Armchair diagnosis and cosmetic dentistry treatment plan.
- History: This person has a general misalignment of her anterior teeth. She also seems to be missing a number of her posterior teeth, both top and bottom.
- Cosmetic dentistry treatment plan: When creating our "after" picture we first idealized the alignment of this person's upper anterior teeth. (Per usual in our dental treatment descriptions, with this case we would suggest that
dental crowns could be utilized to make the changes we have illustrated. There is also a possibility that
porcelain veneers could accomplish the same results. A decision in choosing between the two approaches would simply be based upon the needed strength of the restorations. The dentist performing the dental treatment should make this decision.)
Even after illustrating changes for this person's upper front teeth her smile still showed an unpleasant asymmetry because there were no posterior teeth to complement the presence of her upper left ones. Once we illustrated the replacement of the missing posterior teeth her smile took on a much more even and pleasing appearance. While it is impossible to tell from this picture which dental techniques could be utilized to replace this person's posterior teeth, removable partial dentures, dental bridgework, or dental implants might each be considered.
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