The trick is that reshaping works best when the damage is small and mostly cosmetic. Think of a slightly jagged edge after a tiny chip. An uneven tooth can often be made smoother. A tooth that’s a little longer than the one beside it may also be adjusted so the two look more balanced.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 The chip is small and the tooth still feels strong, though that rough little edge may drive you crazy.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Your teeth are slightly uneven in shape and you’d rather make a subtle change than cover the tooth with a restoration.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 There’s plenty of healthy enamel available, which matters because enamel doesn’t grow back.<\/p>\r\n
For a small adjustment, the appointment is usually pretty straightforward. The dentist examines the tooth and decides how much enamel can safely be removed. Then a fine dental instrument is used to carefully smooth the area or change its contour.<\/p>\r\n
Most people don’t need anesthesia for simple reshaping. There’s no big recovery period either. You leave the appointment with the tooth looking different, and that’s about as exciting as the procedure gets.<\/p>\r\n
A larger break is another matter. So is a tooth with a deep crack, decay, or damage that reaches the inner part of the tooth. Filing the surface won’t fix what’s happening underneath.<\/p>\r\n
Because enamel is the hard outer layer of the tooth, a dentist has to preserve enough of it to keep the tooth protected. If too much is removed, the tooth can become more sensitive or vulnerable. That makes aggressive reshaping a bad idea, even if the tooth looks uneven.<\/p>\r\n
The best result is usually the one nobody notices. Your tooth looks natural. Your bite feels normal. And after a few days, you stop thinking about the little chip that used to catch your attention every time you smiled. What Tooth Reshaping Actually Fixes The trick is that reshaping works best when the damage is small and mostly cosmetic. Think of a slightly jagged edge after a tiny chip. An uneven tooth can often be made smoother. A tooth that’s a little longer than the one beside it may also be adjusted so the … Continue reading Can Tooth Reshaping Fix Minor Tooth Damage?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4964,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions\/4964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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