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One of these teeth is an implant, so guess which one it may be! The game can be challenging if you aren’t a dental professional, but don’t feel bad, because it is difficult especially from this drawing to surmise which tooth is the implant. When we finally evolve to have x-ray vision we will be able to distinguish quickly, but until then we will have a hard time differentiating between real and manufactured.

In the 1960’s dental insurance was instituted to help pay for dental work with an annual max of $1000, and if translated to today’s dollar the max would roughly be $6000 worth of benefits per year!  The trend, as we have all experienced, is that insurance’s $1000 max has stayed the same and the dollar is worth less. Problems show up in the ever-decreasing benefits offered, in the idea that we should be limited

Smiles can be transformed. This patient was getting married in a couple of weeks and wanted her teeth to be remembered more affectionately in photographs. We didn’t have the time to send off a lab case for crowns, so we quickly rebuilt a beautiful smile with composite (tooth-colored fillings). Even though we may be able to hide our teeth behind masks now, it is important to care for our hidden gems (pearly whites).