Gotta be honest, this is one of the most challenging cases I’ve done so far. Single anterior discoloured tooth is always hard to deal with, especially with a gummy smile. But I’m excited to share!🤗

To achieve this result:
Smile Design • Gingivectomy • In-office Dental Whitening & Internal Bleaching • Mock-Up • 7 unit Composite Veneers & 1 unit Ceramic Crown

Patient has excessive gingival display (“gummy smile”) with hyperactive upper lip elevator muscle. We’ve discussed the options of:
🦷Orthodontic TX with TADs (“bone screw”)
🦷Botox injection to help reduce the upper lip elevation upon smiling
🦷…or simply accepting the profile and patient just have to learn to smile a little less wide

Patient opt for no Ortho tx nor Botox, and only the treatments I’ve mentioned above. Fully understanding the limitations of the improvement we can bring her, she trained herself to smile to her ideal height and I actually think it looks good.😊Sometimes, no treatment is also a form of treatment, don’t you agree?

Composite veneers weren’t too hard to place. However, it was difficult to mask the discoloured tooth. Root canal treatment was done many years ago and we can actually see the root discolouration showing through the gingiva. (Watch my story to learn more) Even with internal bleaching, the improvement was limited, unless we carry out soft tissue surgery to increase the thickness of the 21 buccal gingiva to mask the root discolouration.

We managed to mask some of the crown discolouration on 21 with procelain-fused-zirconia crown (to match the crown to the rest of the tooth was difficult as well) and the help of a little opaquer, yet there is still room for improvement in my opinion.

Although challenging, I’m blessed to have a very kind patient who’s willing to go through the whole treatment with me. There’s no difficult treatments, as long as our partner (aka patient) is a great one. Of course, it is cases like this which help us become better clinicians. Looking forward to more challenges in the future!🤩

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Braces (Orthodontics) gave her a perfect alignment, now…what’s next? 🤔 Veneers for her dream smile!😁

To achieve this result:
Laser Gingivectomy • Smile Design • In-Office Whitening • Composite Veneers

After her orthodontic (braces) treatment, patient wanted a fuller and brighter smile. Given that she’s a happy-go-lucky girl who love laughing (and also a singer who’s super talented), we first balanced her gum line (gingival height) with laser gingivectomy.

With the proper amount of tooth exposed, we then did a digital smile design for her. We wanted to try a cute bunny smile look but after a smile try-in we’ve decided to stick to this look.😝

2 weeks after in-office dental whitening, we then proceed with 8-units composite veneers with injection molding technique with @gc_malaysia G-aenial Universal Injectable Composite (Shade BW) and touch ups with @dental2u composite instruments.

Happy to see her flashing that beautiful smile in her pictures, now she has a smile as bright as her personality!😁 Dentistry is so much fun ain’t it?🤩

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Fake veneers may look big and white, but we want teeth to be teeth, not piano keys. 🎹

I mean, it’s nice to hear “wow your teeth look nice” over “eh you did something to your teeth is it?”…Am I right?😆

To achieve this result:
Veneers Removal • Laser Gingivoplasty • Smile Design • In-Office Whitening • No-Prep Composite Veneers

The tooth looks short not because it is short, but rather because of her gingival height (“gum line”). We removed her veneers then correct the gingival height with laser Gingivoplasty. Instantly she has a fuller smile.
Occlusion was perfect but lower ortho tx (braces) was done to correct mild anterior crowding as well to help in her oral hygiene care.

I then asked her again “Are you sure you want veneers?” And she say yes so we level up her smile into a better one!

8-units composite veneers were done with injection molding technique with @GC G-aenial Universal Injectable Composite (Shade A1) & Zhermack Clear Silicone template, and minor touch ups with @dental2u composite instruments.

Super happy that she has a fuller smile to match her cheerful and lovely personality. (She kept checking if I’ve ate breakfast and lunch, such a sweet person!!!)

Happy weekend y’all! 🤗

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@ Subang Dental Specialist Clinic