Obvious, Fake-Looking Veneers: A Redo Case with Handmade Veneers

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

For front teeth that have already had veneer or all-ceramic crown treatment,

the reasons for redoing the treatment are quite varied.

Sometimes it's because a long time has passed since treatment,

and a redo becomes necessary due to fracture or debonding,

or a redo is needed because of gum inflammation or new decay.

A case that comes up often

is a redo done because of an aesthetic problem.

Even though it's been hardly any time since the treatment,

the patient is unhappy with the shape or color of the teeth

and so decides to have it redone.

Since veneer treatment itself is done for aesthetics,

veneers that simply aren't beautiful are themselves a reason for a redo.

In particular, as same-day veneers have become the dominant trend recently,

the limitations of this fabrication method

mean the result often isn't natural,

and comes out looking awkward and artificial in many cases.

Please refer to the link below for the difference between the same-day and handmade methods.

This is not long after treatment.

When I first saw it, I thought it was a temporary tooth.

The reason it was finished this way

is that, made with the same-day method,

the treatment had proceeded without a proper plan,

and the starting point of the problem was that even the proportions of the teeth weren't matched properly.

It even made me wonder whether there was any understanding of tooth shape at all.

If the situation is one where the teeth basically had to be short,

you first need to plan out the ratio of tooth length to width,

and how the proportions between the teeth should be handled,

and, for the teeth to come out natural,

even how to handle the shape, color, and translucency of the teeth

should have been planned out well in advance.

After removing the ceramic,

I was even more surprised,

because the tooth had already been reduced far too much,

so we ended up proceeding with treatment using an all-ceramic crown.

The patient believed she'd had veneer treatment,

but it had actually been an all-ceramic crown.

The two differ in how much tooth is reduced.

Through the redo of the veneers and all-ceramic crown, it was finished like this.

Even just to the naked eye,

it's far more natural

and beautiful now.

The proportions improved, and even the shape, color, and translucency of the teeth

were finished with the feel of beautiful, natural teeth.

Comparing before and after,

you can see there's been a tremendous change.

And four years have passed since treatment.

The teeth are still

natural and beautiful.

What matters as time passes

is whether the gums stay in the same healthy condition.

You can see that healthy, natural-looking gums have been maintained just as they were.

When veneers or all-ceramic crowns

are redone using the handmade method,

compared to the same-day method,

the result can turn out far more natural and beautiful.

Natural beauty

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