I've had my ds 9 under care at our local dental hospital for a few months now. His top front 4 adult teeth are grey at the gum and have a visible change to bright white at the bottom. He also sustained a dental injury as a 3 year old that damaged his adult tooth bud and left a yellow stain on one of his front teeth
The dentists have been nothing short of fantastic with him. He had an abrasive paste applied to the yellowing part of the tooth to try and scrape some of it off, which was moderately successful.
The choice of next steps I was offered was
A) wait till his adult canines have come through and then bleach the top 6 teeth to make them more uniform, or
B) apply composite veneers to the 4 teeth just now. These could possibly chip away or discolour and would need regular maintenance and 'topping up' as his mouth grows.
I opted for A as I feel that the veneers were just too much of an ongoing 'hassle' and would mean he'd need porcelain veneers as an adult
Have you any experience of a child with veneers, I'm wondering whether I made the correct decision?
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Anyone had composite veneers done on a child under ten?
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SheGotOffThePlane · 05/06/2017 19:05
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