Smile Gallery: Dental Bonding

Smile Gallery

Dr. Russell Schafer is passionate about dentistry and giving his patients a smile they can be confident about. Whether it's creating a new set of dentures, replacing teeth with dental implants, or a simple dental cleaning, he always puts his patients first.

Take a look at the smile gallery to see some of the work that Dr. Schafer has completed for his happy patients.

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before patient with missing teeth — Before

after image of patient with dental bonding — After

Fixing broken teeth with bonding

This patient had old gold shell crowns which caused cavities around her upper front teeth. She hated the way they looked and was worried about losing the teeth. We did some beautiful bonding to help fix the teeth.

Reshaping and restoring ugly teeth

This patient did not like her teeth were rotated and dark. She did not want to have the teeth pulled or go through braces. We opted to do chairside veneers to help mask the color and change the shape. We did not even have to get the patient numb to do this.

Old front filling needed to be replaced

This patient hated the way that her front tooth was darkened. We started with the one that bothered her the most.

Important tooth fixed

This tooth had a nasty cavity on it, but it was an important tooth as it helped hold in a partial which was needed for a patient to smile.

Fixing a back tooth with a routine filling

This patient came in needing a small filling fixed. We were able to take care of him in under 30 minutes.

Bonding makes front teeth better

This patient had not liked his front teeth for a while and it is clear why. After removing the cavities on his two front teeth, we were able to bond two nice restorations to give him back his smile.

Blending a tooth better

This patient did not like the way that his front tooth looked. It was darker and everyone could see the two different colors on it. We opted to try bonding over it to smooth out the color and then he will do some whitening to see if we can get the inside of the tooth whiter to match everything else. Not a perfect result, but we think it looks better than before.

Patient Before Fixing Gaps | Gretna Dentist — Before

Patient with Fixed Gaps | Gretna LA — After

Filling in the gap

This patient's two bottom front teeth were too small and had a large gap that she didn't like. We used a white chairside veneer to bond the teeth to make them larger. Patient was happy with it.

Patient with Bad Cavities | Gretna LA — Before

Removing bad cavities

This patient was embarrassed about her smile for the longest time. We were able to restore her front teeth with some pretty white fillings and give the ability to smile again.

Bad Cavities | New Orleans Dentist — Before

Fixed Cavities | New Orleans Dentist — After

Filling in bad cavities

This patient had multiple bad front teeth. We needed to try to save the teeth we could in a hurry. We did all these fillings in one day and had to remove gums as the cavities went below the gums. She was very happy with the end result.

Patient Before Removing Old Golds | NOLA — Before

Patient After Removing Old Golds | NOLA — After

Removing some old golds

This gentleman was tired of his gold teeth. We were able to remove them and remove the cavities underneath followed by using some beautiful white fillings to put him back together.

Dark Front Teeth | Dr. Russell Schafer — Before

Fixed Front Teeth | Dr. Russell Schafer — After

Fixing two front teeth

This patient was very embarrassed by her two front teeth. They had been chipped and dark for a few months and she was no longer confident about smiling. After working with her for a few hours, we were able to get her back to where she wanted to be.

Chipped Front Tooth | Dr. Shafer — Before

Repaired Front Tooth | Dr. Russell Schafer — After

We love fixing front teeth

This patient chipped his tooth in his sleep. We were able to repair it quickly and painlessly.

Chipped Front Teeth | NOLA Dentist — Before

Fixed Front Teeth | NOLA Dentist — After

Chipped front teeth fixed

This patient had chipped his front teeth years back and was finally ready for them to be fixed. We were able to do it in a few hours and then gave him a night guard after to keep them in good shape.

Cavities In Front Teeth | NOLA Dentistry — Before

Fixing bad cavities on the front

This patient had a couple bad cavities on her two front teeth. We were able to restore them with some beautiful white fillings.

Front Chip in Tooth | Gretna Dentist — Before

Chipped Tooth Fixed | Gretna LA Dentist — After

Front teeth chip repaired

This patient had a big wedding to go to the next weekend as he was the best man. We were able to get him back in good shape to fly off to see his best friend get married.

Broken Tooth | NOLA Dentures & General Dentistry — Before

Fixed Broken Tooth | NOLA Dentist — After

Fixing a broken tooth

This patient bit down on pizza a too hard and popped off her filling. We were able to restore it quickly with a white dental filling.

Patient with cavities in front | New Orleans LA — Before

Patient with One Day Dentures | New Orleans — After

Bonding and a one day denture to save the day

This patient was graduating in two weeks and needed her smile back for job interviews. We were able to fix the cavities with bonding and the gaps with a one day denture.

New front tooth!

This patient had an old partial that he was tired of wearing. We opted to place a bridge to fill in the gap.

Fixing a chip

This patient was headbutted by her toddler. She had a big interview that afternoon. We squeezed her in and got the tooth fixed.

Removing golds before the honeymoon

This patient was about to go on his honeymoon and wanted to surprise his fiance with new teeth. He loved them, she loved them, and everyone loved them.

Esthetic bonding to make teeth pretty

This patient was self-conscious about her front teeth. We were able to lengthen and widen the teeth with some bonding and do no damage to her actual teeth themselves. She was very pleased.

Restoring a good tooth

This patient had an old filling that had turned yellow after years. We were able to make it look good as new with some esthetic bonding.

Turning yellow into white

This patient had old bonding done decades ago that had worn out and turned yellow. He was self-conscious with how it looked. We were able to fix it by removing the old filling and placing some beautiful new ones.

Removing the yellow and fixing a chip with bonding

This patient didn't like the yellowness of between her teeth or the chip. We were able to quickly fix it with a chairside veneer.

Another fixed front tooth

This patient broke his tooth a few hours before. We were able to get him fixed up in no time.

Broken tooth fixed with bonding

This patient fractured an old tooth filling when her toddler head butted her. We were able to easily and painlessly bond a nice new filling to it.

Routine Bonding to fix a tooth

This patient just had an accident. Thankfully he came in quickly before he did much damage to the nerve. We were able to put him back together.

Changing out golds and into whites

This patient was tired of her gold front teeth. They had cavities around them and were breaking. She didn't want to lose anymore teeth so we opted to do some esthetic bonding. We were able to save the teeth and give her back her smile.

Tooth in an hour with esthetic bonding

This patient obviously didn't like his front tooth. With some esthetic bonding, we were able to get him ready for his job interview.

Not broken anymore! A new look with veneers

This patient chipped her front tooth years ago and obviously didn't like it. We did a chairside veneer to match the color of the tooth and make it look like new. We didn't have to get her numb or remove any healthy tooth. She was really happy!

Bonding helps close the gap

This patient opted for bonding as he didn't like his gap nor did he like the discolored front tooth. We were able to bond restorations to his front teeth to make him love his smile again.

Fixing small cavities with bonding to make a big difference

This patient was ashamed of her cavities on her front teeth. We some bonding and infection removal, we were able to get her back to where she wanted to be.

Esthetic Bonding to the rescue

This patient had deep cavities that were affecting her front teeth. Thankfully the cavity didn't go into the nerve. We were able to save both teeth just in time.

Filling in the gap (Again!)

This patient didn't like her large gap between her front teeth. After a bit of bonding, she loved her teeth.

Fixing a broken tooth

This patient chipped his tooth badly from an accident. Thankfully the tooth's nerve was healthy and we could bond back the tooth.

Filling a deep cavity

This patient hated the way her front tooth looked like due to a deep cavity. We were thankfully able to avoid a root canal and fix the tooth back to good as new.

Another broken tooth fixed

She had a mardi gras ball to attend and needed a tooth quickly. We were able to do an esthetic bonding to give her back her smile that day.

Tooth in a day with a chairside veneer

This woman lost her front crown and needed something quick. With a chairside veneer we were able to give her back her smile quickly.

In time for the weekend

This patient had broken two front teeth and needed them repaired. We were able to do that the same day she saw us.

Bad cavity fixed!

This patient had just broken his front tooth and needed a quick fix.

Filling in the gaps!

This patient hadn't smiled in quite some time due to big cavities on her front teeth. After removing the infection, we were able to restore her teeth with esthetic bonding.

Accident fixed!

This patient fell down and broke her left front tooth. We were able to put it back together the same day.

Cosmetic bonding to help restore a smile

This patient suffered from severe fluorosis which causes the teeth to stain in this brown pattern. While crowns would have completely covered the stains, by layering some fillings and removing a bit of the stained tooth, we got to a good result. While it is far from perfect, I think most people would agree that the smile looks much better now. The patient was happy with her smile.

Front chip repair

This young patient came to us after she chipped her front teeth. She obviously didn't like the way that it looked. We were able to restore her smile quickly and with minimally invasive procedures.

Closing a gap with bonding

This patient wanted to close the gap between her two front teeth. No need to get numb. We roughened the teeth slightly but didn't have to grind down two perfectly healthy teeth. We then bonded on the two restorations and polished so they looked natural. She was happy after the work had been done. The patient decided to keep the small gap for right now as that was part of her smile, and we think it's a beautiful smile!

Replacing an old gold crown

This patient saw me after her old front gold crown fell off. She obviously didn't like the way that the tooth looked after the crown fell off. We decided to remove the cavity and replace with an esthetic filling.

Fixing a front chipped tooth

This patient had fallen down and chipped her front tooth. We were able to restore it quickly and painlessly with cosmetic bonding.

Replacing a broken filling

This patient had just lost her filling over the weekend and couldn't smile without it. After 30 minutes, we were able to fix the tooth and let her smile.

Another smile fixed

This patient broke her front tooth on a piece of ice over the weekend. She came in and wasn't able to smile till we fixed it!

Getting ready for senior pictures!

This patient was about to have senior pictures taken and she needed her teeth to look beautiful. She will have to come back for some touch ups as it's not perfect just yet, but she was ecstatic to see the result.