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Twenty-seven year old male dental patient presented for a smile analysis.  He was concerned with the spaces between his teeth, the unevenness of his teeth and the color.

As a cosmetic dentist, I noticed that the spaces on his upper teeth were caused by his front teeth being very narrow.  His upper right side tooth was also turned in extenuating the space with his eye-tooth.  This scenario of narrow teeth could not be corrected with orthodontics alone as the spaces would remain.  In addition, his lower teeth were uneven and his lower eye-teeth were extremely long.

After taking measurements, I determined that his front teeth needed to be slightly longer to give a fuller smile and that his lower teeth needed to be shorter and straighter. His natural bite would be preserved in the process.

Since he had adequate tooth structure, porcelain veneers were recommended on both upper and lower teeth.  This procedure requires very little “tooth preparation” or “drilling” because we are using his intact natural tooth to support a very thin porcelain veneer.  When a patient's teeth are not too far out of alignment, a porcelain veneer can be made to be less than the thickness of one's "fingernail".

The result was a fuller, more even and whiter smile.