The veneers and crowns my dentist has given me are the wrong colour. What can be done?

Q.
Hi, I am in the middle of some cosmetic work and worried about final result. I have had an implant to lateral incisor to replace old Maryland bridge,( I never had an adult tooth here) and am having 3 veneersto the other incisors. I wasn’t happy at the fitting – the implant crown was fixed on and the veners temporarily set on – to me the colour of the veneers was obviously wrong – everything was made D2 – the colour match of the crown is perfect except that in some lights a grey shadow from the implant post shows through. And the veneers looked too yellow. the dentist and technician insisted that they were all a perfect match. I agee that the crown was a perfect match – except for the problem of the grey shadow – but the veneers were not! The dentist was quite annoyed and said this was what I had chosen. They are now going to remake everything in B2 . I am so worried about the final result – if the veneers had been the same colour as the crown I would have been happy. An additional problem is that the gum at the implant site is very high so when I smile broadly I have one obviously long tooth – my bridge had a pink margin at the top to minimize this. I am so worried abouth the next visit.
A.
Try not to be bullied into accepting a poor result but you must be specific about the faults. If the crown is not all ceramic ( zirconia core or pressed ceramic ) you will always struggle to match a porcelain bonded onto metal next to thin ceramic veneers. pink porcelain maybe a good solution to the hieght if the crown is long.
Ideally this would be discussed before the technician starts.
Regards Rob
Dr Rob Tennet St Johns Dental Practice 18 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, B2 5QJ Web: www.e-dentalpractice.co.uk
May 12th, 2011 at 08:47 PM
Grayson Says :

Hi my dentist has told me that he will not replace one of my crowns on my front tooth because the corwn is fine but the tooth has moved (this was dueto illness a year ago. I would like to ask the approximate price to replacetwo crowns on my front teeth. Many thanks very upset

December 19th, 2011 at 08:47 PM
Martin Colligan Says :

The shadow of the implant abutment is throwing out all ceramic crown and bonded to metal will not match veneers very well.Suggest a customised zirconia abutment implant so the abutment is tooth coloured to start with would give a much better match then if pressed allceramic crown with pressed veneers.The gum area can be built off crown using Gradia gum kit to replicate the pink that you felt minimised this.Hope this helps.Martin-Dental Technician

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