What potential cosmetic treatments are there for me to reduce the size of my teeth and which is the best in your opinion
Q. When I was young my teeth were awful. Since having braces when i was 14 my teeth are now quite straight. However, my two front teeth are still quite disproportionally large compared to the rest of my mouth (especially in width), there is also a small chip in my left fron tooth. What potential cosmetic treatments are there for me to reduce the size of my teeth and which is the best in your opinion. Your advice would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks
A. Hi many thanks for your enquiry, the first thing to mention is if your two front teeth are much wider than the rest of your teeth.the only way to make things in better proportions is to reduce the width of the two front teeth by preparing the teeth and spreading this loss of width to the surrounding teeth, therefore making the front two teeth less wide but making the other teeth slightly wider using veneers. this sometimes requires the front four teeth to be veneered but in severe cases it may require the front ten teeth to be veneered to help spread the width so everything looks in proportion. hope this makes sense and if you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me.
Hi – I am a 45yr old woman who has had braces for the last two years to close excessive spacing in my teeth (gaps between the two front teeth and the the incisors on either side). There has been an improvement however, it has been a struggle to get the gaps completely closed and eventually my orthodontist suggested i go to a dentist who will use cerex or veneers to fill in the gaps. The dentist i was referred to has put temporary fillings, and will insert the permanent ones in the near future. Hi – I am a 45yr old woman who has had braces for the last two years to close excessive spacing in my teeth (gaps between the two front teeth and the the incisors on either side). There has been an improvement however, it has been a struggle to get the gaps completely closed and eventually my orthodontist suggested i go to a dentist who will use cerex or veneers to fill in the gaps. The dentist i was referred to has put temporary fillings, and will insert the permanent ones in the near future. The temporary fillings seem to have made my two front teeth too wide and a bit longer. An additional unfortunate part of the whole treatment (braces) is that I now have an overbite. I have internal lingaual braces at the top and external ones at the bottom. As a result of the overbite, my bottom teeth rest on the internal braces and the top teeth on the external braces at the bottom. I pointed this out to my orthodontist and we’ve began a process to rectify this. I think the braces has completely altered my face structure thus the overbite. I do not like the way I now look and wonder if the overbite can be corrected? The temporary fillings have to come out and be replaced with permanent ones, if i decide not to proceed with the treatment of filling the gaps and get the fillings taken out (i was informed that not much “chipping” of my natural teeth was done when the fillings were made)? I am desperate – it has been a very long two years and i am not sure I can mange to undertake this process for any longer, and want to know what to do. I hope you can help me. Your advice is highly appreciated. Thank youThe temporary fillings seem to have made my two front teeth too wide and a bit longer. An additional unfortunate part of the whole treatment (braces) is that I now have an overbite. I have internal lingaual braces at the top and external ones at the bottom. As a result of the overbite, my bottom teeth rest on the internal braces and the top teeth on the external braces at the bottom. I pointed this out to my orthodontist and we’ve began a process to rectify this. I think the braces has completely altered my face structure thus the overbite. I do not like the way I now look and wonder if the overbite can be corrected? The temporary fillings have to come out and be replaced with permanent ones, if i decide not to proceed with the treatment of filling the gaps and get the fillings taken out (i was informed that not much “chiping”of my natural teeth was done when the fillings were made)? I am desparate- it has been a very long two years and i am not sure I can mange to undertake this process for any longer, and want to know what to do. I hope you can help me. Your advice is highly appreciated. Thank you
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