Original and unretouched photography

By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.

Before

After

Fixing small chips

Many minor fractures only require exacting and precise smoothing and shaping instead of expensive porcelain veneers. This is a 25 year old woman with a great smile, but jagged after a trip and fall. Thirty minutes in our office and here beautiful smile is back!

Original and unretouched photography

By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.

PREVENTING CTS FRACTURES

The photos to the right show a pre-existing gold inlay that has already strengthened a molar. The tooth to the right of that has a decent size silver filling. The right photo shows the newly strengthened back molar.

Original and unretouched photography

By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.

Original and unretouched photography

By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.

CRACKED TOOTH

SYNDROME (cts)

One of the bigger problems for adults besides gum disease is the presence of fillings that are "larger than small" on back teeth. These fillings expand over time, flexing corners outward until they break. Sometimes it is disastrous. These photos show the split in the tooth, and the depth into the pulp requiring a root canal.

Original and unretouched photography

By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.

Original and unretouched photography

By Timothy Farley, D.D,S.

Steps of Inlay Fabrication

(All Photography on this site are ACTUAL images of Dentistry by Dr. Farley. Some images on the Web are stock...these are originals only!)


Slide 1: The existing two surface silver filling (amalgam)                 with strong cusps labeled a, b and c.  The weak                 corner (d) is labeled in red. Note there is a gold

             inlay above the filling and a gold onlay covering                 most, but not all of, the tooth like ALL designs                   of full crowns. This is CONSERVATION OF TOOTH

             STRUCTURE.

Slide 2: The inlay is cemented. Their main

             value is to strengthen cusps, avoiding a broken 

             back chewing tooth, THE most common dental 

             emergency. ​​

Slide 3: The blue arrow shows the cemented inlay.                         Excellent edge adaptation and fabrication

             by  Rutherford Dental Lab, San Ramon.