Hi
I had composite veneers put on both of my top front teeth earlier today (to replace temporary covers I had as I broke them badly as a child), but I am very unhappy with the outcome of both how they look and feel... i.e. I have been crying all evening since I left the dentist...it didn't even occur to me that my teeth looking WORSE after the veneers was a possibility.
So here's the problem:
- the shape is completely wrong - way to long and wide for my mouth (I now have a lisp) and basically look like a rabbit.
- they are wonky/crooked in relation to each other - i.e.the gap/line down the middle of the two teeth is in now way straight/vertical, but slanted, making one of the teeth a bizarre shape (almost triangular).
- they stick out... (!?) as in they literally stick forward, adding to the rabbit-effect
- I am also unhappy with the colour as we agreed on making them the same colour as the adjacent teeth, but he has added some darker colouring as well to make them look more 'natural'...I didn't want this and he didn't say he would be doing this!
At the end of my appointment the dentist said he had made them longer in order to be in 'correct proportion' with the width, but that I should see how that feels for a couple of weeks, and come back to have them changed if needed.
So I assume that I can go back and get them massively shortened, re-coloured and possibly even filed down so that they don't stick out forwards, BUT I don't see how the crookedness issue can be fixed without having them completely redone from scratch...
I am basically devastated that this has happened as I have saved up for months for the treatment. I don't even want to go into work until I can get this fixed as I feel so self conscious (yes they really do look that bad).
Any advice on what I should ask the dentist now, and also thoughts on whether this sounds like the dentist hasn't followed the normal procedure? I go to a reputable dentist so v surprised this has happened.
Thanks in advance.
I had composite veneers put on both of my top front teeth earlier today (to replace temporary covers I had as I broke them badly as a child), but I am very unhappy with the outcome of both how they look and feel... i.e. I have been crying all evening since I left the dentist...it didn't even occur to me that my teeth looking WORSE after the veneers was a possibility.
So here's the problem:
- the shape is completely wrong - way to long and wide for my mouth (I now have a lisp) and basically look like a rabbit.
- they are wonky/crooked in relation to each other - i.e.the gap/line down the middle of the two teeth is in now way straight/vertical, but slanted, making one of the teeth a bizarre shape (almost triangular).
- they stick out... (!?) as in they literally stick forward, adding to the rabbit-effect
- I am also unhappy with the colour as we agreed on making them the same colour as the adjacent teeth, but he has added some darker colouring as well to make them look more 'natural'...I didn't want this and he didn't say he would be doing this!
At the end of my appointment the dentist said he had made them longer in order to be in 'correct proportion' with the width, but that I should see how that feels for a couple of weeks, and come back to have them changed if needed.
So I assume that I can go back and get them massively shortened, re-coloured and possibly even filed down so that they don't stick out forwards, BUT I don't see how the crookedness issue can be fixed without having them completely redone from scratch...
I am basically devastated that this has happened as I have saved up for months for the treatment. I don't even want to go into work until I can get this fixed as I feel so self conscious (yes they really do look that bad).
Any advice on what I should ask the dentist now, and also thoughts on whether this sounds like the dentist hasn't followed the normal procedure? I go to a reputable dentist so v surprised this has happened.
Thanks in advance.