2013 I had veneers put in what I saw when I looked in mirrors etc was perfect. Fast forward to 2015 noticed that perhaps veneers are lopsided. Asked dentist he said no it's my lip it's covering the teeth. Fast forward to now started noticing veneers are lopsided. I do Youtube videos and year ago, moved camera closer noticed it's dark on one side, short teeth. So been studying teeth taking pics and it's definitely lopsided. Asked dentist again he says it's my lip and not veneers.
September 4, 2017
Answer: Veneers look lopsided Hi:The height of the veneers look fine, however the lip does not look like it is moving correctly.Best,Dr. Maddahi
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September 4, 2017
Answer: Veneers look lopsided Hi:The height of the veneers look fine, however the lip does not look like it is moving correctly.Best,Dr. Maddahi
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September 6, 2017
Answer: Tooth proportion in veneers Dear 092370, I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'lopsided'. The photographs you posted do not demonstrate the whole story. If you were to draw a line along the edges of your teeth, it should be parallel to a line through your pupils, and your photos do not show your eyes. However even this rule of thumb is not always applicable because our teeth serve a functional purpose, and modifying them for aesthetic reasons can interfere with function which is something that nature will not tolerate. If you change your function to something out of harmony with the muscles, bones and joints, the muscles will aggressively grind on your teeth during the night; so be careful with aesthetic changes. I think your veneers look very good, and to get your teeth perfectly in balance with the lips is often not possible because rarely are faces symmetrical. However if you entertained the idea of an improvement, one change that you might consider would be to make the veneers symmetrical to one another meaning make the two front teeth (central incisors) the same height, the next teeth (lateral incisors) the same height to each other and then the cuspids the same height as one another. The gum line and the chewing edges of the central incisors and the cuspids should be the same level, but the lateral incisors should be slightly shorter in both directions, top and bottom. This is perceived as ideal tooth proportions. The lateral incisors should be about 80% the width of the central incisors and the cuspids should be around 90% the width of the centrals. The width of one of your central incisors should be somewhere between 1/14 and 1/15 the width of your face measured at the cheek bones. When I make veneers I consider all of these parameters and more. The question is, "How good is good enough?" Dr. Neal
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September 6, 2017
Answer: Tooth proportion in veneers Dear 092370, I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'lopsided'. The photographs you posted do not demonstrate the whole story. If you were to draw a line along the edges of your teeth, it should be parallel to a line through your pupils, and your photos do not show your eyes. However even this rule of thumb is not always applicable because our teeth serve a functional purpose, and modifying them for aesthetic reasons can interfere with function which is something that nature will not tolerate. If you change your function to something out of harmony with the muscles, bones and joints, the muscles will aggressively grind on your teeth during the night; so be careful with aesthetic changes. I think your veneers look very good, and to get your teeth perfectly in balance with the lips is often not possible because rarely are faces symmetrical. However if you entertained the idea of an improvement, one change that you might consider would be to make the veneers symmetrical to one another meaning make the two front teeth (central incisors) the same height, the next teeth (lateral incisors) the same height to each other and then the cuspids the same height as one another. The gum line and the chewing edges of the central incisors and the cuspids should be the same level, but the lateral incisors should be slightly shorter in both directions, top and bottom. This is perceived as ideal tooth proportions. The lateral incisors should be about 80% the width of the central incisors and the cuspids should be around 90% the width of the centrals. The width of one of your central incisors should be somewhere between 1/14 and 1/15 the width of your face measured at the cheek bones. When I make veneers I consider all of these parameters and more. The question is, "How good is good enough?" Dr. Neal
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