Program attendees at the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry in Washington DC can click on the following link to view the powerpoint slides for Dr. Jacobs seminar.
Gummy Smile Repair With Lip Repositioning Surgery
Dr. Jacobs speaks on Thursday, May 3, 2012 in the Member Pearls section located adjacent to the Operatory of the Future in the Exhibit Hall.
Showing posts with label celebrity smile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrity smile. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Successful Gummy Smile Repair
After consulting several dentists, our New Mexico patient chose care at the Jacobs Smile Center. She felt that the Reversible Lip Repositioning procedure met her needs best, because she was able to visualize her result before making the final decision to have a permanent fix.
The before and after photos above are taken immediately after the surgical procedure which took about 45 minutes. Patients are able to go about their normal activities immediately after the procedure, and only have to avoid "hard" smiling for a few days.
A fuller upper lip was desired in this case, and it's clear from the photos that the patient's desires were accomplished.
Patients seeking more information about this procedure can send an email to dr.paul.jacobs@gmail.com with a smile photo or two to have a preliminary evaluation done.
Dr. Jacobs is the creator of the Reversible Lip Repositioning procedure, and one of the top providers of the Lip Repositioning procedure in the world.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Gummy Smile Solution with Lip Repositioning Surgery
There is new hope for gummy smiles with lip repositioning surgery. Below is our most recent patient just one week after her procedure. Smiling big! But . . . fortunately not as big as before her lip repositioning.
Just the right amount of change resulted from this procedure because of our use of a new technique developed by Dr. Paul Jacobs called the Reversible Lip RepositioningTM. Patients are able to preview their intended result and adjustments can be made for more or less change to the smile depending on the desires of the patient. This new technique is more predictable and controllable than other methods used in the past.
Dr. Jacobs can be consulted by patients and practitioners for more information on the Reversible Lip Repositioning procedure. He speaks in different locations throughout the United States and is available in his office in Escanaba, Michigan for one on one training. This exciting new procedure is making a difference in the lives of many people.
Just the right amount of change resulted from this procedure because of our use of a new technique developed by Dr. Paul Jacobs called the Reversible Lip RepositioningTM. Patients are able to preview their intended result and adjustments can be made for more or less change to the smile depending on the desires of the patient. This new technique is more predictable and controllable than other methods used in the past.
Dr. Jacobs can be consulted by patients and practitioners for more information on the Reversible Lip Repositioning procedure. He speaks in different locations throughout the United States and is available in his office in Escanaba, Michigan for one on one training. This exciting new procedure is making a difference in the lives of many people.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Reversible Lip Repositioning Surgery
World's first Reversible Lip RepositioningTM Surgery!
I continue to enjoy incredible interest in my lip repositioning procedure from all over the world. In response to the demand, I developed a technique where our patients can visualize the final result prior to the actual surgery. During this procedure, no cutting is done, and the patient can "trial" the lip repositioning for feel and appearance for a day or for five minutes before fully reversing the procedure.
Patients have control to decide whether to have more or less of their gums showing in the permanent procedure after they have seen the temporary, reversible procedure.
The photo above shows the Before and After of the Reversible Lip Repositioning. You can see that there is less of a gummy smile. There is also the added benefit of increasing the fullness of the upper lip for this young lady. The entire procedure including the permanent lip repositioning takes about 40 minutes.
I continue to enjoy incredible interest in my lip repositioning procedure from all over the world. In response to the demand, I developed a technique where our patients can visualize the final result prior to the actual surgery. During this procedure, no cutting is done, and the patient can "trial" the lip repositioning for feel and appearance for a day or for five minutes before fully reversing the procedure.
Patients have control to decide whether to have more or less of their gums showing in the permanent procedure after they have seen the temporary, reversible procedure.
The photo above shows the Before and After of the Reversible Lip Repositioning. You can see that there is less of a gummy smile. There is also the added benefit of increasing the fullness of the upper lip for this young lady. The entire procedure including the permanent lip repositioning takes about 40 minutes.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Cosmetic Dental Contouring
Cosmetic dental contouring can make a lackluster composite restoration lifelike and realistic. The most obvious feature corrected is the elimination of the mamelons, or the small bumps on the edges of the front teeth.
The feature in a smile that is the most overlooked, and the one which makes the teeth look so much more natural is the contour and surface texture of the front teeth. In the first photo, you can see the dull, round surface of the tooth just to the right of center (right on the photo.) In the second photo, the restoration has not been replaced, but only carved and recontoured so that the light reflection is similar to the tooth next to it. This improvement was done quickly, without anesthetic, and at very minimal time and cost.
The feature in a smile that is the most overlooked, and the one which makes the teeth look so much more natural is the contour and surface texture of the front teeth. In the first photo, you can see the dull, round surface of the tooth just to the right of center (right on the photo.) In the second photo, the restoration has not been replaced, but only carved and recontoured so that the light reflection is similar to the tooth next to it. This improvement was done quickly, without anesthetic, and at very minimal time and cost.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Lip Repositioning - A Reason to Smile
Jean was in today for her final "glamour shots" after her lip repositioning surgery. In both photos, she is forcing a large smile. The "after" photo shows a beautiful result, and she's most pleased with it.
Jean says that she's smiling all the time! It's hard to believe that she wasn't smiling all the time before.
NEW PHOTOS! Temporary Lip Repositioning at:
NEW PHOTOS! Temporary Lip Repositioning at:
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Overcoming 1980's Dentistry
Hey, the 80's called. They want their teeth back!
When I first started practicing dentistry in the 1980's, the most common, least expensive thing we could do for someone who had a large space between their front teeth was to fill the space with two large crowns.
Quickly, we realized that running around flashing two humonstrous chiclets wasn't exactly sexy.
Our next generation solution for this problem was to crown the front four teeth instead to divide out the extra space between more teeth. This worked better, but the teeth generally owned two faults: They looked wider than they were tall, and there was a funny shape to the gum tissue beteween the two front teeth due to missing tissue.
Enter the 2000's . . . Contouring the gingival tissue to make the teeth look larger, and to create a natural "emergence profile" combined with fabrication of murano veneers and crowns really produces a smile that shines on. The gum tissue is contoured with a laser to simulate natural gum contours and "points" between the teeth. Murano veneers and crowns are computer designed to capture natural size and shape relationships between all the smiling teeth.
The photos above illustrate a recent success at the Jacobs Smile Center. The before photo shows the 80's style dentistry, while the after photo highlights what can be accomplished with the technologically superior murano veneers and crowns and laser recontouring - gum lift - of the tissues. The photos have been taken about 3 weeks apart.
Oh, yeah, I also did some ZOOM! whitening to round out the brilliance of her smile.
This lady is very active publicly, and tells me that many people have commented on her beautiful new smile. "I can't believe I waited so long," she tells me. I'm glad it was worth the wait.
When I first started practicing dentistry in the 1980's, the most common, least expensive thing we could do for someone who had a large space between their front teeth was to fill the space with two large crowns.
Quickly, we realized that running around flashing two humonstrous chiclets wasn't exactly sexy.
Our next generation solution for this problem was to crown the front four teeth instead to divide out the extra space between more teeth. This worked better, but the teeth generally owned two faults: They looked wider than they were tall, and there was a funny shape to the gum tissue beteween the two front teeth due to missing tissue.
Enter the 2000's . . . Contouring the gingival tissue to make the teeth look larger, and to create a natural "emergence profile" combined with fabrication of murano veneers and crowns really produces a smile that shines on. The gum tissue is contoured with a laser to simulate natural gum contours and "points" between the teeth. Murano veneers and crowns are computer designed to capture natural size and shape relationships between all the smiling teeth.
The photos above illustrate a recent success at the Jacobs Smile Center. The before photo shows the 80's style dentistry, while the after photo highlights what can be accomplished with the technologically superior murano veneers and crowns and laser recontouring - gum lift - of the tissues. The photos have been taken about 3 weeks apart.
Oh, yeah, I also did some ZOOM! whitening to round out the brilliance of her smile.
This lady is very active publicly, and tells me that many people have commented on her beautiful new smile. "I can't believe I waited so long," she tells me. I'm glad it was worth the wait.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Lip Repositioning
NEW PHOTOS! Temporary Lip Repositioning at:
http://dentalnation.blogspot.com/2010/09/reversible-lip-repositioning-surgery.html
What can you do when your lips and your gums are fighting for attention, and your gums are winning? Now you have an option of a little-known procedure called lip repositioning surgery.
The photo above shows Jean's smile one week ago immediately before the procedure. This is not an exaggerated smile, but rather an easy smile she exibits in conversation. I had previously performed a laser gum lift to remove some of the tissue covering up her teeth. This helped her smile a great deal, but she still had an excessive amount of gum tissue displaying when she smiled.
Jean shared with me that she had been conscious of her gummy smile all of her life. "I try not to smile too big when I can help it," she declared.
In this second photo is Jean's smile one week postoperative to her lip repositioning surgery. I asked her to give me the highest smile that she could for this photo. "That's all I've got," she said, smiling and beaming simultaneously. "It looks great. I can't thank you enough." (Did I mention that I got a hug?)
This is remarkably simple and life changing!
During this procedure, I removed a small, shallow strip of inner cheek tissue from under Jean's upper lip. Removing this small strip of tissue and suturing the area into a new position immediately gave this result. The procedure generally takes about 20 to 30 minutes, and is painless. Jean did say that she had some discomfort for the first day or two, but that it was relieved with ibuprofen. She also said that she would do it again in a heartbeat. "I know a lot of people who could use this," she told me.
I've recently added this procedure to the list of things I like to lecture about. Contact me for further information about this if you desire.
Also visit: http://dentalnation.blogspot.com/2009/07/reason-to-smile.html for Jean's final glamour photos.
NEW PHOTOS! Temporary Lip Repositioning at:
http://dentalnation.blogspot.com/2010/09/reversible-lip-repositioning-surgery.html
http://dentalnation.blogspot.com/2010/09/reversible-lip-repositioning-surgery.html
What can you do when your lips and your gums are fighting for attention, and your gums are winning? Now you have an option of a little-known procedure called lip repositioning surgery.The photo above shows Jean's smile one week ago immediately before the procedure. This is not an exaggerated smile, but rather an easy smile she exibits in conversation. I had previously performed a laser gum lift to remove some of the tissue covering up her teeth. This helped her smile a great deal, but she still had an excessive amount of gum tissue displaying when she smiled.
Jean shared with me that she had been conscious of her gummy smile all of her life. "I try not to smile too big when I can help it," she declared.
In this second photo is Jean's smile one week postoperative to her lip repositioning surgery. I asked her to give me the highest smile that she could for this photo. "That's all I've got," she said, smiling and beaming simultaneously. "It looks great. I can't thank you enough." (Did I mention that I got a hug?)This is remarkably simple and life changing!
During this procedure, I removed a small, shallow strip of inner cheek tissue from under Jean's upper lip. Removing this small strip of tissue and suturing the area into a new position immediately gave this result. The procedure generally takes about 20 to 30 minutes, and is painless. Jean did say that she had some discomfort for the first day or two, but that it was relieved with ibuprofen. She also said that she would do it again in a heartbeat. "I know a lot of people who could use this," she told me.
I've recently added this procedure to the list of things I like to lecture about. Contact me for further information about this if you desire.
Also visit: http://dentalnation.blogspot.com/2009/07/reason-to-smile.html for Jean's final glamour photos.
NEW PHOTOS! Temporary Lip Repositioning at:
http://dentalnation.blogspot.com/2010/09/reversible-lip-repositioning-surgery.html
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Awakening Times Three
I got hit on the side of the head last night. It started when one of my celebrity patients got hit on the side of the head. After her daughter got hit on the side of the head.
After an enjoyable dinner with friends last night, I had the pleasant opportunity to visit with one of my celebrity patients. "I just love my smile, but you don't know what happened the other day." She went on to say that her daughter saw her Murano Veneers TV commercial for the first time. In the commercial, Paris (name changed) gives heartfelt testimony that she has spent most of her life taking care of the needs of her husband and children, but having smile improvement with murano veneers is finally something she has decided to do for herself.
"Mom, did you really say that?" her daughter asked. "Why did you say that?"
Paris, in astonishment, relays to her daughter that she gave this testimonial because it was true.
At this point, Paris explained to me that she could see puzzlement in her daughter's facial expression. Paris did not need to explain any further, and within seconds her daughter realized for the first time that her mother had sacrificed much of her life for her family. An awakening!
Immediately, the second awakening occured as Paris came to terms with the fact that her daughter had no idea of the sacrifices Paris had made for the family over the years. The good news was that Paris also understood that she and her daughter were on the precipice of newfound understanding of love and appreciation for each other.
After their discussion, Paris took her daughter to the Jacobs Smile Center website and they looked at the before and after photos of her. Neither Paris or her daughter could even remember what she looked like before her transformation. It was as if they had both shut out the memory. Paris relived once again how painful it was for her to smile before she entered her new life. "People stop me everywhere. I know what they are going to ask. " "Can I see your smile?" Each time it gets easier, and more fun, and more special for Paris to have become the beautiful, confident celebrity that she is today.
Paris thanked me again, and of course it was only my pleasure. What a wonderful feeling to know that Paris's new smile has not only given her the celebrity of familiarity within her community, but more importantly (and surprisingly) the satisfaction in knowing that her family now appreciates her more for the great sacrifices she has made for them. What great love does a mother have for her children, but what great rewards when she knows they "get it."
Thanks, Mom!
After an enjoyable dinner with friends last night, I had the pleasant opportunity to visit with one of my celebrity patients. "I just love my smile, but you don't know what happened the other day." She went on to say that her daughter saw her Murano Veneers TV commercial for the first time. In the commercial, Paris (name changed) gives heartfelt testimony that she has spent most of her life taking care of the needs of her husband and children, but having smile improvement with murano veneers is finally something she has decided to do for herself.
"Mom, did you really say that?" her daughter asked. "Why did you say that?"
Paris, in astonishment, relays to her daughter that she gave this testimonial because it was true.
At this point, Paris explained to me that she could see puzzlement in her daughter's facial expression. Paris did not need to explain any further, and within seconds her daughter realized for the first time that her mother had sacrificed much of her life for her family. An awakening!
Immediately, the second awakening occured as Paris came to terms with the fact that her daughter had no idea of the sacrifices Paris had made for the family over the years. The good news was that Paris also understood that she and her daughter were on the precipice of newfound understanding of love and appreciation for each other.
After their discussion, Paris took her daughter to the Jacobs Smile Center website and they looked at the before and after photos of her. Neither Paris or her daughter could even remember what she looked like before her transformation. It was as if they had both shut out the memory. Paris relived once again how painful it was for her to smile before she entered her new life. "People stop me everywhere. I know what they are going to ask. " "Can I see your smile?" Each time it gets easier, and more fun, and more special for Paris to have become the beautiful, confident celebrity that she is today.
Paris thanked me again, and of course it was only my pleasure. What a wonderful feeling to know that Paris's new smile has not only given her the celebrity of familiarity within her community, but more importantly (and surprisingly) the satisfaction in knowing that her family now appreciates her more for the great sacrifices she has made for them. What great love does a mother have for her children, but what great rewards when she knows they "get it."
Thanks, Mom!
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