Hi, I got a crown on one of my front teeth a few years ago as I chipped the bottom half and it just looks crooked and points towards the other tooth and it looks shorter than the other one. In the photos below image 1056 shows my teeth and image 1059 shows an example of someone with a wider smile. Is it possible to get my natural smile that wide without veneers?
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September 10, 2017
Answer: Narrow Smile, Lack of Soft Tissue Support and Dark Buccal Corridors
Thomas Nechupadam, BDS, MDS - Account Suspended says:
The metal ion leach and the highly opaque structure of the metal within the crown is the culprit which gives the black/ dark margin around a ceramic fused to metal crown. An all ceramic metal free crown can be placed with removal of all metallic filling material inside the tooth will do the...
Usually symptoms such as ear ache relate to lower tooth, needing root canal in the lower jaw, although there could be multiple nerve intervention in area of back upper molar, called referred pain! Check with an experienced Endodontist, although you do not have any tooth symptoms, on that...
Sometimes teeth move because of bone problems (know as periodontal or gum disease).
If this is the cause, ask your dentist - he or she has done nothing wrong.
If the gap exists since fitting the dentist should have warned you and should remake it to fit properly free of...