Crooked Teeth and a Peg Lateral Corrected with Front-Tooth Veneers

Hello, I'm Park Jonguk, director of Dream Dental Clinic.

When the alignment of the teeth is poor,

you end up wondering whether to get veneers or orthodontic treatment.

The approach I personally recommend is this:

if the shape and color of the teeth are normal

and only the alignment is bad,

it's better to consider orthodontic treatment first,

but if there's also a problem with the color or shape of the teeth,

then since patients often end up getting veneers again even after orthodontic treatment,

in that kind of case,

if front-teeth veneer treatment can correct the alignment

without damaging the teeth too much,

and can also fix the color and shape at the same time,

then front-teeth veneers can be a good option.

This standard

should be decided only after a precise diagnosis before treatment,

including checking how much tooth reduction will be needed.

This kind of precise diagnosis before front-teeth veneers is a very important process.

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Both the upper and lower dental arches were poorly aligned.

Orthodontic treatment to correct the alignment would be ideal, but

the problem was that the patient had a peg lateral.

It was quite small even among peg laterals,

so even with orthodontic treatment, veneers would be unavoidable for an aesthetic result.

The question was whether to do veneers after orthodontic treatment,

or to do veneers without orthodontic treatment at all.

The deciding factors here were

cost, treatment period, and the health of the teeth.

If veneers were done after orthodontic treatment first,

the cost of both orthodontics and veneers would be doubled,

and there was the problem that the treatment period would also be greatly extended.

If veneers were done without orthodontic treatment,

slightly more tooth reduction might be needed compared to doing veneers after orthodontics.

Through a precise examination,

we decided to proceed with veneer treatment

while minimizing the amount of reduction.

Besides the peg lateral, the other teeth

also had a poor shape,

and the patient said she wanted veneers even if she also got orthodontic treatment,

so we proceeded with the veneer diagnosis.

We predicted how much tooth reduction would be needed

and used wax to preview and shape what the teeth would look like after the veneers, accordingly.

The alignment of the teeth was expected to improve,

and the shape of the teeth was also expected to improve significantly.

Through front-teeth veneers, in just two weeks,

the alignment improved,

and you can see that the shape and color of the teeth both improved considerably.

What's more, instead of an unnatural, awkward feel,

the result fully captured the look of beautiful natural teeth.

From any angle,

you can confirm that the shape and color of the teeth are good,

and the gums remain in very healthy condition.

We've looked at front-teeth veneers, which can improve

the color, shape, and alignment of the teeth all at once.

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