I had veneers fitted on my 8 front teeth -upper & lower – about 18 months ago and was in severe pain for about 4 months following the procedure. Since then i’ve been ok but for the past 3 days the pain in my front tooth is causing me the same distress, constant throbbing in my teeth, sore tongue & gums, sleepless nights and back on the pain-killers! How long should I put up with this pain before i seek medical assistance from my dentist? Will the pain subside like it did after 4 months after the initial treatment? Is it possible to have root canal treatment without removing the veneer & will this get rid of the pain I am in???

i have not really got a perfect dentition which gives me low self esteem i have got large spaces inbetween my frontal teeth,which prevents me from smiling and expressing my self for long.its just with the incissors and canine set.but every other set(the premolar and the molar) is perfect,i need ur advice,i was wondering within my self if there would be a best way to go about it besides surgery,i will be pleased,cheers

I require a veneer to the top quarter of one of my front teeth. The enamel here has completely worn away. I am not presently looking for any further treatment. I have recently seen a dentist and other minor works required can wait until I can afford the cost. I cannot have the tooth whitening process as I have tried this and am allergic to it. Could you possibly offer an approximation of cost for a front tooth veneer? I am not sure if it is possible to cover just the affected top quarter of the tooth or if the whole tooth has to be covered? Thankyou

hi andrew, when i was a teenager i had braces for 4 years and the result was very good, as advised i kept my retainer in for 6 months (since i have read i should have kept them in for a lot longer)…since then they have slowly reverted back to there old shape, i am now 26 and really do not want to wear the dreaded train tracks again, what other possibilities are there and would behind the teeth braces rectify this problem….the main problem is my two teeth either side of my front teeth are behind, thanks for your time

Hi I had veneers fitted 15 years ago to close quite a large gap I had in my front teeth. I never thought of having a brace fitted at the time & thought this would be a quick fix to solve the problem. My dentist suggested I had crowns fitted as the veneers were continuously falling out. My front teeth look too big compared to the rest of my teeth & I am very self consious about this. I was wondering if there was any way these could be made to look smaller, or is there nothing I can do about this due to having crowns fitted. If this could be done would it be very expensive to correct.

my two upper front teeth need replacing, would it be possible to have a bridge done to replace both teeth as like a 4 or 6 bridge unit, to make sure there is enough support on the outside teeth? I have heard of a person (dentist) who has had 4 front teeth missing and has had these bridged. She was unfortunately born with a cleft pallet. Can you please advise me? Alternately I would have to look into implants which is going to be costlly and painfull, and also time consuming because I was hoping to get this work done in Turkey.

I have a growing concern about my 2 front teeth, which have had for a long time now, ‘grooves’ – I’ve been told through brushing too hard. I’ve had them filled with composite a number of times, but the most recent time, the dentist actually drilled into the grooves to make them bigger (?!) I hadn’t had this before (but naturally I trusted the dentist, seeing as I know nothing about it), and although the teeth looked good for the past 2.5 years, they are now beginning to wear away as composite does, and I’m concerned they are going to look even worse if I don’t get them filled in again. That’s why I’m not considering porcelain veneers. Would porcelain veneers in this case be the best option, knowing that I will need to keep paying to have them filled in anyway? And is it really ‘usual’ to drill the grooves further to fill them with composite. I’m really worried this has ruined my otherwise very straight and very white teeth.

many thanks for your help, 

My wife has a 7mm overbit and slightlyl produding two front teeth,she does not have large gaps or crooked teeth, she visited the local Orthodontic practice, paid £150 and was advised to have Ceramic Braces top and bottom for £3000, with two upper extractions(one an old Crown). Invisilgn was ruled out as less effective.She visited her Dentist to have the extraction and was advised they could fit a Brace (Inman Aligner??)top and bottom, no extraction but file the teeth giving an almost as good a result in 4 months, £2400, she did not have extractions as she needed to think.Neither practice provides the treatment the other does and neither mentioned a lingual Brace (ingognito?). We now do not know what to do. She is slightly worried about the conspiciousness of the Ceramic train tracks, particularly on the bottom,but if the Inman aligner is less effective then why not opt for Invisilign, alternatively is an Incognito Lingual brace going to cost more than the £3000 for ceramic train tracks, we may have to pay another £150 just to find out!! Any advice more than welcome.

In 2007 I had my four front teeth knocked out, I have had root canal treatment on two of the on the right hand side of my mouth. Recently I have had to undergo root treatment on my other two teeth on the left hand side of my mouth, however it has been filled previously in root canal treatment. The dentist is having problems to unfill it all and if she carrys on with the root treatment it is possible that it will be unsuccessful. From all of these problems my front teeth have become highly discoloured and its embarrasing. I would like your help in telling my best possible action to make, although if I were to get dental implants it amounts to £2200 per tooth and that is far too expensive for myself to be able to afford. Also I am having to have gum treatment as i have decay in my gums.
I hope that you can help me as I am only 20 years old and I would like to have nice healthy white teeth.

Hello. I had a fixed metal brace on both bottom and top when I was 15, I had it on for 3 years. And I was very silly, and I didn’t keep up with wearing my retainer. this past year, my front tooth has started slipping back into an old position, it’s my right front tooth, it’s pushing so much aginst the front left tooth it’s causing pain and discomfort when eating, the tooth that is pushing on the other tooth has made it very wobbly, I can tell it’s moving at a drastic speed as theres a difference each week, this one tooth that has moved is starting to cause so much problems, its now looking like I have 2 wonky front teeth and I’m so upset about it. I know this is my own silly fault, but I really want to fix this.

I went for an appointment to see about having invasigln ( sp? ) done, he said to me it was a very mild case and would only cost me 2000 and the procedure would probably only take 7 weeks… so I was shocked at the price and with him saying it was barely noticable, I don’t know if he was trying to con me or not, I’m not sure but that seemed a lot of money to me.

I just want the best advice on what would be best for me, and some actual pricelists, I know you can’t give me an exact price but a rough idea would be great. I’m a single Mum and it’s something I feel needs to be done, it’s knocked my confidence a lot, and I’m willing to pay out if it’s not a silly ammount.

Kind regards, thanks for taking time to look at this and I hope you reply.