Veneers and Dental Implants: What is the Best Approach?
Brenda asks:
If 4 front veneers need to be redone and one them needs a dental implant what is the best approach? Should I do the veneers first and the the implant or vice versa? Can I even do a dental implant in this case? Also since it's the front teeth, and I am worried about cosmetics, is there anything special to do with the abutment for the implant or any other restorative part? Thank You.
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Veneers and dental implants... best approach
Dear Brenda:
Your case is one that requires good presurgical planning and a great deal of consideration to detail such as the level and characteristics of the soft tissue.
One of the concerns in this area is the maintenance of the tissue levels so that a few years down the road you don't see a difference between the implant and the adjacent teeth.
If you are placing an implant to replace a front tooth, it would require a crown and not a veneer.
The adjacent teeth could have either veneers or crowns, and this would depend on the condition of these teeth.
Talk about these details with an experienced implant dentist and ask what his results in this area have been.
Good Luck!
Carlos A. Boudet, DDS, DICOI
http://boudetdds.com/
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