Short, stained lower front teeth with gaps restored with veneers
Six short, flat, yellow-brown lower front teeth with gaps restored with veneers.
- Dentist: Dr. Marina Antoniuk
- Lower front teeth
- Consultation in: Russian and English
At a glance
- Dentist
- Dr. Marina Antoniuk, Dentist · aesthetic & functional rehabilitation
- Case type
- Lower front teeth
- Consultation in
- Russian and English
- Clinic
- Creative Arts Dental & Aesthetics, 614 Jumeira St, Jumeirah 3, Dubai
Published with the patient’s consent. In the photo, the top half shows the teeth before treatment and the bottom half after. Every mouth is different: your own plan follows an examination.
Before: the situation
The close-up shows the six lower front teeth. They are short and flat-topped, yellow-brown in colour, with darker brown rims around their flat biting edges. Chalky white deposits sit along the gum line of several teeth, thin dark lines show at the gum margin of two of them, and there are small gaps between the teeth.
What was wrong, and why it matters
Lower front teeth that are short and flat have usually lost their edges to wear, from grinding, acid erosion or a bite in which they take more load than they should. Once the outer enamel is gone, the softer, darker inner layer is exposed, which is why worn edges look yellow-brown and pick up stain quickly.
These teeth also work with the upper front teeth: they stop the upper teeth from over-closing and help guide the jaw. When they shorten, the bite can deepen and the gaps between them can widen. Deposits and dark lines along the gum line need cleaning and checking first, because restorations need healthy gum margins to sit against.
The solution
In Dr. Marina’s own caption for this case on her Instagram, the treatment is “Veneers”. The after photo shows six lower front teeth with restored length, rounded edges and smooth surfaces in one light shade, the gaps closed and the gum margins pink and tight around them.
With lower teeth, the length and shape of the new edges are a bite decision as much as an aesthetic one, because the upper front teeth close against them. Dr. Marina’s planning therefore checks how the teeth meet and how the jaw moves before the new length is set, and the gum condition is addressed so the veneers sit on healthy margins.
How a case like this is planned and carried out
Examination, photographs and a digital scan of the lower front teeth
Gum line cleaned and checked before restorative work
Bite assessment of how the upper teeth close on the lower edges
Mock-up of the new lower edge length
Veneers made with the ceramist in the dental lab in the same building
Bite reviewed after placement
After: the result
The six lower front teeth now have restored length, rounded edges and one even, light shade. The gaps are closed, and the gum margins look pink and healthy around the new veneers.
In Dr. Marina Antoniuk’s words
Dr. Marina AntoniukWe have the expertise and technical capabilities to provide a wide range of restorative solutions — from no-preparation veneers to the restoration of severely damaged and extensively compromised teeth that require exceptional precision, extensive clinical experience, and innovative, unconventional clinical thinking.
These veneers rebuilt lower front teeth that were short, flat and discoloured: a different task from changing the colour of intact teeth, and one where keeping as much natural tooth as possible still guides the plan.
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Questions about this kind of case
Are veneers on lower front teeth planned differently from upper veneers?
Yes. Lower incisors are small and thin, and the upper front teeth close against their edges, so the new length has to fit the bite as well as the smile. The dentist checks how the teeth meet in closing and in jaw movements before setting that length. Dr. Marina Antoniuk, a Russian-speaking dentist at Creative Arts in Dubai, assesses the bite first in these cases.
What makes lower front teeth become short, flat and yellow-brown?
Most often wear: grinding or clenching, acid erosion from diet or reflux, or a bite that overloads the lower edges. Once enamel wears through, the darker inner layer is exposed and stains easily. The cause should be identified before restoring the teeth, or the new edges will wear in the same way. Dr. Marina Antoniuk at Creative Arts in Dubai assesses this as part of planning.
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Made by hand, in the same building
Tap a film to play it. Ceramic veneers and implant bridges are designed, milled, layered and finished by Creative Art Dental Lab, then fitted in the clinic.