Does the fixed dental bridge have to be drilled off and the whole are be redone?
Q. I have been reading about veneers but I am a little concerned about a couple of things. Firstly my teeth are stained but this is due to ( I have been told) antibiotics (penicillin i think) when I was much younger, so I dont think teeth whitening products are an option for me, also my front teeth are thinning-this is why I thought of veneers. However, what happens when the patient has , say, a crown on one of the teeth intended for a veneer and for a dental bridge(fixed many years ago- I know dentists generally would not use this method now).Does the foxed dentl bridge have to be drilled off and the whole are be redone? Thanks
A. You have probably had tetracyline as a child. Bleaching is a possibility but can take up to 6 months to have a substantial effect – obviously this will cost more than a 2 week bleaching course. The bleaching will have no effect on any existing porcelain restorations. If you have veneers it often means that any old crown or bridge work will need to be redone to get the best reslut
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