Blog - Cosmetic dentistry
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Baby Boomers – get your teeth fixed before you retire when you still have dental insurance and flex plans to help pay
With more and more Baby Boomers approaching or entering retirement, an issue often not considered is their dental health. I think it is actually an important topic to discuss, even more so in today’s economy. Will You Have Dental Insurance After Retirement? Many Baby Boomers – my parents included – have put retirement on hold, […]
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Dental Implant Bridge Smile Makeover in Charlotte
Some Smile Makeovers are easy, but some are complicated and require combining several techniques to get the best result. The following is an example of one that used 3 different procedures in our Charlotte dentist office: A dental bridge on 2 dental implants Six Month Braces NTI nightguard for migraine relief Cosmetic Dentistry with Dental […]
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Porcelain Veneers Before and After
One of my very favorite people is a simply AMAZING woman named Terrie Reeves. We first met at the Charlotte Yoga studio near Park Rd. & Woodlawn Rd. about 5 years ago, when she was an instructor and I was a student. Shortly after that, we got to talking about her smile and that, while […]
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Lead in Crowns from China? Not in our office!
It’s been reported by the media recently that some dental crowns, made in China, have been found to have excessively high lead content. Generally, these crowns come from very low-priced laboratories, but the full extent of the problem is not yet known. However, I want ALL of my patients (and potential patients) to know that […]
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New page on www.SmilesbyPayet.com – Dental photography
In our office, as I’ve demonstrated many times before, we use the power of digital dental photography to improve patient understanding of what’s going on in their mouths. Truly, as the 2 sayings go: Seeing is Believing, and A Picture is worth 1000 words. I’ve added a new page to our website along these lines, […]
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A short video on Six-Month Braces
As I mentioned in a previous post on dental photography, I’ve been working to create Before/After videos of the different procedures we offer, and while they do take some time to put together, I am getting more of them completed. Here’s one that describes a little more about the process of Six-Month Braces and what […]
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