The Modern Smiles Journal
Short, honest reads from Dr. Kasra Tajik and the Modern Smiles team — new posts every week, focused on the treatments we do and the questions we hear most from patients in North Hollywood, Burbank, Toluca Lake, and Studio City.
A smile makeover is not one treatment but a sequence of them, and the order decides how much healthy tooth you keep and how much you spend. Here is how we plan one.
Read the post →Financing is where a lot of dental treatment quietly falls apart. Here is how Cherry actually works at our office, what the estimator can and cannot tell you, and the two numbers worth checking before you sign.
Read the post →Toluca Lake is one of the closest neighborhoods to our Victory Boulevard office, and veneers are one of the most common reasons people from it call. Here is how the process runs, and when we tell patients not to do it.
Read the post →Invisalign gets sold as the easy option. It is a good option, but it is not a passive one — here is exactly what the $4,500 covers and the one thing that decides whether it works.
Read the post →If you've been putting off a dental implant because the consult feels like a black box, here's exactly what happens in the chair — from the 3D scan to the itemized quote — in about 45 minutes.
Read the post →Ready when you are