A Better You Starts with a Beautiful Smile
CARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF EXCELLENCE
Meet Garrett Brink, DMD, FICOI
Hockessin, DE Family and Cosmetic Dentist, and Implantologist, Dr Brink, is committed to high standards, integrity, and providing compassionate patient care.
"It is our mission to treat patients exactly how we’d want to be treated. Keeping this in mind, with our caring staff and state of the art facilities we strive to offer patients the look they want at the price they can afford."
Why Choose Us?
Dentistry is always changing. We stay on top of the latest advances in techniques and technology to ensure that you have access to state-of-the-art treatment. Our team recognizes the importance of continuing education and we are constantly striving to improve your experience. From our office staff, to our hygienist and doctors, everyone at our practice is a dedicated professional with a deep understanding of their specialty within our practice. We make your oral health our first priority.
WHAT OUR PATIENTS ARE SAYING
Meeting a new dentist can be unnerving. On my first visit for a broken tooth, I received a warm welcome from Dr. Brink and his friendly staff. He explained what needed to be done, was honest and straightforward and provided the best care - all with a gentle touch. I ...
I’ve been to a lot of dentist across the country due to career relocations. Dr. Garrett Brink is an amazing and gifted dentist. I highly recommend that you use him for any dental services. He is professional, compassionate and for those who have some dental fears…he is very ...
What a wonderful dental office! The staff is over the top friendly. I especially enjoy Jillian at the front desk. The office is clean and inviting and for someone who doesn't especially love the dentist(who does) they are exceptionally accommodating. Highly recommend to anyone!
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I broke one of my rules of never doing only 6 veneers (typically either 4 or 10).
In this case I did 6 minimal preparation “thineers” and replaced a 6 unit bridge on the lower teeth. For the veneers, I removed only enough tooth structure to smooth out the rough edges and awkward/crowded contact points. Otherwise, this case was purely additive. Veneers DO NOT require excessive tooth grinding.
The reason we only did 6 veneers, which doesn’t fill out the smile properly, was because of some recently completed implant restorative treatment on the adjacent premolar teeth.
Still a hell of a result! Thanks @sunflower_dental_studio @aaron_labguy_hoffman for the incredible ceramic work.
A little bit of orthodontics and a little bit of cosmetic dentistry to craft this smile. In this case, I completed a short course of Spark Aligners to unravel some crowding before removing old composite bondings. We then used two artist series “thineers” (minimal preparation veneers) to mask discolored dark teeth to perfect this smile!
What’s amazing is these veneers are only .2mm thick, meaning I only removed .2mm of tooth structure to mask the discoloration. (See picture 3 for how much tooth structure was removed)
If you are curious about realistic-looking, minimal prep and no-prep veneers, give my office a call!
Transitioning from 8 veneers to 10 veneers along with flap-less crown lengthening of the central incisors. In this case, we corrected a reverse smile line, a length-width ratio discrepancy, covered gum recession with porcelain, and went BRIGHTER!
Our office manager, Tatum, just finished her first quarter on the job. She’s managed to boost staff morale 100% in such a short amount of time. This next quarter we’ll teach her how to read a quarterly P/L statement, pay taxes, and negotiate supply/manage overhead expenses.
Our staff has expanded by one. Everyone please welcome our newest office manager, Tatum, who joined the party Nov 12th.
Which set of teeth would you prefer? We fabricated a new maxillary complete denture and mandibular implant overdenture for this very kind patient.
The original set would not stay in without globs of adhesive, even the original implant denture. The original set also had teeth improperly positioned causing a significant lisp and had minimal tooth display when smiling.
The new dentures may be a little bit too retentive 😁. No more adhesive needed for the upper denture!
Beautiful smile transformation where we accomplished so much, and likely hit every bump in the road in order to get to where we’re at. This case was by far the most challenging cosmetic rehab that I’ve completed.
Key things we corrected:
-Smile Arc: This patient started with a reverse smile line which canted to the left (front 4-6 teeth that don’t follow the lip line). By utilizing extra oral photographs, I knew I needed to add length to make the teeth match the patient’s face.
-Proportions and Contours: All 6 anterior teeth had different lengths, widths, and contours. This patient had poorly shaped composite veneers that contributed to food impaction, making hygiene difficult.
-Midline Asymmetry: dental midline’s and facial-dental midline’s were completely mismatched
-Implant therapy: Tooth #10 required removal and replacement with an immediate implant with immediate temporization. Tooth #12 was an implant placed by another provider and was a brand that I find difficult to restore.
What went wrong:
-Immediate implant #10 failed within a month of placement and took all of the buccal bone with it. This patient already had a soft tissue discrepancy and we couldn’t afford to lose any more tissue. Removal of the failed implant with hard and soft tissue grafting and replacement with an immediate temporary bridge was needed to rebuild the foundation for another implant while allowing the patient to not go without a front tooth.
-Patient hated her temporary restorations.
-My cosmetic lab doesn’t work with encode (scannable) healing abutments (tooth #12), which I didnt know until after scanning for final restorations. This forced me to use a second lab, who couldnt make tooth #12 until every other restoration was delivered.
-Tooth #10s screw retained final restoration partially debonded from the abutment after delivery. It’s never a good feeling when a patient calls saying “my implant is loose”
-My implant lab made the wrong type of crown for tooth #12 which required remaking and another appointment.
Despite perceived short-term “failures,” we were able to achieve a dramatically improved and highly functioning smile that will last for many years to come.
