Implants, Orthodontics, and Porcelain Bridges

The photo of this young lady shows that two of her front teeth never grew in, and the surrounding teeth moved and became crooked. We discussed the possibility of orthodontically moving the teeth into their correct positions and then filling the appropriate spaces with implants and crowns attached. Treatment time would be two years.

The alternative is to remove enough enamel from her front four teeth, so I could have enough room to make two porcelain bridges of three teeth each to cover these teeth. So instead of four teeth with spaces she would have six teeth in appropriate positions. These would be bonded/cemented in, would not come out, and would look very natural. Advantage is that it only takes three weeks. She chose that approach, and was thrilled with the results.


She is a very pretty girl, but her missing and crooked teeth really detracted from her looks. I was very proud of the results, as her now beautiful smile just lit up her whole face. She was thrilled. See many more smile makeovers, like this, that I did on my Smile Makeovers and much more page.