Tucked away in our Head and Neck Center are three artists. But instead of choosing the perfect color for a painting, they select the perfect tooth from tray after tray of various artificial ones – about 1,000 in all.

While not traditional works of art, the custom prosthetics created by these prosthodontic lab technicians are invaluable masterpieces for our patients.

“Each person’s mouth is unique, similar to a fingerprint...