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Dental Crowns or Veneers for Two Front Teeth?
I have two veneers on my two front teeth. I need the veneers replaced. My dentist wants to crown one of my teeth as I had a root canal a few years back. The other tooth is perfectly healthy but needs a new veneer. My dentist also wants to do a crown on this tooth as he says it will be easier for the dental lab to match two crowns than match a crown and a veneer. These are my two very front top teeth. Does this sound right?
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Juliette98743
in Dallas
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2 Veneers is the way to go!
In dental school, dentists were taught to automatically crown a root canal tooth. With advances in adhesive esthetic dentistry we no longer have to follow that rule with anterior teeth.
The root canal tooth should be fit with a fiber post to give it added strength without compromising esthetics and both teeth prepared for porcelain veneers. The veneers should be designed in such a way so they look much like 3/4 porcelain crowns for added strength and longevity.
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Fairfield Cosmetic Dentist
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Crown and veneer combo should be fine
There is a valid argument to a full crown on the tooth that had the root canal, but if were me, the veneer would remain a veneer on the adjacent tooth. If the crown is going to be with a metal core, then yes, matching the color would be hard. I just wouldn't recommend the metal core type. I would ask for a brand of all porcelain crown and veneer called empress, and the color matching should not be too difficult.
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Crown or Veneer
The dentist is correct that it will be easier to match the two teeth if they are both crowns. This comes at the expense of removing healthy tooth structure.
I would base my decision on the darkness of the teeth. If the tooth with the root canal is very dark then I would recommend a crown to block out the discoloration. If the tooth is not discolored then you might be able to get away with another veneer. What you do with the other tooth depends on the skill of the dental technician...
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Dental Crowns of Veneers on two front teeth
Your end goal is important here and I imagine aesthetics would be one of your main concerns considering these are your two front teeth. The Two front teeth set up your whole smile and since aesthetics is tied in closely to bilateral symmetry it is important your two front teeth match as close as possible. In fact in Comprehensive smile design we use the front two teeth to guide the aesthetics of all the teeth involved in the smile design.
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Cant say without a visusl exam.
This is a very good question. Unfortunately it simply cant be answered definitively without an exam.
Although some of the other doctors have given you definitive answers, there are just too many variables. Indeed it is quite possible that you would have a superior esthetic result if you chose 2 crowns of the exact same material.
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New materials match
With the newer materials we have today there should not be a problem matching crowns and veneers on front teeth since they can be made with the same materials without metal underneath the porcelain. Whether or not a root-canaled front tooth needs a crown depends on how much strong tooth structure is remaining. I prefer to preserve as much tooth structure as I can, so I lean toward a veneer if possible.
Columbus Cosmetic Dentist
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Dental Crowns or Veneers for two front teeth
I would do a crowm on the tooth that had the root canal. The tooth that had the veneer would receive a new veneer. I would use an Empress Crown and it would be easy to match the porcelain crown to the procelain veneer.
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Crown and veneers for two front teeth
If you were my patient, I would do the crown and the veneer almost without fail. Recent improvements in materials give us to the ability to do this procedure:
1. Without a need for metal substructure, and;
2. And very closely match a ceramic/porcelain crown with a porcelain veneer.
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I have a broken front tooth that has been bonded several times unsuccessfully. The break is on the tip of the tooth. Is a dental porcelian crown the only option for this problem? How expensive is this for one tooth? thanks.
Hey Laura, I wanted to let you know that it is unlikely the dentist will see your question in this section. You are welcome to submit one to our Q&A section, and I would encourage you to add a picture so the dentists who volunteer on here can have a better idea of what the break looks like.