Gangnam Veneer Redo: Achieving a Natural Shape and Color

Hello.

I'm Park Jonguk, a board-certified specialist in conservative dentistry and director of Dream Dental Clinic, known for Gangnam veneer redo treatment.

These days, veneers fall into two categories.

One is the one-day method, finished within a day or two to three days.

The other is the handmade method, which takes more than a week.

The one-day method gets a somewhat different name at each clinic,

so it can look like each clinic uses a different approach,

but in fact, most of them use the same equipment and the same materials.

It's a method where the design and fabrication are done by a computer, using what's called CAD/CAM.

Even I don't quite understand why each clinic gives it a different name.

The handmade method

is crafted by hand,

building up multiple layers the way pottery is made,

and each layer has to go into a furnace and be fired at high heat before the next is added.

Because of that, it takes considerably longer.

Please see the link above for the detailed differences.

I can't say either method is definitively better,

but in my case, what I consider most important is

reducing tooth reduction

and creating beautiful teeth

that feel like natural teeth.

What natural teeth are

isn't expressed as a single, opaque color —

it's a coexistence of many complex colors and levels of translucency

that together create a bright, beautiful feel.

Because of that, the fabrication takes a long time,

and the fabrication method is quite demanding.

If a machine handles everything the way the one-day method does,

there's little need for human hands,

but the result ends up far from natural.

Four teeth had veneers on them.

There's actually a longer history behind this case.

Today I'll leave out the earlier part and start from here.

Some people do find this kind of white, single-tone, opaque tooth attractive.

Others dislike it because it looks far too artificial.

Making teeth this way, in a single flat color,

is the easiest and simplest method among the ways of fabricating veneers.

From a clinic's standpoint, making them this way — single-toned, opaque, without any of the three-dimensional feel called a line angle —

is genuinely convenient.

But if you actually look at teeth like this in person,

they end up looking like a row of xylitol gum stuck together.

It gives off a very artificial impression.

In this patient's case, she disliked this overly artificial feel,

and wanted to get rid of the look that made it obvious to anyone that she had veneers,

so she decided to have them redone.

Natural teeth are made up of a harmony of complex, varied colors,

but if you look at the teeth above, none of that variety exists at all.

On top of that, a translucent feel is a hallmark of young teeth,

and that kind of translucency doesn't exist here either.

And the three-dimensional quality given to a tooth also matters a great deal —

giving the tooth's three-dimensional edges, called line angles, is extremely important.

These are the kinds of details

that the one-day method simply cannot match.

The existing veneers were removed.

Temporary teeth were made right away,

and the tooth volume and proportions are discussed with the patient.

By adjusting the temporary teeth into various shapes,

we work toward the shape, proportion, and volume the patient wants.

Once this process is complete, the desired shape now has to be built in ceramic.

This is the result after the Gangnam veneer redo was finished.

The many varied looks of natural teeth

were richly expressed.

Even the natural texture of the tooth surface

was rendered in fine detail,

and the result was a bright, beautiful set of teeth.

* As mentioned earlier, the veneer shape each individual prefers can vary from person to person.

From a boxy, flat, oppressively opaque look,

to one with natural curves and dimensionality,

expressing the tooth's varied coloring

while bringing out a translucent feel — this is how the Gangnam veneer redo was completed.

At Dream Dental Clinic, we've looked at the advantages of the handmade method, which the one-day method simply cannot match.

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