Case Studies

Case Summary: A 69-year-old woman presented to the clinic at Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine-Arizona with a chief complaint of sporadic, unresolved burning sensations ...

Case Summary: A 70 y.o.a. patient presented for an emergency exam with a chief complaint of pain around the peri-implant tissues of implant #5. On exam, sulcular pus and buccal edemato...

Case Summary: A 42-year-old male patient presented to the practice for his routine examination. The oral evaluation revealed that failed amalgam and recurrent decay around the margins ...

Case Summary: The patient, a 10-week-old male infant, presented with a Class III maxillary lip tie and a Class III tongue tie. He was referred to the practice by a lactation consultant...

Case Summary: A 46-year-old male patient presented to the practice for his second appointment. The oral evaluation revealed a very old and defective amalgam on tooth #14 MOBL with some...

Case Summary: A 32-year-old female patient presented to the practice for her routine examination. The radiographs revealed primary lesions located interproximally. The patient was diag...

Case Summary: A 52-year-old male patient presented to the practice for his routine examination. The oral evaluation revealed a fractured Porcelain fused to Zirconia (PFZ) crown on the ...

Case Summary: The patient came directly out of hygiene with a chipped tooth #8. The patient was aware that teeth #s 7-10 are in need of crowns. The tooth was bonded and the patient was...

Case Summary: A 60-year-old female patient presented to the practice with complaints about the appearance of her front crown. After full consultation, it was determined that she was no...

Case Summary: A 43-year-old female patient presented to the practice for her regular check-up. Patient has had chipping and various composite repairs for over two decades. She was unha...

Case Summary: 88-year-old woman had recent endodontic treatment on tooth #20 by endodontist. Tooth #20 needs a crown lengthening in order to be restored, as seen radiographically and i...

Case Summary: The patient presented for emergency visit with a periodontal abscess with a 10+mm probing on #17 lingual. The clinical objective was to remove inflamed, granulomatous tis...

Case Summary: A 24-year-old female patient presented to the practice with a desire to improve the appearance of her smile prior to her upcoming wedding. She had an existing Class IV re...

Case Summary: 16-year-old male was referred by ortho for comprehensive care and extraction of tooth #T. Patient’s mother was very hesitant to have sedation done with the local oral sur...

Case Summary: A 48-year-old male patient presented to the practice with an implant on tooth #3 that was placed by a periodontist. The implant had osseointegrated and was ready to be re...

Case Summary: A 77-year-old female patient presented to the practice with an implant on tooth #30 that was placed by a periodontist. It was a replacement for a non-ideal previously pla...

Case Summary: A 13-year-old female, who has been a patient of the practice since she was 2 years old, presented for her surgical appointment. The patient was unhappy with the appearanc...

Case Summary: The patient presented complaining of swollen "flappy" tissue under his tongue. The lesion measured 6 x 6 x 9 mm and was located at the junction of the right of lingual fr...

Case Summary: This patient came in for uncovery of implant #4 and placement of healing cap to ready site for final restoration.

Case Summary: A 67-year-old male, who has been a long- time patient of the practice, presented for his follow-up appointment. The oral evaluation revealed the recurrent subgingival dec...

Case Summary: This patient of record presented to the practice with a failing restoration and recurrent decay on tooth #5. The patient stated that he really disliked being numb and wan...

Case Summary: The patient presented with generalized mild adult periodontitis with a 6 mm probing on #3 MB with associated edematous gingiva and bleeding. The clinical objective was to...

Case Summary: This case involved #s 3 and 5, adjacent to edentulous #4 site. Seen radiographically with bone level indicated by red arrows, #3 mesial and #5 distal had inadequate tooth...

Case Summary: A 63-year-old female patient presented for an emergency visit with a fractured palatal cusp of tooth #15. She experienced cold sensitivity and discomfort in that area. Th...

Case Summary: The patient presented with a fractured tooth #19 with a history of endodontic treatment. The patient has inadequate clinical crown to restore. The options were to either ...

Case Summary: A 13-year-old patient was scheduled for a single tooth gingivectomy on tooth #7 due to puberty/hormone-induced gingival hyperplasia. The patient asked about lightening he...

Case Summary: Summary: A 52-year-old male patient presented to the practice with a large oral lesion on his lower lip that bothered him esthetically. He was referred to the practice by...