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Apgujeong-dong Veneers: Redoing Unnatural Front Tooth Veneers to Look Natural

By Park Jonguk, DDS, MS — board-certified specialist in conservative dentistry Published

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

Apgujeong-dong veneer treatment is treatment for esthetics.

The teeth need to be beautiful after treatment.

The definition of beauty is quite subjective,

so it's hard to define which teeth are beautiful,

but I believe the beauty I have in mind

starts with naturalness.

Artificial, unnatural-looking

front tooth veneers simply can't be beautiful.

These days, many dental clinics are making a lot of unnatural Apgujeong-dong veneers,

and the reason is that they're simpler to make.

Making them look natural

is a considerably difficult process.

Please refer to the link below for the features of our Dream Dental Clinic front tooth veneers.

Apgujeong-dong Veneers: Redoing Unnatural Front Tooth Veneers to Look Natural — photo 1

Cosmetic contouring had been done on the four front teeth.

The patient believed she'd had front tooth veneer treatment,

but in fact she'd had all-ceramic crown treatment.

The shape of the teeth is far too unnatural.

The proportions don't match either,

and the color and shape of the teeth are also very strange.

Even a temporary tooth wouldn't be made to this level.

This could really be called a failed esthetic treatment.

Apgujeong-dong Veneers: Redoing Unnatural Front Tooth Veneers to Look Natural — photo 2

Because they're crowns, the amount of tooth reduction is substantial.

So much had been reduced

that it made me wonder why it was done this way.

Another point is that if this much reduction was going to be done,

the tooth shape should at least have been made to look natural,

but with so much reduction and such an unnatural result,

it was truly a regrettable case.

Apgujeong-dong Veneers: Redoing Unnatural Front Tooth Veneers to Look Natural — photo 3

Through retreatment,

we finished the Apgujeong-dong veneers

in a far more natural way.

First, we corrected the proportions to normal,

brought back the three-dimensional quality of the teeth,

and you can see the translucent feel and natural color of the teeth.

Apgujeong-dong Veneers: Redoing Unnatural Front Tooth Veneers to Look Natural — photo 4

The lateral incisor next to the front tooth

was also shaped naturally.

Apgujeong-dong Veneers: Redoing Unnatural Front Tooth Veneers to Look Natural — photo 5
Apgujeong-dong Veneers: Redoing Unnatural Front Tooth Veneers to Look Natural — photo 6

Looking at the before and after,

you can see there's a tremendous change.

From shape and color to translucency and proportion,

we achieved the beauty of a natural-looking Apgujeong-dong veneer.

Since 2006, Dream Dental Clinic

This article is a clinical note written by Dr. Park Jonguk of Dream Dental Clinic, Gangnam; the original was published on his blog. The photographs shown are real cases he treated. Results vary with each patient’s condition, and every procedure carries the possibility of individual variation and side effects.

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