How can i repair surface tooth loss from my front teeth
Q. Hello there. I have recently noticed that i have quite bad surface tooth loss on my top four front teeth. Because of this where the bottoms of my front top teeth are quite thin and fragile, one is now starting to chip. My dentist has confirmed this to me. The answer they gave me was ” there is no repair” just prevention work to make sure this problem does not get any worse. But i do want to repair my teeth and stop these chips from happening anymore. I feel i can no longer smile at people because although tiny, these chips feel massive to me. the tooth surface loss in sadly to my having my tongue pierced in my early youth and i used to roll the stud along my upper teeth, and also alot of fizzy drinks. What treatment would you reccomend and what sort of price am i looking at.
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Hi
In your case it is important to diagnose firstly the loss of tooth surface loss. As you say it was due to fizzy drinks. Therfore a diet diary would be required initially to make sure there is no acidic component in your diet. Also there are other various reasons for tooth surface loss and this would have to be looked into.
If everything was controlled then, a possibility mabbe using white(composite ) material to make your teeth look better. We carry this type of procedure many time in our practice. Eventually these patients are able to have veneers or crowns if there tooth surface loss is controlled.
I hope this helps.
regards
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