Dr. Hall,
\nMy question concerns an issue of cosmetic dentistry versus plastic surgery. As I have aged, my upper lip has descended a few millimeters. Now when I smile, you don’t see as much of my upper teeth as you should. I don’t think I want to do plastic surgery to raise my upper lip. I am told that many surgeons don’t do the procedure, and the results vary greatly, and scarring is an issue. Thus, I would like to approach the problem from the inside.<\/p>\n
When I’m not smiling, I look fine, good enough for me. So I am interested in having cosmetic dentistry for my teeth to make the upper teeth longer–a few milimeters or so. The result will hopefully be that when I smile then, you will see the upper teeth as you should. Will this work? My bite (with essentially longer upper teeth) would be different I suppose, but the concept seems doable to me as a layman. Please let me know your thoughts, and what would be involved to do this. My dentist here does not know. Thanks,
\n– Gary in Texas<\/p>\n
Dear Gary,
\nYou came to the right place with a question like this. Yes, your type of case is way beyond the expertise of any general dentist. As you said, your own dentist doesn’t have a clue.<\/p>\n
But for an expert cosmetic dentist<\/a>, this is what they do. Yes, this is possible to do and is done frequently. I am confident that any of our listed Texas cosmetic dentists<\/a> would have experience with lengthening the teeth and would be comfortable doing this. It involves doing a smile makeover<\/a> with porcelain veneers<\/a>. Yes, they have to be careful because it does affect the bite, and if they don’t know what they are doing, the porcelain veneers will chip and break.<\/p>\n Good luck,
\nDr. Hall<\/p>\n\n
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