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Dr. Castenada is a talented, passionate, prosthodontic artist that provides stellar consultative services and treatment. The cost associated with her work is secondary and irrelevant compared to the final results. What is most amazing is how natural my new teeth look! I am so thrilled that she doesn't provide ""manufactured"" smiles but takes the time to customize the work according to the patient's bone structure, lifestyle, and personality--this is a lost and dying art which Dr. C is determined not to compromise.
Dr. C was able to get me past my age-old fear of dentists and the noises in a dental office. I had let my fears keep me away far too long and therefore needed quite a bit of work. She was professional, soothing, and her expertise was apparent from the start. Her staff made sure that I didn't make too many escapes and worked with me on insurance concerns. I applaud her highly proficient staff with an absolutely wonderful and rare chair-side manner and Toni who handles all insurance inquiries, interim questions, and scheduling with complete aplomb.
This is my dental story: Years ago, I lost my front teeth to a motorcycle accident. For years I had lived with a fixed bridge replacing those lost teeth. The bridge looked like a row of Chiclets. Additionally, my dentition was a plethora of silver fillings sprinkled with a few gold crowns that were like giant boxcars, ill fitting at the gum line causing soreness and gum bleeding. Finally, with age my teeth were simply worn down and discolored. After a thorough exam, the most thorough I had every had, Dr. C orchestrated a comprehensive dental plan that would include orthodontics and an anterior gum augmentation (as I had lost bone tissue with the lost of my upper front teeth) and several implants. With these interventions accomplished, Dr. C began the process of replacing almost all of my teeth with porcelain crowns and two implant fixed bridges. I was not surprised to hear the orthodontist and the periodontist praise Dr. C. Both of the specialists that Dr. C sent me to were equally professional and at the top of their game. I knew that Dr. C would only send me to the best specialist, so I never felt insecure. Somewhere along the way I lost my fears of dentistry.
The results were a monument to the dental arts! Dr. C's biggest challenge was the anterior implant bridge. Through her artistic ability and clinicical skill she was abe to make the fixed, aritificial front implant bridge appear as individual teeth actually emerging from the gum margin with each tooth having the half-moon shape presentation at the gum margin as with natural teeth. The color, texture and translucence of the porcelain matched the remaining natural teeth perfectly. Dr. C gave me a healty, happy smile.
I finally feel that I have a ""healthy"" mouth. Further, she talked me out of veneers for my maligned front bottom teeth explaining how healthy they were and talked me into orthodontics instead. A little Zoom whitening along the way brightened my smile.
Two thumbs all the way! I have referred at least 5 people to Dr. Castaneda and will continue to do so. Her overall knowledge, attention to detail, and genuine concern for me, the patient has been amazing. I am a new man!
Pros: Awesome
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