Can a veneer be placed to fix a crooked tooth? (photo)

Zack,It would be possible to corect the crowding with veneers but it would take more than one to make it look right. It looks like you have healthy beautiful teeth. I can say for sure that the most trouble free and low risk solution would be to move the teeth to a more ideal postion. With some of the newer limited or short term orhtodontic options available this can be achieved fairly rapidly. Those would either be Invisalign or 6 month smilesAt your age if you choose the veneers you would most likely have to replace them at least one time in your life and possibly more.If you were my brother I would highly recommend just moving the teeth. This will sound funny coming from a dentist but the best dentistry is no dentistryHope that helps,Jeff Gray DDSLa Mesa CA

Yes, this looks like it can be done with veneers, but because of the overlapping, you would most likely need to have both front teeth veneered.  However, your crooked tooth straight would need a more aggressive amount of tooth preparation and might possibly even need a root canal.You will see that overlapping isn't the only consideration.  The color, gum, teeth width and shape are also very important to achieve.  This would be much better accomplished by doing at least two veneers.Braces are certainly a great option as well and I would encourage you to speak with an orthodontist before making your final choice in treatments.

Hi Zack...I do not think veneering the front tooth is a good option here. I would go for some short term ortho treatment either Invisalign Express or Six Month Smiles, which just corrects the front teeth that you see when you smile.  The correction is done with Clear Aligners or with Clear brackets and wires and usually accomplished in 6 months. You have a nice front tooth...do not reduce it. Just change the position and you will be happy with your smile!

From what I can see in the pictures, I would not recommend " A veneer" in your particular case. First of all, it is not a good idea to do one veneer in one front tooth and not do anything on the other front tooth.  It it's very hard to match one front tooth with the other one.  But it can be done. But not an ideal situation .In your particular case I would recommend some kind of orthodontic treatment. Whether it is Invisalign, Six month Smile or traditional braces.  You see, from an esthetic point of view, you don't have ONE crooked tooth. You have at least two crooked teeth.  In addition to that, you also have some length discrepancies.  And you can't resolve all these issues corrected with "ONE VENEER".  In my opinion, one veneer will make the situation worse.

Unfortunately fixing your single front tooth with a veneer is not an option.  I think the better choice would be to use clear aligners (Invisalign) to correct the tooth.  Hope this helps

Veneers could be used to correct your "crooked tooth" but when looking at your smile I believe you would need to veneer at least 4 teeth and better 8 teeth to give you a good result. Your teeth are crowded and your arch width and smile look quite narrow. The teeth would require significant removal of tooth structure and the cost would be considerable.  I believe you would be far better off to find a cosmetic dentist with good Invisalign experience.  In our office we have found Invisalign an outstanding solution to patients who have similar smiles as you have and I believe you could eliminate the crowding, straighten all your teeth, broaden your smile, avoid the need for veneers and have in the end a much more attractive smile.