Before and After

Dental Chair Selfies

Dental Chair selfies don't get much better than this! #dentalchairselfies #sanmarcosdentist 

Lava crowns for a beautiful smile! 

We corrected her under bite with Lava crowns. We did limited ortho to correct lower crowding. Patient will be in braces for a total of 6 months. 

We will post final picture after completion.

High Stress

Stress contributes to teeth grinding which can crack our teeth. This can result in tooth loss, TMJ pain, dry mouth, canker sores and even periodontal disease. 

Ask your dentist how this can all be prevented. 

What is a Dental Implant ?

What is a Dental Implant ?

• A Dental Implant  is a metal fixture surgically placed into your bone.
• Dental Implants keep teeth in your mouth not in a cup 
• Dental Implants maintain your jaw bone
• Dental Implants allow you to eat your favorite foods 

Implant procedure

 Step 1: Broken Tooth 
broken tooth extracted and bone graft placed 3 months ago

Step 2: Paralleling pin

Step 3: Zimmer tapered screw vent implant placed -
will take 3-4 months to restore 

Take a selfie with us

Dr. Jain Loves to take selfies with her patients. 
Just remember to tag us

@smilesofsanmarcos 

or use hashtags:

#sanmarcosdentist #ilovemydentist 

 Tips on how to take BETTER selfies :

1. Hold camera closer to your face — DON’T angle it from above.

2.  Try putting the sun directly behind your head in outdoor selfies

4.  Try a hand high on your hip, and crossed  your legs.

5.Make sure you’re in natural light or being lit from the front for mirrored selfies

Oral DNA -what is it and what does it do?

A swab of your saliva can now identify bacteria in case of resistant, aggressive or early onset periodontal disease. This allows us to treat for the specific bacteria in your mouth and personalize your periodontal treatment. 

Come in and ask us about it!

New in November

Smiles of San Marcos 

is now offering BioTemps® Provisionals, new temporary crowns that give  you the effect of what your new smile will look like .

Come in and ask us about it! 

PERIODONTITIS RAISES BLOOD SUGAR & CAN LEAD TO TYPE 2 DIABETES

The good news? Gum disease treatment CAN help control diabetes. When people with type 2 diabetes get treatment of severe periodontal disease (a deep cleaning) it can lead to a drop in blood sugar levels. The benefit is about the same as you as you would if you added another drug to your usual diabetes medicine! 

Before and After

Before & After : Old  broken filling with a cavity replaced with a beautiful porcelain onlay. Looks like a new tooth!  

leading cause of oral cancer

Did you know?

Smoking is the leading cause of oral cancer.

Just another reason to quit! 

Oral Cancer

Did you know?

 70% of people diagnosed with oral cancer are heavy drinkers.

www.cancer.gov

toothbrush

Orthodontic Treatment Before & After

Class 3 molar relationship with excessive overbite and overjet. Upper arch had 9 mm of spacing and lower arch  had 3 mm of spacing. Treatment time 2 yrs 7 mo.

Summer 2017

Here is some flowers from Dr Jain's garden 

(BUTTERFLY BUSH) 

Bruxism

Source: Pro Teeth Guard

Patient with 4 broken front teeth and an underbite. We opened the bite with posterior crowns, did crown lengthening on the front 4 teeth to obtain enough tooth axial wall length and to make the gumline as even as possible. We placed crowns on the front teeth for an improved smile.Our material of choice was lava for its strength (zirconia) and esthetics (feldspathic porcelain).

Patient with a 100% overbite causing severe wear of the inside surfaces of the upper front teeth and facial surfaces of the lower front teeth. Teeth grinding caused wear of the chewing surfaces of the posterior teeth.

Patient also has a gummy smile.

Solution:  We opened the bite with Lava crowns on posterior teeth reducing overbite to 60%, giving us enough space to restore upper and lower front teeth with lava crowns.  We also recontoured gingival tissue to reduce gingival display when smiling.  My material of choice was Lava for its strength (zirconia) & beauty

(feldspathic porcelain).

Porcelain Onlay

Existing large composite filling with wear and a mesial crack.

Restored with porcelain onlay. Requires minimal removal of tooth structure . A porcelain onlay looks very natural!