Smile Gallery of Our Rocky River, OH Patients

These are not staged testimonials. They are real FAD clients in different industries talking about what their smile has done for their lives. The treatments are different. The feeling is the same.

“People thought I was younger. Did you do something to your face?”

He’s a hair stylist–someone who spends every working hour face-to-face with clients, in an industry where personal presentation is part of the service. After his smile makeover with Dr. Heimke, clients started asking what changed. He hadn’t mentioned the dentist. They assumed a facelift. He says it has helped him relate to his clients, made him look younger, and made him more appealing in an industry where that matters. His smile did the talking before he said a word. 

“I used to be so sensitive to cold. Now I eat ice cream like it’s nothing.”

For this client, the win was not about appearance at all. It was about getting something back. Years of sensitivity had quietly taken away one of life’s small pleasures. After treatment, it was gone. Simple as that. “I’d say I missed it for a long time. I got it back.”

“A facelift without a scalpel.”

This one came from a radio personality at ESPN 850 WKNR in Cleveland, filmed right at the studio. His wife told him he looked 10 to 15 years younger. Strangers walking past the Great Lakes Science Center window would catch his eye, and he’d smile and wave–something he said he never would have done before. Two appointments. About a month. A new smile and, in his words, “a lot more confidence when I talk to people.”

Smile Makeover with Digital Smile Design and Porcelain Veneers

That moment when a client sees their prototype smile for the first time, before a single permanent restoration is placed, is one of the most important parts of the FAD process.

This is Bill’s.

What you’re watching is Dr. Heimke presenting the provisionals: a working prototype of Bill’s finished smile, designed and crafted before any final work begins. Bill can see it, feel it, and live with it for a few weeks. If anything needs to change, we change it. Nothing is permanent until he says it’s right.

His reaction said everything.

In a couple of weeks, Bill will come back for his final restorations. But the smile he’s looking at right now? That’s already his.

This is what it means to see your new smile before we begin.

Smile Makeover with Porcelain Veneers and Crowns

Tom came to Dr. Heimke with a smile that had been patched together over the years–old fillings, mechanical problems, the constant low-level anxiety of wondering what was going to break next. What he wanted was simple: to stop thinking about his teeth.

That was over 12 years ago.

Today, Tom says the biggest change wasn’t cosmetic; it was the freedom. No more broken teeth. No more fillings falling out. No more bracing for the next problem. His smile was rebuilt from the foundation up, and it has held ever since.

The compliments didn’t hurt either. Friends and family noticed. But for Tom, the real win was quieter than that: he simply stopped worrying.

When asked if he’d do it again, he didn’t hesitate. “Absolutely, and I’ve already recommended it to several people, including my sister.”

That’s the kind of result we design for.

Smile Makeover with Porcelain Veneers

She came in for a smile makeover with porcelain veneers. She left with something she hadn’t expected: how easy it would be.

For many people, the idea of transforming their smile feels like a big undertaking: multiple visits, uncertainty about the outcome, and wondering whether the result will actually look like them. What she found was the opposite. The process was smooth. The experience was, in her words, beautiful.

And the veneers themselves? She loves them. Not in the polite way people describe something they’re still getting used to, but genuinely, completely.

“It was totally worth it. It turned out so beautiful. I love it so so much.”

Sometimes that’s all there is to say.