George’s teeth were getting darker and his girlfriend was increasingly worried – they had their wedding coming up soon!
This was a very interesting and rewarding case because George, a Glasgow patient, had significant cosmetic concerns regarding his upper teeth and required a variety of cosmetic dentistry treatments.
As can be seen from the before photo, the lower teeth were badly stained, the upper front teeth were getting darker and there was an old NHS porcelain crown with poor shade match. An additional concern was the space (upper left) which exposed a black amalgam filling.
The patient had a limited budget due to his wedding coming up next year and was not keen to take out dental finance to fund his treatment. It was therefore decided to fill the space with a cosmetic denture which was made in elastic retentive material.
The lower teeth were cleaned up during hygienist treatments. The patient wasn’t keen on maintaining regular tooth whitening in order to match the front teeth with those at the sides and decided upon three porcelain veneers and one dental crown, all made with Emax porcelain. The match was pretty natural as you can see and it’s almost impossible to detect any difference between the types of porcelain. This was a great result and we must give credit to our dental lab partners for the porcelain shading.
George’s girlfriend was the happiest at the fitting appointment as she felt more optimistic about getting him to smile (without a brown tooth) for their wedding photographs next year!