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Has my bonding gone wrong?

katyxo31Jul 1, 2015
So I just got bonding on 2 of my teeth and here's what's wrong: Tooth number 1 is yellow and it stands out because the doc trying to apparently match the color to the same tooth on the other side but it looks very yellow and tooth number 2 is now too small and kind of rectangular and not in line with the other teeth. Can this "mistakes" be fixed? And if yes how?

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