Procedure to Correct Longer Tooth?

There are two ways to make teeth the same length, shorten the longer one or lengthen the shorter one. The easiest is to shorten, simply contour and polish the longer one. This could be 5 minutes. To lengthen would likely require a veneer. The expense and time would be much more, but it may be the last little thing that really makes the smile "pop"!

If your two front teeth are healthy, then simply odontoplasty/enamalplasty (recontouring of the enamel) will do up to 2 mm.  May end up with some sensitivity in the short term, but if your two front teeth is extremely different lengths, then more aggressive procedure may be needed.  Pictures will help us to help you.

JC,  thanks for asking a great question.I would say you have a couple of options. One you can simply ask a dentist to shorten the longer tooth. This procedure is called enamelopasty. It is very simply, painless and quick. The  tooth can be shorten by 0.5mm this way. The second choice would be to move it orthodontically using Invisalign, for example, or braces. This should not take longer then 2-3 month.Options are your, but I would recommend to ask your dentist at the time of the examination what option he/she would recommend as clinical rexamination would be in order.All the best!

When tooth length varies, there are a few options to fix the problem. First, there are a few reasons a tooth may appear longer.

-Receded gum tissue_loss of gum tissue can give the appearance of a longer tooth. In this case a gum graft may be necessary.

-Tooth position_ a tooth in a forward or angled position may appear longer. An appliance to move the tooth into position would work well here.

-Grinding or tooth interference_The adjacent tooth may be worn or interfering with an opposing tooth, causing it to be too short, and surrounding teeth to look long. A bite evaluation would be necessary to find the best resolution.

-Tooth size discrepancy_ Sometimes teeth form too small or too large. Sometimes they don't fully erupt into the mouth or they come down too far. The tooth that is abnormally sized or erupted can have its shape and length modified by a reduction of enamel to reshape it (enameloplasty), or by adding bulk with cosmetic restorative materials such as bonding.

Before you have anything permanent done to your front teeth, and polishing the longer/veneering the shorter are two good ideas, be sure to explore why they don't match.

There are many possibilities, but if you've worn down that shorter one, why did your bite do that?  Look into that situation, especially before you have something like a porcelain veneer.  If you make the longer one match, then continue to wear down the shorter one, eventually you'll have them both too short to look good.