It’s another FRC bridge day. This time, my patient had a missing upper left center tooth. Of course few treatment options were given to her and she chose to do FRC bridge. I started of with cleaning of teeth involved and isolating the area with…
Aiden always thought that his smile wasn’t good enough. So he rarely smiles. When I asked him to smile, I found out that one of his teeth was shorter than the other. This usually happens when a filling was done a long time ago, and…
My patient has a porcelain crown on her upper left central tooth. It was done several years back at other clinic and the colour of the crown is slightly lighter than the rest of her teeth. It bothered her for so long and finally she’s here on my dental chair seeking for treatment to address her problem.
Upon consultation and discussion, since she favoured the lighter shade of the crown, she opted to do composite veneers on her other teeth to match with the colour of the porcelain crown.
After spending 2.5 hours to do 5 composite veneers, this is how her teeth looks like now.
The colour of the teeth blends well with the crown and the crown didn’t stand out from the rest like before.
I’m so glad that we managed to fulfill her request and she was more than happy with the result.
Dr Nik (nik@drfauziah.com)
Wearing a denture to replace her front missing tooth had been part of my patient’s life for so many years. The denture had served her well but now she wanted or should I rather say, she’s ready for something that is fixed. She knew about…
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