t think that ruining my teeth even more would be worth it. Plus, if I keep chasing after perfection, I will never reach it because it doesn’t exist!!
Other comments:
I would have to say Dr. Gold was overall a great doctor to work with. He is pleasant and a good listener. He is very thorough with his practice, and explains everything in great detail to you before he performs it on you (he even explains how long it will take in exact seconds!). His office is clean, and his staff is great. He had a receptionist at the office named Alexa, and she was awesome. They were really easy to contact and talk to. They never made you feel like you were annoying or being a pest. I even called them a few times while I was wearing my temporaries, telling them small adjustments I wanted the lab to consider while making the veneers. Alexa would call the lab and make sure they got the message. If you are in the area I would highly recommend Dr. Gold., here is his website: http://robertgolddds.com/
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Robert Gold, DDS - Smiles on Hudson
One downside was the wait time in between appointments. You were not able to get an appointment any sooner than a month from when you call.