Smile Gallery Los Gatos: Children's Dentistry

It is not uncommon for some people to be born with smaller and narrower teeth called "peg laterals". In this case, we worked with an orthodontist to align her teeth and position these smaller teeth in the right space. Shortly after completion of orthodontics, she came to see us so we could "build up" her front teeth. Using tooth color filling material, Dr. Lin meticulously hand sculpted and added composite to her existing tooth to create a composite veneer.

Enhance Your Smile With Dental Bonding in Los Gatos

Composite veneers are an additive procedure. This means that no tooth structure was ...

This Los Gatos college student had a visible white spot on her front tooth since childhood, which made her very self-conscious. She tried whitening products without much success. We introduced her to the ICON resin infiltration technique. This technique is very conservative. There are no shots, and no drilling is needed at all! She was very excited about her results! 

This Los Gatos High School student had composite veneers done as a child due to a sporting accident that broke her front tooth. Over time her composite veneer chipped and started to stain and discolor. Because she's so young, we recommended redoing her composite veneers to improve the color and match her other teeth. Dr. Lin hand sculpted a new composite veneer and contoured it to recreate her natural tooth shape, size, and whiter shade.

In the future, she may be a good candidate for porcelain veneers which are stronger and less likely to chip or stain, and have a ...

This high school student was born with smaller and narrower teeth. He also chipped his front teeth when playing sports. After orthodontics was completed at James Lin DMD, there were still some gaps between his front teeth. Due to his young age, we recommended tooth bonding in Los Gatos to cosmetically build up the teeth and provide a functional result. The patient's parents were very happy with how we were able to make his front teeth look more natural in size. 

Upon visual examination and consulting the x-rays, it was evident that this patient had some cracked silver fillings and cavities underneath them. These silver fillings were placed when she was a young teenager.

She requested to have her cavities fixed with tooth-colored fillings. She said that whenever she laughed, she would cover her mouth because she was afraid people could see the silver fillings on her bottom teeth.

After removing the broken silver fillings and cleaning out the cavities underneath, new tooth-colored fillings in Los Gatos were placed and polished to give this patient a healthier appearance.