Existing dental work can draw attention to where the gum meets the tooth. If you are in Shaughnessy Park and an older crown or filling near the gumline bothers you, the gum may or may not be the piece to change.
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A restored tooth is judged against the teeth beside it. If its gum sits lower, or the restoration looks stubby next to the natural tooth, your eye reads the whole area as uneven, even when nothing about the work itself has failed.
Sorting that out takes more than a glance. At Winnipeg North Dental, on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg, the tissue, the bone and the tooth under the restoration can all be assessed, so any suggested change fits what is really going on around that tooth.
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Your restoration and the gum around it are considered together, instead of as separate problems.
Even an approximate date for the work adds helpful background for the assessment.
New restorations may need to wait until reshaped gum has had time to mature.
Sometimes contouring is about appearance, and sometimes it supports the restorative plan. Either way, these are the two levels of gum treatment your dentist would be choosing between.
If the distance to the bone is already suitable, selected gum tissue can be reshaped with a laser or a comparable precise tool.
Should bone lie too near the line you need, crown lengthening gives surgical access for adjusting it, and then the gum is secured where it was planned.
Your dentist may suggest gum work, a change to the restoration, both or neither, depending on what the assessment finds.
Because a crown or filling is already there, this assessment looks at what has been done as well as at the gum surrounding it.
Request your visitShare what you know about the tooth, when the work was done, and what it is about its appearance that bothers you.
Your dentist compares the margin with neighbouring teeth and assesses tissue thickness. If the bone position is in doubt, sounding or suitable imaging may be used.
You hear whether the gum, the restoration or some combination seems to be behind the look, along with what each path would involve.
If gum is reshaped, the area is numbed and the bleeding controlled. A follow-up checks closure, and the margin matures before final restorative decisions are confirmed.
Do not worry if you cannot remember details. Even rough knowledge of when a restoration was placed and whether it has been replaced before gives your dentist a head start.
Gum work and restoration work each carry their own costs, so ask the clinic for estimates once you know what is being proposed.
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Teeth with a long dental history can make people cautious. Mention any tenderness or uneasiness about that area. Local anaesthetic numbs the site while the gum is treated, and you get specific guidance for afterward.
Show your dentist exactly where the tissue around the restoration feels different from elsewhere.
Have each step around your restored tooth explained before you agree to anything.
Treating a single tooth and treating several can feel different, and so can adding bone work.
Living with the change
The place where a restoration meets the gum still needs daily attention. While healing, expect the tissue to look red, puffy or irregular, and hold off deciding how the final match looks until it has had time.
Use the method you have been shown for cleaning next to the restored tooth during early healing.
Your dentist checks tissue closure and plaque control around the area, and removes any sutures.
Replacing a crown or veneer may need to hold until the margin has settled.
If the tooth or gum feels wrong at any stage, get in touch with the clinic at (204) 338-3003.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Shaughnessy Park is in Winnipeg. Assessment and care for residents happen at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg.
Mention the restored tooth in your request. A time is arranged only after the clinic has responded to you.
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Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about gum contouring in Shaughnessy Park.
Ask our teamEither could be involved, or both. A look at the restoration, the tissue and the underlying bone is what separates a gum issue from a restoration issue.
That depends on the anatomy around that tooth and on how the existing crown relates to the gum. Your dentist can tell you whether it is workable once the area is measured.
It is possible but not automatic. A shifted margin may change how an existing restoration looks, so ask about this before going ahead with any gum work.
A reshaped margin can keep changing as it matures. Depending on the location and extent of contouring, final scans, impressions or bonding may be timed for after that settling.
Plenty of things can affect cleaning around a restoration, so have the spot examined. Keeping the margin practical to clean is also a goal of any gum plan.
Phone (204) 338-3003 or complete the form, and explain which tooth concerns you. Your assessment takes place at the McPhillips Street clinic once a time has been confirmed.
If your existing dental work ends up in the conversation, these pages explain what replacing or refining it may involve.
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Ask for an assessment at Winnipeg North Dental in Winnipeg, and tell us which restored tooth you would like reviewed. You will hear back about a time.
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