Gabriella’s* front tooth had chipped several times. Each time, her previous dentist recommended redoing the bonding on her front tooth.
Finding Out Why It Kept Chipping
When she came to see me, I explained why her front teeth kept chipping. She had ground down her bite, so her lower teeth kept chipping away at her upper teeth. Redoing the bonding repaired the chip, but not the cause.
A Long-Term Solution
The best way to restore her smile was to open up her bite a little, to give her teeth more room to function. She also had cavities between her teeth, so the best long-term solution was to place crowns on her upper teeth.
She already had 3 crowns. If nothing was wrong with them, she didn’t want to change them, and that made sense. We agreed to leave her good existing crowns alone, and she completed 9 new crowns to improve the color, the shape of her teeth and her bite. Her treatment took about 5 appointments.
The Result
Her new crowns gave her teeth a brighter color, a better shape and more room to function, so her front teeth are no longer being chipped away.
“You changed my life. Thank you so much. I love my smile.”
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*All photos and stories are of actual patients. Patient names changed for confidentiality.
