This is a story of my patient who had been wearing a removable denture for so many years to replace one missing front tooth. The tooth was lost due to an accident that happened when she was still in school. She came in requesting for…
We can’t deny that teeth plays an important role in ones’ confidence. Having a straight align teeth will give us confidence to freely smile, talk and meet up with other people. This is the reason why this patient came to see me last week. He…
White and straight alignment of teeth has always been the perception of a perfect teeth. However, imperfection might be a perfection for some people. This principal is what this patient’s hold and he requested me to duplicate the condition of his adjacent teeth when I did his Fiber reinforced composite bridge(FRC bridge) to replace his missing front tooth.
He has darker shade teeth with patches of faint white spots.
To duplicate these, I chose composite resin colour that is nearest to his teeth shades and do some composite staining to adjust the shades and some white tint colour to create the faint white spot.
The procedure took almost 2 hours and this is how the FRC bridge looked like after the treatment.
It is perfection of imperfection as requested by patient.
Modern dentistry has a lot to offer, so don’t hesitate to voice out your concerns and needs. We will try our best to accommodate them.
Dr Nik ( nik@drfauziah.com)
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