Millie loves her implants!

Millie has been a patient of Dr L's for longer than either want to remember! Millie had Dr. L.'s implants long before implants were popular. The implants are still healthy, 20+ years later. The implants continue to work well and support a great smile, years and years later. Millie is marrying and moving to FL. Dr. L. and his team will miss Millie; however, she will return once-a-year for us to check her continuing great progress with her bolt-on implant bridges!

An implant front tooth replacement crown is no challenge for an artist, like DRL

Suzan needed special cosmetic dental services. She had a front jaw implant placed, by another dentist, that created a very long front tooth, next to a short front tooth. It was not pretty. DRL's artful expression created two front crowns that now compliment her smile, and appear like nearly identical twins! You will see more of her pics, close up, on DRL's website.

Herb

Herb's great smile w/ Cheryl, our beautiful, intelligent, personable, & professional caring hygienist. Herb loves Cheryl! Professionally, of course. Herb is a commercial
real-estate sales person, if you need the "greatest." He can also let you know of the benefits of dental implants! He has more than a few!

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Johnnie's Number 1 Smile via Dr. L!

Johnnie chose implants to make her dental health more comfortable, and Dr. L made her smile--Her Way! Check out that beautiful implant smile!

Dallas

Dallas congratulating Dr. L on making Dallas's smile--his way! Check out Dallas's impressive smile! It is just what the doctor ordered for Dallas. Another of Dr. L's smile creations, and it is a pleasure and privilege to make smiles for all of our very special patients!

Upper Jaw Sinus Elevation & Bone Grafting Benefits

Dr.L has been elevating and bone grafting upper jaw sinuses for 20+ years. This is a very successful bone grafting that is performed so dental implants can be placed in the healed bone grafting. Also, there is a significant improvement in sinus health, as a result of grafting the sinus--the sinus drains better! When teeth are lost, the sinus drops with gravity into the tooth loss areas. This creates a pocket for sinus fluids to accumulate in, causing the proverbial sinus infection. By replacing the sinus in the normal height, with elevation and bone grafting, sinus fluids drain better, and patients have less sinus headaches, and less sinus infections. Call Dr. L or email us to ask any questions you have about dental implants and dental bone grafting. I look forward to hearing from you! Dr. L.

Deborah's Smile Creation, her way!

Deborah comes for a Dr. L smile creation from Columbia, TN. Our parking lot has license plates from all over TN, AL, KY, and even Columbia, South America! She had a sinus elevation, implants, and 26 crown units! Her smile is super, and her sinus drains better, too! Wow, we sure enjoy a hug from a happy patient!

Wendy's New Smile!

Wendy just finished her Smile Makeover! She is a member of DrL's 28 crown club. She chose a smile makeover over dental suicide and complete dentures. Wendy and her husband, Gene, are both super patients, and we appreciate being here for their superior dental health!

Gay' smile creation, her way

Gay traveled from Chattanooga, TN for DRL to create her new smile! Dr. L sees patients from the east coast, to the west coast, for implant and cosmodontics! Dr. L enjoys collaborating in creation, with patients to make the smile they want! Gay is a member of the 28 crown club! Gay also referred her mom for implants and a new smile. We will look forward to showing Delores's new smile off, too!

Collaberation in Creation--another DRL art creatioon, Joanna's new smile!

Joanna's teeth were badly damaged from lemons and sugar. Joanna had little choice, but to join DRL's smile make-over club, or lose her teeth. Dr.L made it possible extending her a special discount. Dr. L is happy to discount the usual cost of services, both for crowns, and also for implants. Dr. L knows these are difficult economic times and makes exquisite cosmetic and implant dentistry acquirable for our patients!

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How About a Smile Makeover?

Cosmetic dentistry has been a dental buzzword for many years now. Now, the "Makeovers" are the new buzzwords. The publicity on makeovers would have you think, "This must be something new!" As in all things creative, it is merely the rearranging of the old in a new way. Dr. L has pioneered cosmetic dentistry techniques to make patients' smiles "their way." Dr. L makes over patients smiles in an new-yet-old way that provides the patient an opportunity to participate in the designing of their smile. In contrast, think about how most dentists design a smile: they send models of the prepared teeth to their dental lab, and without much guidance, the dental laboratory makes the smile (crowns, bridges, veneers, etc.). Sometimes, computer-generated pictures or models are sent. However, there are some logistical issues with this. How does one position the picture on the models? Left? Right? Up? Down? Where do you put a computer generated picture on a set of tooth prepared models?

More times than Dr. L can remember, new patients arrive being unhappy with their smile. With the creative new-yet-old techniques of making a crown or bridge wax tooth pattern to try in on a patients prepared teeth, a patient's smile can be designed and tested their way. This means the middle of the crowns can be made to fit the middle of the face, allowing the smile line to follow the guidelines of the eyes and lips. This means a masculine or feminine smile can be created first in wax, and with that patient's approval, the pattern can be then made into porcelain crowns, bridges, or veneers of that shape, length, and form. This technique works perfectly for crowns, bridges, and veneers. Dr. L will even do a single tooth wax pattern on many occasions, and there is no tooth too small to need that unique design afforded by a special artistic pattern. This makes the crown look more appropriate for our patients, but is this an old technique? No, it is not. It is a technique that Dr. L pioneered and developed and the dental world has yet to catch on to. When they do, it will be the new makeover, and we wonder what it will be named? Computers are helpful in selecting a smile and determining if the crowns-bridges-veneers need to be longer, wider, narrower, etc. However, without trying a pattern in the mouth and on the prepared teeth, it is exceedingly difficult to find a naturalistic result. The three dimensions of where a pattern is needed to be placed in a face is the most important part of a smile design. Where do you place the shape of the teeth (crowns, bridges, veneers) inside the face? How does the pattern fit the lips, the eyes, the size of the face, the sex...? All of these elements of cosmetic design are vitally important. Dr. L considers all of your special smile needs in the designing of your smile, your way! For more information on our smile techniques--check out the "Facial Aesthetics Tutorial" on our website.

Are You Concerned About Whether You Are Allergic to a Dental Material?

Dentistry has many materials to use in the restoration of patients' teeth, and associated parts. Dental parts can be made of many different materials, and certainly some of these materials can be biocompatible with one patient, and not another. Some materials are less likely to be compatible than others. For example, gold-based alloys have historically been very biocompatible. Some patients have a dread about everything dental treatment-related, thus many patients are now also worrying about dental materials.

"Doing" is easier than "dreading."

A solution to this concern can be testing the patient for biocompatibility. We urge patients that have any question about being allergic to materials to be tested. This requires either a blood test or a computer biocompatibility test. The blood test is called a flocculating antibody test. It is performed by placing samples of your blood in test tubes containing one of the materials used in dentistry. If your blood clumps, coagulates or becomes cloudy, you are probably sensitive to the substance and better off avoiding it.

We choose materials that are most likely to be compatible, and Dr. L has performed research on materials and has published research results in national dental journals. However, if you have any question about the materials that are needed for your care, we urge you to choose to have these biocompatibility tests performed. Dr. L can refer you for these tests. Since God made 6.7 billion different people, you may have an allergy that another patient may not have.

Dr. L is a No-Mercury Dentist

Mercury is more toxic than lead or arsenic! Humans have recognized the toxicity of mercury since it first started killing Roman miners nearly 2000 years ago. In modern times, mercury has been proven to cause brain and kidney damage, birth defects, and symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Mercury is a neurotoxin; it damages the nervous system and causes a wide range of emotional and behavioral disorders. Knowing that, one can question why dentists placed fillings with silver and mercury? The concentration of mercury and silver with other metals is about 50% mercury. Mercury changes shape and state, going from a liquid at room temperature to a gas at slightly higher temperatures. It is suggested that mercury vapor is released from silver mercury fillings every time you chew, drink or brush your teeth. The American Dental Association suggests these emissions are minute, but new research continues to suggest how dangerous mercury is. Logically, it seems to Dr. L that once the mercury fillings set into the silver and other metals, the vaporizing of this would be minimal after the amalgamation is completed. Still, there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that mercury is a health danger and should be avoided completely. For example, in 1991 the EPA ordered that mercury be removed from interior latex paints because dangerous quantities of mercury were found to escape in paint fumes. Dr. L. has discontinued the use of silver-mercury fillings and has not placed any in more than 20 years.

There are good alternatives, and the they (composite fillings, gold inlays, porcelain crowns) are better with each generation of new materials developed. Dr. L also removes mercury fillings in a manner which will decrease any potential of additional mercury contamination to our patients bodies. However, a tooth's nerve may be irritated anytime a filling is removed, and a tooth may be sensitive or painful for a while as a result. If a tooth's nerve is ready to die, removing a filling can be the straw that broke the camel's back. Then, a tooth may also need a root canal and crown. We enjoy being here for our patients' best interests, and we want our patients to be extremely well informed.

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