For Beautiful Smiles

Earlier this year in Feb 2017, I had some facial pain develop that left me nearly 100% disabled, unable to talk, walk or eat anything other than soft foods. In May I contacted Dr. Sutter who responded immediately and assessed that I was a good candidate for DTR therapy. We started the treatment quickly and I felt immediate relief (50%) and started to be pain free about three months after the treatment started. We are now six months later and I no longer take any pain medication nor do I have any pain at all. In the last couple of weeks, I have even started to run again, daily. It is difficult to find the words to express how thankful I am to him, his passion for his patients, as well as his dedicated staff.

I went to Dr Sutter for a consultation and ultimately a procedure for a lip and tongue tie on my 5-week old son. I knew my son had a tongue tie, but two pediatricians had told me in his first week of life that it was not bad enough to be an issue with his nursing since he could stick his tongue out of his mouth. I accepted that answer and began my journey as a first time mom breastfeeding her baby. Well, my baby was miserable. He would cry non-stop after a feeding, arching his back in pain and inconsolable. He would cry until he was exhausted, and then would need to nurse again. He was exhausted and crying and I was exhausted and crying as well. I didn't want to have people over to visit and definitely did not want to take him out; it was too stressful. Everyone said "its a normal baby! But it didn't seem normal; he seemed in pain." At 4 weeks he was diagnosed with reflux and put on baby Zantac for the reflux. This did help, but my husband I felt we were treating a symptom more than the actual problem, and were not keen with giving our newborn baby medication. Nursing was very painful for me and also, almost unbearable. I thought maybe the baby and I had thrush based on my painful nipples and his crying afterwards. Of course we did not have thrush and the pediatrician suggested I meet with a lactation consultant. My baby was gaining weight at a satisfactory rate so that was the metric nursing was being measured against, not quality of life for the baby and myself. I was desperate to figure out what was going on since my baby was so upset all of the time. I noticed my baby had blisters on his upper lip; I just assumed this was normal and a part of soft baby lips building up calluses when nursing, but when I googled lip blisters so i could find out when they would go away, and all the information that popped up was about tongue ties! I read and read and read and realized this was most likely our problem. I also realized it could be along term problem since if left untreated it could cause my milk supply to suffer or the baby to wean himself prematurely due to the frustration and pain caused by nursing. I contacted a lactation consultant and told her about our issues and she agreed it sounded like a tongue tie, and mentioned Dr Sutter. I called his office and got a consultation, and sure enough, my little baby did had a tongue tie that was bad enough to affect his nursing! I was 100% convinced this was going to be the answer we were looking for! Even though he could stick his tongue out of his mouth, he could not raise it up to the top of his mouth, which was totally affecting his nursing. I consented to the frenectomy for both his slight lip tie and tongue tie. The procedure took less than 30 seconds and we went home armed with stretches and exercises to ensure success of the procedure. Dr Sutter made it very clear that the success of this procedure was now in my hands, as I needed to help "stretch" out the procedure sights 4-6x a day minimum, and also meet with a lactation consultant at least 2 times, and my baby was going to have to "relearn" his nursing technique. After the swelling went down (about 3 days later), and we met with the lactation consultant about 5 days later, I had an entirely new baby! He was happy! His fussing was predicable, normal baby stuff. His nursing time was cut in half. He started sleeping longer at night and could go longer between feedings during the day. He was not so panicked when it came time to nurse as he did not have to work as hard to get a meal now. I had initially confused his inefficiency with nursing with a voracious appetite. He was quieter when he nursed/not taking in as much air/gulping. He has not had a single new lip blister (he's 11 weeks old now). For me, the pain with nursing has completely gone away, along with a milk blister I had developed. I can't emphasize how much of a 180 this was. Nursing was toe-curling painful prior to the procedure. I was 100% comfortable handing my newborn over to Dr Sutter and his staff, and it changed everything for us.

The best experience I've had at a dentist. I couldn't recommend this place more. My hygienist, Darcy, was absolutely amazing. She talked me through everything the whole way, making sure the entire experience was comfortable despite the desperate state of my teeth. Tamara (spelling?) was also wonderful to work with in coordinating my appointment and making sure there were no surprises with my final bill. Thanks to the amazing staff at For Beautiful Smiles!

I love this office and the entire very professional staff!! I am ALWAYS greeted and welcomed warmly - - encouraged to come in anytime with questions or concerns. I would highly recommend Dr.Ben (the gentlest dentist) and his staff. THANK YOU ALL

I moved to Dr Sutters' practice after my dentist had given up on me and told me to get dentures. He has worked with me and my difficult situation in a highly professional, confident and caring manner. He has restored my teeth to better than original and provided me a clear path forward to proper dental health. He has been a both a 'Miracle Worker' and an artist for my smile! Highly, highly recommended!