Re: booked a consultation for this weekend..

Posted by John K on 7/6/2012, 12:28 pm, in reply to "booked a consultation for this weekend.."

Hi guys, i meant to post an update earlier but ive just got back from holiday. I had my consultation, i must say the whole thing felt very rushed and the place was only open until midday on a Saturday and it seemed everyone was eager to get home, because of this i wasnt really able to ask all the things i wanted to. The dentist looked at my teeth and said that because the enamel was so thin on the front 4 teeth that she would have to use crowns instead of veneers ( my NHS dentist had already told me similar) plus she said the back teeth with the fillings would have to be crowns as well. (I didnt get a chance to ask why, can you not put veneers on teeth with fillings?) She said she could use 2/3 or 3/4 veneers (forget which) on the incisors but wouldnt reccomend it as these are the teeth that get the most impact and its most likely for a veneer to fall of on these teeth. So basically crowns all round of which she would use either emax or procera which are £500 each. One thing she did say which ive not read anywhere during my research is that 1 out of every 3 teeth on average that get this work done will need root treatment at some time in the future, which would render the tooth dead. have you guys heard this before? is it really this common? one question i did ask was would she use coloured cement to hide the yellow colour of my natural teeth shining through and she said no because my teeth are a light shade of yellow it wont be needed. I asked "would they not be noticable underneath, especially in strong sunlight and she said no, the only way you would see the natural tooth underneath is if something happened to it and it died and darkened. This had me thinking afterwards, by her own words wont this happen to 1 in 3 of my teeth eventually then? I did ask the patient coordinator afterwards if I could see some photos of similar work carried out by the dentist, she replied, "no problem" and came back with a large hardback book showing lots of amazing before and after photos. Only thing is after about a minute I realised it was work by other dentists around the world she was showing me! not long after this i basically left. what do you guys think?

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