Dr. Robert N. Nolan
24 Hour Dental Emergencies for Los Angeles, CA

310-827-5094

John Eugene is another person who had not been to the dentist for about seven years. He is in sales and self-employed. His wife had been coming to our office for over 12 years. he had no pain when he came to our office but just wanted to have a nice looking smile. John was very tense and nervous when he came to the dentist. He had not had good experiences going to the dentist. John and I discussed doing his treatment in two phases. The first phase was to redo the entire upper arch. The second phase would be to do the lower arch.

On his first visit to our office impressions were taken to fabricate custom temporaries of the full upper arch. In this way a lot of chair time would be saved when he came in to have the treatment started. Two weeks later John came back and spent the day with us. We sedated him and prepared all the upper teeth for new crowns and bridges in one appointment. When he left our office that day John had a complete new set of crowns and bridges which were temporary. At this same visit all periodontal work was completed. the temporaries looked better that the dental work that he had when he first came to our office. John was to live with the temporaries for one month to make sure that he liked the way they looked and felt.

On the next visit the final impressions were taken for the permanent teeth. Several weeks later John came back to our office and his new teeth were ready to try in. This was a two hour appointment to make sure everything fit perfectly before permanently cementing all the teeth. Finally, John came back in another two weeks and the permanent teeth were ready to cement. The entire process to complete the upper teeth took four appointments. Each appointment took considerable less time.

By the time John came in for the final appointment he did not need to be sedated. John had overcome most of his dental fear. He trusted us enough and felt comfortable.

Now, John has a beautiful, natural looking set of teeth on the upper arch. He is looking forward to completing the lower arch very soon. Everything was not done at the same time for financial reasons.