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Worst Mistake of my Life - Veneers Are Super Long and Look Terrible!
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Worst Mistake of my Life - Veneers Are Super Long and Look Terrible!
livewell15January 31, 2020
$20,000
TL;DR: Biggest regret of my life! Dr. Saleh lied to my face about my veneers being "minimally invasive," performed a gum lift surgery without discussing it with me first - resulting in extra long horse teeth, did what HE wanted for my mouth and the complete opposite of what I asked for, and refused to make any adjustments from my temporaries to final veneers. Don't be lured in by all the pretty Instagram photos & videos - they're all misleading to those uninformed about what really goes on there.
I was a traveling patient. During my consult, Dr. Saleh assured me that my teeth wouldn't be ground down to little pegs. He said his process is "minimally invasive," removing as little tooth structure as possible. This was a complete lie. I ended up with the tiniest little pegs for teeth. I almost passed out when he was done grinding them down and I felt the huge air gaps with my tongue in between my teeth. I couldn't look in the mirror because I thought I might pass out if I actually saw them.
Dr. Saleh left me sitting in the chair for about 15 min after the grinding session to go do something else, and I was laying there lightheaded as I kept running my tongue around what was left of the little stumps. When he finally returned, I commented to him that it felt like a lot of my teeth had been ground down. He said my tongue was gravitating to the spaces and making them feel larger than they were - a total lie.
But first let me back up. When I arrived for my temp appt, he very loosely put them on and then brought me to another room in his office, near a window so they would appear whiter & brighter, and took pictures and filmed me wearing them, commenting in his video how amazing they looked. There's a reason he does the pics & videos BEFORE doing any actual work on your teeth - your mouth is a hot bloody mess after he grinds your teeth down to little pegs and contours your gums! So misleading!!
After the pictures & video, he brought me back to my treatment room, took off the loose temps, and prepared me to have my gums contoured (ie lasered off really high). He had NEVER discussed this with me during my consult. I immediately started expressing concern and fear, as I was fine with my gums and didn't want them lasered higher. I should have walked out at this point and that is my biggest regret, not following my own gut and intuition right then. I flew to Beverly Hills that morning and at that point, I couldn't see walking out after spending hours traveling and not getting my veneers because I didn't agree to a gum lift. His assistant said "almost everyone gets it," so I reluctantly agreed.
I had 8 veneers put on across my top teeth (thank God I didn't do more). When the temporaries were finally glued on, they were really long and horse-like. The assistant assured me they were the same length as my original teeth - this is not true. Another lie. I have pictures of the molds before of my original teeth and a picture of the veneers after. Dr. Saleh showed me my original mold, and my new veneer mold, and they were completely different in size- much longer.
I was so upset with my long temporaries that I scheduled a Skype call with Dr. Saleh after I returned home to tell him what I didn't like - this was SUPPOSED to be part of the temporary process - "to try them on for size and make adjustments if necessary." But Dr. Saleh refused to make ANY adjustments to my teeth. In fact, he seemed personally insulted that I dared to criticize his work. His ego was massive. My final veneers were exactly the same as my temporaries. I had showed him pictures of teeth I liked during my consult that were small and cute, and he gave me the *exact opposite* of what I asked for.
I later went to another high-end cosmetic dentist, after my finals were put on, to have adjustments made that Dr. Saleh refused to do. I had to pay another $2400, on top of the $20K I had already paid Dr. Saleh, to get them shortened. The new dentist measured my veneers, and my front two teeth were 12mm long. That dentist said the average length of front teeth is 9-10mm, & that 12mm is extra long. 2-3mm might not sound like much, but when you're talking about a small area of size like a tooth, it makes a huge difference. My canines were a whopping 16mm!, and scraping my bottom teeth when I ate or even talked!!
The adjustments helped, but my gum line is still way too high, and I am now self-conscious about smiling too big where my long teeth show. I was told I would have to take all my veneers off, have extensive gum grafting, and put new veneers back on to fix the problem. I am not emotionally or physically ready to go through the tortuous veneer process all over again, plus gum grafting. This was the worst mistake of my life and if I could do anything to not get veneers from Dr. Saleh, I would. Please don't make the same mistake I did.
PS - I recently discovered that by using my phone flashlight to look inside my mouth, my veneers became see-thru & I could finally see the super tiny pegs left of my real teeth. I was sick to my stomach for 2 days after.
I was a traveling patient. During my consult, Dr. Saleh assured me that my teeth wouldn't be ground down to little pegs. He said his process is "minimally invasive," removing as little tooth structure as possible. This was a complete lie. I ended up with the tiniest little pegs for teeth. I almost passed out when he was done grinding them down and I felt the huge air gaps with my tongue in between my teeth. I couldn't look in the mirror because I thought I might pass out if I actually saw them.
Dr. Saleh left me sitting in the chair for about 15 min after the grinding session to go do something else, and I was laying there lightheaded as I kept running my tongue around what was left of the little stumps. When he finally returned, I commented to him that it felt like a lot of my teeth had been ground down. He said my tongue was gravitating to the spaces and making them feel larger than they were - a total lie.
But first let me back up. When I arrived for my temp appt, he very loosely put them on and then brought me to another room in his office, near a window so they would appear whiter & brighter, and took pictures and filmed me wearing them, commenting in his video how amazing they looked. There's a reason he does the pics & videos BEFORE doing any actual work on your teeth - your mouth is a hot bloody mess after he grinds your teeth down to little pegs and contours your gums! So misleading!!
After the pictures & video, he brought me back to my treatment room, took off the loose temps, and prepared me to have my gums contoured (ie lasered off really high). He had NEVER discussed this with me during my consult. I immediately started expressing concern and fear, as I was fine with my gums and didn't want them lasered higher. I should have walked out at this point and that is my biggest regret, not following my own gut and intuition right then. I flew to Beverly Hills that morning and at that point, I couldn't see walking out after spending hours traveling and not getting my veneers because I didn't agree to a gum lift. His assistant said "almost everyone gets it," so I reluctantly agreed.
I had 8 veneers put on across my top teeth (thank God I didn't do more). When the temporaries were finally glued on, they were really long and horse-like. The assistant assured me they were the same length as my original teeth - this is not true. Another lie. I have pictures of the molds before of my original teeth and a picture of the veneers after. Dr. Saleh showed me my original mold, and my new veneer mold, and they were completely different in size- much longer.
I was so upset with my long temporaries that I scheduled a Skype call with Dr. Saleh after I returned home to tell him what I didn't like - this was SUPPOSED to be part of the temporary process - "to try them on for size and make adjustments if necessary." But Dr. Saleh refused to make ANY adjustments to my teeth. In fact, he seemed personally insulted that I dared to criticize his work. His ego was massive. My final veneers were exactly the same as my temporaries. I had showed him pictures of teeth I liked during my consult that were small and cute, and he gave me the *exact opposite* of what I asked for.
I later went to another high-end cosmetic dentist, after my finals were put on, to have adjustments made that Dr. Saleh refused to do. I had to pay another $2400, on top of the $20K I had already paid Dr. Saleh, to get them shortened. The new dentist measured my veneers, and my front two teeth were 12mm long. That dentist said the average length of front teeth is 9-10mm, & that 12mm is extra long. 2-3mm might not sound like much, but when you're talking about a small area of size like a tooth, it makes a huge difference. My canines were a whopping 16mm!, and scraping my bottom teeth when I ate or even talked!!
The adjustments helped, but my gum line is still way too high, and I am now self-conscious about smiling too big where my long teeth show. I was told I would have to take all my veneers off, have extensive gum grafting, and put new veneers back on to fix the problem. I am not emotionally or physically ready to go through the tortuous veneer process all over again, plus gum grafting. This was the worst mistake of my life and if I could do anything to not get veneers from Dr. Saleh, I would. Please don't make the same mistake I did.
PS - I recently discovered that by using my phone flashlight to look inside my mouth, my veneers became see-thru & I could finally see the super tiny pegs left of my real teeth. I was sick to my stomach for 2 days after.
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