Here is my problem. I have accidentally broken my 2 front teeth. First, the dentist did bonding. It matched my other teeth perfectly, but it was difficult to pronounce the sounds ‘s’ and ‘th’. I visited another dentist and she advised me to do porcelain veneers. I agreed. I pronounce all the sounds perfectly well now, but the color of the veneers is whiter than my natural teeth and the shape of the veneers doesn’t match my teeth, and the veneers are much thicker. When I smile people always ask me if I have my front teeth changed. It’s awful—2 years have passed, but I am still very sad about it and always cry. Is there anything I can do to match the front teeth with the others? I have made a mistake to have veneers done. Thank you very much.
- Oksana from Iran
Dear Oksana,
If your porcelain veneers are the wrong color, they can’t be made darker – they would have to be replaced.
They could be shaved back some to get the right shape, but you’d need to have an artistic cosmetic dentist do this. The dentist who put them on would not be a good choice for this, because if she were very artistic, they would have matched your other teeth. It would take more skill to shave them back than it took to put them on in the first place.
The problem you had speaking with the tooth bonding was probably because the bonding wasn’t shaped correctly on the back sides of the teeth. But from what you told me, that first dentist seemed to have an eye for color and the appearance of the work.
Great cosmetic dentistry isn’t taught in dental schools. Most American dentists don’t get that passionate about appearance-related dentistry. Maybe it’s even harder to find a good cosmetic dentist in Iran. I wish I could help you with a recommendation, but the closest I could come would be someone in Dubai who does pretty good work like this.