Can veneers help with large front teeth and overbite? (Photos)

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I've been very unhappy with my large teeth since I was a child. I know braces would be my best bet but I don't want to make the 2+ year commitment. Can large front teeth and overbite be fixed with veneers, bonding, or a similar quick fix ?

Ira Shapira, DDS · Answer

The problem is not large teeth but an underdeveloped maxilla and a V-shaped maxilla.The DNA Appliance can orthopedically grow your maxilla, pneumopedically grow your airway and create a full wide smile with proper tooth alignment. You will love you teeth when they are properly positioned after correcting maxilla deficiency.You have a V-shaped maxilla rather than a wide U-shape which will allow all teeth to find a proper position and will create a beautiful smile.Avoid any dentist suggesting extracting premolars, not the best approach.Ira L Shapira DDS, D,ABDSM, D,AAPM, FICCMOChair, Alliance of TMD OrganizationsDiplomat, American Academy of Pain ManagementDiplomat, American Board of Dental Sleep MedicineRegent & Fellow, International College of CranioMandibular OrthopedicsBoard Eligible, American Academy of CranioFacial PainDental Section Editor, Sleep & Health JournalMember, American Equilibration SocietyMember, Academy of Applied Myofunctional Sciences

Steven Goldy, DDS · Answer

Orthodontic treatment is absolutely the best option for you, probably more ideal with veneers after orthodontics.The only improvement veneers may offer you without orthodontics is to make your 2 front teeth appear a little less wide, by sharing this width with the adjacent lateral incisors.  A simple before/after imaging of a good close up photo can illustrate to you if this minor improvement will be satisfactory.Steven M. Goldy DDS

Edward A. Alvarez, DDS - Account Suspened · Answer

Hi,

Thanks for posting your question on Realself. Unfortunately from your pictures it appears as if orthodontic movement, be it with braces, Invisalign, or ClearCorrect is the treatment of choice in your case. You actually have a large overjet, not a large overbite. If we were to look at more detailed X-rays of your facial bone structure, it is possible that to achieve full correction, you may require orthognathic surgery. If you were to try and correct your problem cosmetically, there is no doubt you might get some improvement of the aesthetics, but not function. In order to bring your "teeth in", you would have to drill them extensively, and will in all likelihood end up with multiple root canals. In addition, the position of the new crowns that you would need would put the teeth in a very unfavorable position for bite forces, which could lead to damage of the bone or fractures of those teeth. As a cosmetic dentist, I truly feel that your best course of action would be to see a consultation with an excellent orthodontist first.

Best of luck, Dr. Alvarez

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