Friendly Teeth

Hydie still had gaps and a crooked tooth after her braces

Hydie found one of our Reminder Postcards in the mail for her uncle. It’s a quirky postcard that reminds patients to come in for their six-monthly check up which our patients come to expect from us as they’re usually to busy to track that they’re due in for that all to important mantainence visit.

She checked out the blog and made an appointment to see us to ask what we could do for the gaps she had. You see, she had already done her braces but there were still gaps and she had a tooth that was left still tilted.

Hydie actually expected just to come in and have her teeth examined, but when I told her that she’d be out of the clinic in 45 minutes with a beautiful smile and it was only going to cost her RM1200, she was flabbergasted!

“What! You mean each tooth was going to cost RM1200, don’t you?” I said, “Nope! The whole makeover is RM1200 and you’ll be out of here by 3:15. I promise!”

She smiled and said, “Wow! I thought it was a complicated procedure and I need to re-make the appointment and it was going to be really expensive.” I laughed and asked her as we prepared her for her makeover, ” Have you any other questions?” and sure enough she asked the final one …. “Is is going to be painful?”

“Nope! Pain is not part of the price! You got to pay an extra 20% for that!” We both laughed as we began the makeover.

Hydie 45 painless minutes later

The best part was when I gave her the mirror after the makeover was done …. she had the biggest smile.

I printed out her makeover “before” and “after” photos and placed them in the specially made Makeover Album we give to all our patients. It’s a great way to remember the joyous occasion … the Magic Moment when you get your dream smile is forever captured for you to keep.

I love my job …. I get to make people happy every day. I get to create beautiful smiles for people!!

Shereen at the start of her makeover

Shereen was referred to me by Evelyn, a business associate and friend. Shereen is an avid blogger and met Evelyn who blogs too …. blogging is such a fun past time for many of us, don’t you agree?

Shereen made the appointment for the works …  the whitening and then a makeover. I explained to her when she came in that I’ll be doing the Whitening first so I could match the colour for her new smile. She settled down and said she was a tad nervous!

The Whitening took about an hour an a half as I did her complimentary scaling and polishing first. It makes perfect sense to start off with a super clean set of teeth!

Immediately after the whitening

Shereen was amazing …. She said her teeth felt a little sensitive so I applied the ACP gel (it’s a special gel that re-mineralises the teeth instantly and we took a short break before the Makeover portion (I did a couple of patients whilst she rested and caught up with her smses in the waiting area).

When Shereen was ready we continued with her Makeover.

She needed to close gaps on both her upper and lower teeth. That wasn’t too difficult though I did a little more to make sure the teeth don’t look over large.

The Makeover itself was a breeze though we took a little longer as she just had her Whitening done.

Shereen's dazzling smile!

When it was time for Shereen to look into the magic mirror, I don’t know who was more excited, Shereen or I!

She loved it!! She soon texted Evelyn saying she can’t stop smiling.

Last week, I met Shereen a a business function, a BNI Visitor’s Day for the Ampang Chapter. Shereen was so smart and confidently smiling throughout the meeting. She told everyone at the table that she had done a makeover with me. That was so cool!

Thanks Shireen! I had many new enquiries that day … you were my walking, talking and mostly smiling testimony.

Marina before

Marina had found us by googling ‘Makeover’ on the net! Yipee yay! I love it when I get patients who make an appointment after seeing the makeovers posted here.

When I first started this blog some years ago I wasn’t sure whether anyone would find it … let alone read it and be inspired by the real-life stories and before/after photos that I post. I always wondered if people would think the photos were doctored … nope, they’re not doctored or sourced from some other place …. they’re ‘raw’ photos taken by my iPhone by me! and uploaded onto my laptop.

Marina was one of the growing number of patients who read my blog … I was so happy to meet her!

Marina wanted the works, she wanted a bleaching first then the makeover … she said later she secretly felt I was going to say I couldn’t help her get a beautiful smile!

We started with her Zoom! Whitening first. Marina was in luck! She didn’t know that we have a Promotion going on.

For the Zoom! Whitening until December 17 2010, patients get 1. a full scaling free (worth RM100), 2. the option of 4 15-minute cycles (that’s an added boost from the usual 3 cycles), 3. the Before and After photos in a specially designed Makeover Album (I don’t know of any other clinic that gives this), 4. a Brite Smile toothpaste that stops new stains from taking hold on her new whitened teeth (worth RM80 and only available in selected dentist’s offices) 5. and a gift voucher that she can give away to someone so they can get RM100 off their own Zoom! Whitening.

The Zoom! Whitening was done first as I would be matching the colour of her new whitened teeth for the Makeover portion. When I showed Marina the mirror after her whitening, she was already all smiles!

The Makeover was a challenge … Marina had a cross-bite and several tilted teeth to work on … but as I told her, I love the challenge!

Marina now!

At last we were done! It took a little longer than an hour as I had to get her able to chew normally…. there’s absolutely no sense in having a beautiful smile if Marina couldn’t use it for eating!

Her smile was a definite improvement. These photos really don’t do it justice as you can’t see the overall look

… Marina? Well, Marina was ecstatic as she finally had even looking teeth in just under 3 hours!

I was exhausted though … last night I slept for 7 straight hours!!

The yellow toothed smile before

Vinia was a referral from an old friend. Her father had met me many months ago at a business function and asked my friend for the contact numbers as Vinia had been “bugging” him to make an appointment for her to see the dentist.

You see, Vinia is a sweet 16 and as any teenager that age (well anyone at any age for that matter) she was terribly self conscious of a discoloured tooth that marred a very pretty smile.

Vinia came in with both her parents and sister Natania (what lovely names!) for a consultation. After some discussion I got the green light to wave my magic wand!

Vinia’s tooth grew out with the yellow stain when she was 6… I explained to her mum that it probably was because the milk tooth it replaced was infected and so the pus from the infected milk tooth caused the growing permanent tooth to be discoloured!

I told Vinia to relax. The job was pretty easy and she’d finally have the sparkling smile she’s always wanted. It didn’t take long at all really.

As I finished I realised that her smile could do with a little more tweaking to be perfect, so as an added surprise for her parents, and with Vinia’s permission, I also corrected the tilted tooth next to the yellowed one. Yep, I am a perfectionist! I just couldn’t let her go home with something I could correct now could I?

When it was time for Vinia’s first glance in the mirror, I handed it to her with flourish …. taa daah!!

Vinia's beautiful smile!

She was sooooo happy. And so were her parents! The first thing her mother said was, “Ah, Now you can stop bugging us about your front tooth!”

Yes, Vinia, now you can smile and smile and smile!

A few weeks ago I met Zurairah for the first time. She was indeed very shy and very serious. I asked her my usual question, “How did you get to know about the clinic?” and she said she had googled (don’t you just LOVE the internet!) for a dentist in Kuala Lumpur and our blog came up in the search. She looked through the posts and read the comments … then took the needed action to make an appointment!

Zurairah had some simple fillings done first as she was unsure whether she was ready to take the plunge and actually do her makeover …. she wasn’t just shy, she was scared of dentists too!

Zurairah's lovely new smile

We talked and I soon figured out her shyness and seriousness was because she had a not-too-nice looking denture replacing one of her front teeth.

She finally summoned up her courage to ask me what I could do for her. That’s when I told Zurairah that the only way was to make a bridge to replace the missing tooth once and for all. I told her that since she was a student reading Law, she just HAD to … she needed the confidence boost so she can be the sharp and confident lawyer she was destined to be.

I was ecstatic when she agreed! So last week, Zurairah let me give her the smile she always wanted. I had promised her that she would never regret her decision!

Today was the day Zurairah had her bridge fitted in. She came in smiling wide …. gone was the shy smile as I had fitted a beautiful temporary bridge for her to get used to when she came in last week. Zurairah was actually smiling wide now … and even before the permanent bridge was fitted!

In a very short time I had the permanent bridge fitted beautifully! Zurairah smiled even wider!! She even agreed to have her ‘After’ photo taken too …even though I didn’t take any ‘Before’ photos as she was so shy last week. I told her I wanted to post her story in the blog so it may inspire others.

Thank you Zurairah, I know it took a lot from you to trust me to give you your dream smile. I am humbled by that trust and I hope you will keep your promise to me … your promise to smile and not stop yourself from being that great lawyer you want to be!

Remember …no more hiding behind legal documents, OK!