Clinical Articles
Veneer notes written at the chairside
Questions that come up in consultations, answered with real cases. These are diagnostic notes — including the limits of the procedure — not advertising copy.
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Retreatment Peg Lateral Veneers, Gapped Teeth, and All-Ceramic Crown Retreatment When patients who've had front-tooth esthetic treatment come in for retreatment, they often confuse an all-ceramic crown with veneers. Veneers are an esthetic method that removes very little tooth structure, while an all-ceramic crown requires more tooth reduction, so at some clinics, even when treated with an all-ceramic crown… -
Retreatment A Veneer Redo Case These days, advances in science and technology are astonishing. Artificial intelligence in particular is moving so fast that I sometimes wonder whether it's about to surpass humans — or, honestly, whether it already has. -
Retreatment Gangnam Veneer — All-Ceramic Crown Retreatment The process of making front teeth pretty is called dental contouring — like cosmetic surgery for eyes or a nose, but in the dental field, where revisions are common too. -
Retreatment Retreatment of an Old All-Ceramic Crown and Bridge There are two ways to change the shape of front teeth: veneers, which reduce only the front surface and bond on thin ceramic, and all-ceramic crowns, which reduce the whole tooth and cover it like a cap. -
Retreatment A Veneer Specialty Clinic Retreats an All-Ceramic Crown with Dark, Discolored Gums Retreating an all-ceramic crown or veneers is quite challenging, often harder than the first procedure — much like revision surgery after eye or nose surgery. -
Peg Laterals Front-Tooth Veneer Treatment for a Peg Lateral and Oversized Teeth Front-tooth veneer treatment is a form of esthetic tooth reshaping. It reshapes the tooth much like rhinoplasty reshapes the nose or blepharoplasty reshapes the eyes — it's one method among several. An all-ceramic crown is another method of esthetic tooth reshaping, but that method requires much more tooth reduction, so it's used… -
Gapped Teeth Front Teeth Veneers for Gapped Teeth and Malformed Teeth When teeth are gapped, patients often weigh orthodontics against veneers for treatment. If the tooth shape is not a problem and the gap is small enough, occlusally, to be corrected with orthodontics, it is better to treat it with orthodontics that straightens the alignment. -
No-prep No-Prep Veneers at a Veneer Specialist Clinic in Cheongdam I opened my practice for veneer treatment in Apgujeong-dong in 2006, and having studied bonding since the late 1990s to truly become a veneer specialist in Cheongdam, I have now spent quite a long time devoted to this treatment called veneers. -
No-prep A Look at No-Prep Veneer Treatment Cases A tooth is tissue that, once damaged, cannot regenerate. When skin is wounded, a scar may remain, but it heals as new tissue regenerates, whereas a damaged tooth has to be filled in with a material that can replace what was lost. -
Black Triangles Treating Black Triangles with Veneers Using Only Minimal Tooth Reduction Black triangles are dark gaps between teeth from braces, gum recession, or tooth shape. This case shows how veneers closed one with only minimal reduction. -
Choosing a Clinic A Clinic Skilled in Veneers: Straightening Poor Alignment and Crowded Teeth with Veneers The cases I'll show today are ones where, starting from a poor dental alignment, veneers were used to reshape the alignment, the form of the teeth, and even the tooth color, all beautifully in one treatment. When the arrangement of the teeth is poor, orthodontic treatment is the best option. -
Retreatment A Collection of Veneer and All-Ceramic Crown Redo Cases What I'm showing you today are cases where patients had already had veneer or all-ceramic crown treatment, but needed retreatment due to shape issues, chipping, or detachment. The reasons for retreatment are quite varied. -
Gapped Teeth Before-and-After Veneer Photos for Gapped Teeth, from a Clinic Skilled in Veneers Having done veneer treatment in Apgujeong-dong for a long time, I've built up many cases. Today, just the gapped-teeth cases, comparing before-and-after photos. -
Retreatment All-Ceramic Crown Redo Combined With Veneers All-ceramic crowns and veneers are a kind of dental contouring meant to make teeth beautiful, but instead the result often ends up looking awkward and artificial. -
Retreatment Veneer Treatment for a Discolored Tooth — All-Ceramic Crown Retreatment Dental contouring for a discolored tooth is done using one of two methods: veneers or an all-ceramic crown. An all-ceramic crown is usually the more common choice. That's because sufficient tooth reduction is needed to cover the discoloration, and because zirconia can be used for an all-ceramic crown. -
No-prep No-Prep vs. Minimal-Prep Veneers The amount of tooth reduction is always the key question in veneer treatment. No-prep is ideal when possible, but truly no-prep cases are quite limited. -
Retreatment Sinsa Station Veneer Redo: A Look at the Process, Step by Step Redoing a veneer after Sinsa Station veneer treatment is a fairly demanding process. There's a lot to think through before a redo. When I asked ChatGPT about this, here's the kind of answer it gave. -
Retreatment Redoing Artificial-Looking Veneers into Natural Ones, Part 2 In my previous post, I wrote about redoing artificial, awkward-looking veneers into natural teeth — where the most common trait is teeth that look opaque and too white. -
Retreatment Redoing Artificial-Looking Veneers into Natural Ones, Part 1 Today's topic is one where personal taste will likely divide opinion — just as fashion and car brands each have their own distinct look that some people love and others don't. -
Retreatment Gangnam Veneers: Redoing Unnatural-Looking Veneers Redoing Gangnam veneers is a fairly delicate process. What caused the need for retreatment matters a great deal. If the retreatment is due to a veneer coming off or fracturing, it's important to identify the cause of the debonding or fracture. -
Retreatment Gum Discoloration: Redoing an Old Crown That Turned the Gum Dark Looking at patients who had their front teeth treated a long time ago, you sometimes see the gums have turned dark or bluish. There are two reasons the gum color changes, and -
Retreatment Retreating an Old PFM Crown with a Zirconia Crown Today's topic is the retreatment of an old PFM crown. PFM refers to a type of crown where tooth-colored ceramic is fused onto a metal base — before zirconia ceramic came along, it was the method most widely used for tooth-colored esthetic treatment. -
Retreatment Cheongdam-dong Veneers: Crown Retreatment and Veneers for Discolored Teeth Retreating old crowns or veneers is mostly done for aesthetic reasons, so identifying what needs improving and planning treatment accordingly matters most. -
Gapped Teeth Correcting Tooth Color, Shape, and Alignment All at Once with Veneers In dentistry, aesthetic treatment for the teeth falls into three categories: teeth whitening, orthodontics, and tooth reshaping, which includes veneers. Many patients find themselves torn between orthodontics and veneers.