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Sarah used to hide her smile in family pictures before visiting Dr. Heringer's Bismarck office. The two of them worked together on a treatment plan, and Dr. Heringer placed a series of ceramic crowns on her front teeth to improve shape, size, and symmetry. Sarah says her results have made a huge difference in her confidence.
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Every family picture, I wouldn't smile.
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It would just be
a half-closed mouth smile.
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My family even noticed
we'd have family pictures done
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and everybody had this great big smile
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and I'd be there
almost like I didn't want to be there.
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I came in for a consultation
to begin with,
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and we all sat down, Dr. Heringer sat down
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and basically went tooth by tooth
through my entire mouth.
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Even though
I was only focusing on the front,
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we went,
"This tooth is going to affect this tooth,
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and this tooth is going
to affect this tooth.
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If we do this,
later on you might want to do this."
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There are things about her teeth
that she didn't like,
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and she had them done a couple of times.
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She didn't like the length of them,
it affected her speech,
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to where she's lisping.
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She came to me, and we sat down,
we talked, we showed her the image,
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we showed her the results
of her blueprint or the mock-up.
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She decided to go for it.
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We did, I think, 8 or 10 crowns on her
on the top.
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Even talking to him, he was like,
"I noticed that you have a hard time
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just swallowing naturally,"
which I never even noticed,
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and then once he said,
I'm like, "Oh, yeah."
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Nothing's really lining up that great.
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That just changed her bite.
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We changed the length of her teeth,
we changed the edges of her teeth,
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so she shows nice teeth when she smiles.
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This is the best set of teeth I had.
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Not even my real teeth.
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These function way better.
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They look way better.
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Then we also changed her gum line, too.
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The side teeth,
we made them a little wider.
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When she smiles again,
she had a nice, full smile.
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They're bright, but we added
a lot of characterizations to them
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to make them look natural.
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I had a lot of anxiety
because I had so many dental treatments.
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Coming in, it's like,
"Oh, do I want to go through it again?"
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They put me at ease that way too.
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He does a really good job
of checking in like, "Are you doing okay?
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Are you okay with this?"
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When I see Sarah,
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and it's been over a year now
that I've treated her, she is so happy.
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I'd have to say,
I'm almost a different person.
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I just feel more outgoing
and more confident.
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It's been night and day.