Abutment question

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My daughter had an implant and restoration on a front tooth and a matching cap on the other front tooth. The results are less then perfect and we are ready to re-do. The new cosmetic dentist is wanting to change the metal abutment on the implant tooth. He is saying the metal is showing through. Can a dentist perform this procedure? The original work was done by an oral surgeon.
Why wasn't a white abutment placed in the first time round? I am not sure we want to go through this whole thing again! Full disclosure- the original work was not done by a cosmetic dentist and it took 4 tries to get the current undesirable smile.
 

MattKW

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A photo would help please, and an X-ray would be even better if you want advice on this forum Having said that, if you really want an expert opinion, a prosthodontist is who you should see. Cosmetic dentists are not specialists as you found out originally.
 

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