Worn, Mixed-Shade Front Teeth Matched with Veneers and Crowns: Dr. Marina Antoniuk

The six upper front teeth are short and differ sharply in colour: the central incisors have a peach-yellow tone with fine surface lines, one lateral incisor looks grey and the other grey with a chipped edge, and the canines are yellow-orange. The biting edges are worn flat and slightly chipped, and the canine tips are rounded off.

In Dr. Marina's own description of this case, the front of the mouth includes everything: veneers, crowns on natural teeth and crowns on implants. Combining different materials and structures in the smile zone without losing colour and brightness is, in her words, a demanding task. The after photo, which she notes was taken the day after fitting, shows the front teeth longer, with defined canine shapes and one even, light shade.

A case like this depends on planning first: deciding for each tooth what it needs, restoring length to the worn edges in line with the bite, and working closely with the ceramist so that different restorations end up the same colour.

The upper front teeth are longer, with rounded central incisors and well-defined canines. The grey, yellow and peach differences are gone: all the visible front teeth share one light shade.