The Gum Still Look Dark After Replace All Porcelain Crown? (photo)

If the tooth had a root canal you could try to bleach it from the inside. There is a limit to what can be done with a dark root or tooth. The other option is to try to remake that one tooth and see if the lab can block out more of the darkness.

Dear Doradoung,

The work looks fantastic, I congratulate you for getting the color you WANTED!  That is always the hardest thing for the patient.  I do see the issue with the root.  Was that tooth dark?  In my opinion, I would remove that veneer and have them opaque the veneer.  All that means is that the porcelain doesn't allow the light to shine through.  If you do whitening, the color tends to rebound with time and the problem can return.

 

Hope this helps,

David SIlber, DMD

 

Placing veneers over very dark and stained teeth is very difficult because many times we can't completely block out the color, veneers are very thin. You may want to simply remove that one veneer and place a jacket crown all porcelain with a material like Emax, Bruxir, or Empress during the try in stage if still not happy attempt to bleach the tooth first and or remove some gum tissue if the tissue is stained good luck

 

Kevin Coughlin DMD, MBA, MAGD