Hello Dr. Hall,
I had a fall from a bicycle when I was seven years old and damaged my front tooth. No root canal was ever done and the pulp just disappeared. Over the years the tooth has become dark and my dentist has tried very hard to place tooth bonding material over the tooth to balance the color, but it is not right.
I am now 50 and very self-concious of it. There are many surface cracks and my dentist is worried it will crumble if we do any reduction to fit a porcelain veneer. Any ideas? Please.
– Helen in California
Helen,
The problem is that your dentist isn’t a cosmetic dentist. Cosmetic dentistry is a very specialized field. Your family dentist sounds like an honest and nice person–if he or she weren’t he or she would have tried to sell you some expensive treatment.
But this tooth will be very easy for an expert cosmetic dentist. I did several cases like this myself. I would tell you how it’s done, but I’m afraid you would be tempted to go to your family dentist and ask him or her to try to do this for you–and that simply won’t work. I can tell from what you’re telling me that your dentist simply doesn’t understand cosmetic dentistry. It takes years for a dentist to learn cosmetic dentistry. Just go to a true cosmetic dentist and that will solve your problem.
Check out one of our recommended Southern California cosmetic dentists. Any of them will know how to fix this and it will look beautiful, and soon you will forget that you ever had a damaged front tooth–it will look exactly like your other front tooth. Have the cosmetic dentist fix this tooth for you, and then go back to your regular family dentist for everything else, because your family dentist sounds like a kind and honest person.
Helen’s response later that day:
Dear Dr. Hall,
Thank you for such a speedy response. I will call tomorrow and set up an appointment.
Helen then wrote the following month:
Dr. Hall,
I just wanted to say thank you for your referral to Dr. Goodrick in Santa Clarita, California. He is a wonderful and compassionate professional, who has the patient’s best interests at heart. For the first time, in so many years, I will have that smile I have missed.
I want to thank you from my whole heart!
Sincerely,
Helen
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About David A. Hall
Dr. David A. Hall was one of the first 40 accredited cosmetic dentists in the world. He practiced cosmetic dentistry in Iowa, and in 1990 earned his accreditation with the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He is now president of Infinity Dental Web, a company in Mesa, Arizona that does advanced internet marketing for dentists.
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