Renton Cosmetic Dentists

Help! Spacing, Pegs, Slight TMJ but Good Bite...can I Obtain a Perfect Smile?

Hi,need advice on closing up spacing but I would like to keep the gap in between my two front teeth. I was told by an ortho a year ago that my bite was good & I don't need braces. The problem is my Cosmetic Dentist stated(I agree)that with the spacing I have now if we were to use veneers only it would create huge teeth & an unnatural looking smile. Please advise, I want a normal smile & would like to obtain it by end of year. I'm 25 & would love to finally be comfortable showing my teeth. Thanx!

In situations such as yours, the best answer is in a wax up of what the final results could look like.  This is usually done by a lab and transferred to your mouth in a plastic temporary smile design.  This will give both you and the designing dentist an accurate depiction of what can be done cosmetically with porcelain crowns.  If this turns out to be acceptable, the temporary crowns can be duplicated in porcelain and there will be no surprises.

A perfect smile is a personal idea, and the design has to match your idea of what is perfect.

Jerome R. Baruffi, DDS

Seattle Cosmetic Dentist