Preserving your Natural Teeth through Advanced Biological and Laser Dentistry
Not Just Treating Symptoms
Focus on Long-Term Oral Health and Longevity
A Smarter Approach to Dental Care
Advanced Laser Dentistry Focused on Long-Term Health
Stability, Inflammation and Prevention
Your Blueprint to Preserve Your Teeth
Protect Your Natural Teeth &
Enhance Your Smile in Rockefeller Center & East Setauket, NY
We Believe in Prevention, Early Diagnosis, and Conservative Periodontal and Regenerative Therapies to Strengthen and Preserve our Patients' Teeth and Gums
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Biological and Regenerative Dentistry
Biocompatible, regenerative dental care designed to restore oral health and support whole-body wellness.
Less Dentistry is Often
Better Dentistry.
"Let's Preserve Your Teeth"
A beautiful smile does not always require aggressive dentistry.
In many cases, the most attractive and healthiest outcomes come from preserving natural tooth structure while improving color, shape, symmetry, and gum health in a conservative way.
At Preserve Your Teeth Dentistry, our philosophy is simple: Less dentistry is often better dentistry.
Modern adhesive materials, biomimetic techniques, and biologically focused care allow us to improve smiles while keeping as much healthy natural tooth structure as possible.
Real Example of Conservative Esthetic Improvement
The images below demonstrate how minimally invasive treatment can transform a smile while preserving natural teeth together with biofilm management addressing high risk genetic predisposition for decay development.
Before and After Conservative Esthetic Rehabilitation with biofilm management
The Problem With Over-Treatment
Traditional cosmetic dentistry has often relied on aggressive tooth preparation:
● Full crowns on otherwise restorable teeth
● Extensive drilling to create “perfect” symmetry
● Removal of healthy enamel for cosmetic veneers
● Repeated replacement cycles over decades
While these treatments may initially look attractive, every time healthy tooth structure is removed, the tooth becomes weaker and more dependent on future dentistry.
Over time, this can lead to:
● sensitivity
● fractures
● gum recession
● root canals
● and ultimately tooth loss.
The goal of modern conservative dentistry is different: to strengthen, preserve, and enhance what nature already created.
A More Natural Approach to Smile Enhancement
Many patients do not need extreme cosmetic reconstruction.
Often, beautiful improvements can be achieved through:
● conservative bonding
● minimally invasive ceramic restorations
● gum health optimization
● whitening
● biofilm management
● bite stabilization
● and careful reshaping
Small changes can create dramatic improvements while preserving the vitality and strength of the teeth.
Natural Esthetic
Dentistry
Minimally invasive cosmetic enhancements designed to support natural-looking, healthy smiles.
Non-Invasive Cosmetic Dentistry
Whether you require teeth whitening, bonding or veneers, we will assess your cosmetic needs, and recommend the best treatment options to ensure that you leave our offices with a beautiful, natural and long-lasting smile.
Dr. Urbankova practices unique non-invasive, additive techniques without original tooth structure alteration. This is the most natural form of permanent smile enhancement bringing patients back their youth and natural beauty.
Esthetic Bondings
Esthetic bonding is a minimally invasive way to enhance your smile by repairing gaps, chips, decay, uneven teeth, or discolored fillings. Using biocompatible resin carefully shaped and color-matched to your teeth, we can create natural-looking results in a single visit. Unlike veneers or crowns, bonding preserves your natural tooth structure without removing healthy enamel. This unique technique was developed by Dr. Urbankova.
Veneers
Veneers are thin, high-quality porcelain layers designed to improve the shape, color, and overall appearance of your smile. They are carefully matched to your natural teeth for a seamless result. Unlike esthetic bonding, veneers require some alteration of the existing tooth structure.
Case 1: STACY
An alternative to veneers without removal of tooth structure when natural teeth can be preserved with esthetic sculpting using selective bonding agents and careful technique, a natural appearance can be achieved with NO CUTTING of the natural teeth.
Case 2: PETER
Our patient Peter had been unhappy his entire life with the dark stains on his teeth – from using tetracycline as a child. He wanted to change the color of his teeth to a more normal white but he was told the only way to do it would be to cut the teeth and apply ceramic veneers. Peter did not want his teeth to be cut, he only wanted them to be white without the brown color defects. Since porcelain veneers require tooth structure removal before being placed, we offered NON-invasive bonding without removal of tooth structure. Peter was very happy with the procedure result, and no tooth structure was removed. (2 years follow up result).
Case 3: LUCY
Lucy finished orthodontic treatment but was left with a non-ideal esthetic result: her lateral incisors were still rotated. She was finished with braces and wanted another solution. One dentist said she needed porcelain veneers, but that meant cutting the teeth, an irreversible process. We offered her non-invasive corrections with careful application of bondings to correct rotation and enhance shape of the lateral teeth to give her whiter and fuller smile without removing any tooth structure.
Case 4: LAURA
Laura’s front teeth had old deteriorated bondings as well as many failing fillings on her back teeth. When many teeth need bondings replaced, and aesthetic demands are high, porcelain veneers can make sense. In Laura’s case porcelain veneers helped her to achieve the smile she wanted with the fewest number of appointments.
Case 5: HELEN
Helen is 74 years old. Beautiful and always very well cared for lady. She does not look 74 but maybe 60 years old. Time has shown aging also on her teeth with recession and showing dark spaced between her teeth. She wanted to improve her smile but preserve integrity of her teeth and she used our serviced with non-invasive additive technique where her own enamel was not removed or altered.
Case Study 6: PETER
Peter is 32 years old young gentleman. He has developed erosions and stain on his teeth. Traditional method would require dental venners with much tooth structure removal. Instead Peter benefited with non-invasive adhesive treatmentso he can Preserve His Teeth and smile with confidence.
Case Study 7: CORY
Cori is a 12-year old girl who came to our office and during her visit expressed frustration with her smile. She thought her teeth were not as white as she would like and that they looked rather small and were not straight. She had been offered orthodontic treatment or veneers in the past, but she did not like either option due to the length of treatment and high expense. She also did not like that veneers would involve the cutting of her natural teeth. We offered her a different, completely natural option – a minimally invasive cosmetic procedure to give her a fuller, whiter and healthier smile. First we prescribed a home whitening program that would restore her teeth to their natural shade. Then in the office we artfully re-sculpted and re-contoured the edges of her incisors without cutting the tooth enamel at all to achieve the desired result.
This non-invasive procedure preserved her natural tooth structure and maintained the health of her teeth without invasive and irreversible changes to her teeth, and at a minimal cost when compared to traditional more invasive treatment options. Cori was very happy and all her friends commented on her new beautiful smile.
Case 8: PETRA
Petra is a 32 years old fashion designer whose teeth were originally not aligned properly. After receiving an orthodontic treatment her teeth were aligned correctly, but still not looking attractive. Petra’s teeth showed some incisal wear as well as uneven length of her central incisors. After thorough evaluation, we recommended in office whitening and selective bonding. Not only her teeth were not cut and preserved, but also financial savings for patient were significant.
Case 9: MARICELLA
Maricella is a 48 years old attorney and she has gum recession. She was not happy about the gap between her teeth that has been getting progressively worse over the years. She is regularly seen by her periodontist who advised to veneer her two teeth to close the unattractive space. She has found our office and we have offered her selective bonding to close the space. After in office whitening procedure her teeth were bonded to achieve the result below. Not only none of her teeth enamel was removed but we also achieved better esthetic result then traditional veneers where tooth enamel is removed as part of veneer procedure.
Case 10: RACHEL
Rachel is a 64-year old white female and wanted to correct her smile to what is used to be. Rachel did not like large spaces between her lateral teeth and canines, and chipped incisor edges. Her teeth showed a lot of wear. We offered her in office bleaching and multiple composite restorations matching her natural tooth color. Rachel was very happy as her teeth were preserved, not cut and looked even better then 20+ years ago. See below before and after.
Case 11: PAULA
This patient Paula is 62 years old white female presented to our office with desire to improve her smile. Patient did not like that her teeth were rotated, had spaces and asked about what can be done? Paula was not interested in orthodontic treatment, crowns or veneers – the traditional approach. We offered her minimally invasive treatment: where natural tooth structure was deficient or week by wear we placed multiple restorations matching her natural tooth color with slight re-contouring. The natural tooth structure was not cut but preserved. See below before and after with detail.
Case 12: STEPHAN
Stephan (50+years old) is our long time patient who just needed to preserve his worn out front teeth. His front teeth demonstrated incisal wear. After in-office bleaching we have restored his incisal edges to his 20+ year condition. No drilling his teeth, just preserving the teeth he has and achieving esthetic result as well...
Oral Microbiome Health: Supporting a Healthy Smile and a Healthy Life
"Let's Preserve Your Teeth"
A Different Way to Think About Oral Health
Your mouth is home to billions of microorganisms that form the oral microbiome. When balanced, beneficial bacteria help protect your teeth and gums. When disrupted, harmful bacteria can contribute to tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath, inflammation, and tooth loss.
At Preserve Your Teeth Dentistry, we support a healthy oral microbiome through preventive care and oral biofilm management.
Breath Health &
Halitosis Analysis
Preventive dental care focused on treatment of inflammation, fresher breath, and long-term oral wellness.
Fresh Breath & Halitosis Analysis
"Let's Preserve Your Teeth"
Discover the Source of Persistent Bad Breath
Persistent bad breath, or halitosis, is often more than a cosmetic concern—it may signal an imbalance in your oral health. Most chronic bad breath originates in the mouth and may be caused by bacterial buildup, tongue coating, gum disease, dry mouth, or failing dental restorations.
At Preserve Your Teeth Dentistry, we view fresh breath as a sign of a healthy, balanced oral environment.
Discover the Source of Persistent Bad Breath
Persistent bad breath, or halitosis, is often more than a cosmetic concern—it may signal an imbalance in your oral health. Most chronic bad breath originates in the mouth and may be caused by bacterial buildup, tongue coating, gum disease, dry mouth, or failing dental restorations.
At Preserve Your Teeth Dentistry, we view fresh breath as a sign of a healthy, balanced oral environment.
Regenerative
Periodontal Care
Minimally invasive and gentle gum treatments that restore gum health and support natural healing.
Biomimetic & Minimally Invasive Dentistry
Approach in dentistry designed to preserve tooth vitality whenever clinically possible.
Our Philosophy
We believe in prevention, early diagnosis and conservative therapies to protect and strengthen our patients' teeth and gums, and we center our care around that philosophy. By following these concepts, we are able to prolong the life span of our patients' teeth and gums.
Using new technologies, materials and very careful techniques, we are able to preserve our patient's teeth without the need for invasive procedures that can produce unsightly results. Our minimally invasive techniques preserve the structure and enhance esthetic of our patients' teeth, but more importantly, they ensure the patients' long-term oral health.
Our team's goal is to diagnose both periodontal disease (gum disease) and tooth decay early and prevent them from advancing. Utilizing specialized skills and state-of-the-art technology in a caring and compassionate atmosphere, we are able to successfully diagnose and treat a wide range of dental issues. We are highly committed to successful treatment and maintenance.
Our Mission
We have one common goal for our patients – preserving their teeth with long term success. We are committed to the highest level of care.
Minimally Invasive Dentistry
is a new approach focusing on conserving tooth structure rather than radically removing it.
Minimally invasive dentistry is a philosophy of oral health provision. It focuses on comprehensive preventive management and minimally invasive approaches to operative interventions. This approach is founded on conserving your tooth structure rather than radically removing it. Minimally invasive dentistry follows a new paradigm in dentistry, as it requires minimal surgical intervention, the use of modern adhesive materials according to stringent scientific principles, and prevention according to the individual patients needs. Minimally invasive treatment has long-term benefits. Rather than invasive treatments that often lead to loss of tooth structure, complications, tooth loss, and possible overall health problems, minimally invasive dentistry’s goal is to preserve your teeth. Such a philosophy ultimately leads to a prolonged life-span of the patient’s natural smile and whole body health. See examples of non-invasive additive treatments in esthetic dentistry.
Patient Centered Care
Minimally invasive dentistry is both patient specific and patient centered. Our specialists work closely together in decisions involved in saving and preserving our patients’ teeth.
Partnership With Patients
We take partnership in caring for our patients’ oral health. We teach our patients what they can do to preserve their teeth on their own and use latest techniques in oral care preventive management to achieve the best results possible.
Meet Our Expert Team
Alice Urbankova, MUDr, DDS, PhD
Steven Engebretson, DMD, MS, MS
Fernando J. Contreras, DDS
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