My front tooth is overlapping with the other. I am overall fine with the rest of my teeth and want to correct just one overlapping tooth. Ideally I would like to avoid the braces or Invisalign route. Can the overlapping tooth be corrected with porcelain veneer? Also what would be the associated cost.
1 photo
Answers (4)
From board-certified doctors and trusted medical professionals
VOTED MOST HELPFUL
August 30, 2017
Answer: Porcelain veneers for overlap front teeth?
Not sure why you are having sensitivity from veneers unless the dentist prepared the teeth into dentin. As for color and shape, what is most important is what you think. I always make preliminary veneers before going to the final ones to test the patient's reaction and preferences.
Basically you need to ask the dentist to remove the excess cement and see how it looks under magnification. Treatment of this nature should always be done under high magnification and I would question any dentist who claims to see margins and marginal gaps under 4-5x magnification.
The...
Any treatment that changes where the front surface of your teeth end has the potential to change your face shape.
Most people say it makes an improvement, but the stretching can leaves concavities elsewhere. Speak to your dentist and ask him to mock up the lower teeth as well to see of this has...
