A Reston resident, Mrs. Lana C. is our proud patient of the month. Lana shared her story with us. Always a very optimistic and charming woman who appreciates a good time and a good laugh. For years she felt embarrassed to smile in public as she did not want to show her teeth because of spaces in between and a yellowish color.

Lana came to our clinic a few weeks before her long awaited family reunion and a trip abroad. She needed new confidence and a new smile to meet her family and friends. We looked into several options for restoration. These included closing the spaces using Invisalign® teeth movement, Zoom!® bleaching or porcelain veneer restoration. Because of the time factor and good predictability, Lana chose porcelain veneer restoration. It took three appointments over three weeks to complete the work. Preliminary diagnostic teeth wax up allowed Lana to see her new teeth beforehand and to modify their shape in wax as she saw fit. It also added to her confidence. The end result was that Lana could not stop smiling right after the final cementation and let us take the above photos.

1.The most painstaking job in boxing is to extract opponent’s teeth stuck in the boxer’s gloves

2. A dentist chiding his son: “ You are devoid of any human compassion. You squander my money without giving any thought to the human suffering involved in my earning it

3. A female dentist talking to her patient as she adjusts the chuck on a foot-driven drill: “And now, dear pal, do you remember the days when we were classmates in grade school and you used to stick me with a pin every  time you could?”

4. “Young lady, every time I see your smile. I get the urge to invite you over to my place!”
- “You are quite a ladies’ man. aren’t you?”
- “Don’t get me wrong. It is just that I am a dentist.”

5. “Both of your teeth will have to come out”.
- “How much will it cost me?”
- “150 dollars.”
- “150 dollars for two minutes worth of work!”
- “ If you would like to, I can take two hours pulling them out.”.

6. There are three basics for keeping your teeth:
1. Brush twice a day.
2. Visit your dentist’s office at least twice year.
3. Don’t ever poke your nose into people’s business.

7. Man with his wife at a dentist’s office.
- “Do you want me to use anesthetics?” – asks the dentist.
- “No, none at all,” replies the man.
- “I am proud of you, you are a real man”, says the dentist
- “OK, darling, “ – said the man motioning to his wife – “You can get into the patient’s chair now.”

8. Two fish women arguing: “May all your teeth fall out, except one so that it can make suffer from toothache until you die!”

9. Dentist to the patient: ”You are a NERVOUS WRECK!”
The patient: “ I can’t help it. You are hitting my nerve all the time.”

10. “Your grandmother is such a happy person! She keeps smiling all the time!”
- Oh. no, they just fitted her with dentures that are way too large!”

11. Dentist to a female patient:: “Why are you screaming? I didn’t even feel the tooth.”
- “Are you telling me that you will also feel my tooth!”

12. “The other day I saw my dentist trying to fix his car.”
- “So what’s so funny about it?”
- “He held a pair of pliers in his hand and kept mumbling to it:’ Bear with me, it will hurt just a little bit.”.

13. The dentist examining a patient:
- “Does it hurt here?”
- “Yes!”
- “And here?”
- “Yes, it does!”
- “And her?”
- “Ouch! I am not going to tell you a damn thing any more!”

14. “There are two things I am most afraid of in my life: darkness and dentists.”
- “Why be afraid of darkness?”
- “Have you ever thought how many dentists could be hiding in the dark!”