Some adults still have a faint scalloped line across their front teeth and wonder if it can be evened out. People living in Burrows Central can raise it with us on McPhillips Street.
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Front teeth often come in with little rounded bumps along the bottom edge. For many people these flatten with years of use, while others carry a slight wave into adulthood because their teeth don’t happen to wear evenly. It’s usually a matter of shape, and nothing to feel embarrassed about.
Even so, a ruffled line isn’t automatically a contouring job. A notch that looks natural might turn out to be a tiny chip, and how your upper and lower teeth meet can influence what’s advisable. Burrows Central is an area in Winnipeg, and residents can have those edges examined at Winnipeg North Dental.
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Gentle ridges at the tips of front teeth are a familiar sight, rather than a sign that you’ve done something wrong.
Any smoothing of these bumps would need to stay inside the outer layer and leave the tooth well protected.
Some people like their natural edge, while others don’t. Neither view needs justifying when you come in.
From the outside, two irregular edges can seem alike while having quite different causes. The examination is how those get told apart.
If bumps are simply part of the sound enamel and the tooth can spare a tiny amount, a dentist may consider evening them out.
A jagged line could reflect something other than extra enamel, and smoothing may not be the appropriate response at all.
Levelling every peak isn’t necessarily the goal. A flat, ruler-straight edge isn’t what careful contouring sets out to create, so talk about the amount of texture you’d like to keep.
Since the bumps are shallow, the planning takes careful looking. Below is how an assessment and any smoothing would proceed.
Request your visitShow which edges catch your attention, and mention whether it’s how they look, how they feel against your tongue, or both.
The dentist inspects each edge for chips, cracks and fillings, while also considering enamel available and how your front teeth contact.
Together you can talk about whether to soften some peaks, a few teeth, or nothing, keeping the row in natural proportion.
Agreed areas get marked and eased down gradually with fine instruments. The finished surface is polished, and the bite is assessed again.
You don’t need any special preparation. It simply helps to think about whether these ridges have always been there or whether something changed recently.
A newly broken edge with pain or swelling needs a call to the clinic instead of the online form.
A desk and leather chairs in a consultation room, and the reception area.
You needn’t feel silly asking about something this slight. Details you see every day are worth mentioning, and it’s also fine to come away having decided to keep them.
Adjustments held within enamel can often be done without local anaesthetic, as this layer has no nerve supply.
Speak up if an edge becomes sensitive during smoothing. The dentist will want to stop and reconsider.
If it would help, ask whether you can check the line of your teeth before anything further is done.
With a smoother line
Your tongue is likely to find any change before your eyes do. After that, a smoothed edge simply becomes part of the way your teeth feel.
It’s common to keep exploring a newly altered surface, so allow a little time before forming an opinion.
A fresh irregularity may mean a chip or wear, rather than a ridge that came back, so have it seen.
Your usual check-ups remain the place to review edges and raise anything else you’ve noticed.
Edge feeling sharper than it did? A phone call to us is the next move.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)If you live in Burrows Central, your assessment takes place at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg. You’ll find the address through the directions link.
Requests sent online are reviewed by the clinic, which then gets in touch; they don’t hold an appointment on their own. Please phone about a painful tooth.
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Helpful details about tooth reshaping in Burrows Central.
Ask our teamThose small bumps are part of how many front teeth form, and they don’t always wear away. Depending on how your teeth meet, some can remain well into adulthood.
Often it’s simply a matter of shape. Still, an irregular edge can sometimes involve a chip, a crack or wear, and an examination is how you’d find that out.
The peaks are small, but removing them does take the highest points down. Tooth proportions and your bite get considered first, and a noticeable shortening wouldn’t suit this treatment.
No, and neither can the enamel. A later rough patch would have another explanation, such as a chip or wear, and should be checked instead of assumed to be regrowth.
That depends on what the row looks like and what each tooth can spare. Changing one edge may reveal a difference elsewhere, so ask to talk through the row as a whole.
Reach out to Winnipeg North Dental using this page’s form or at (204) 338-3003. Describe the edge you’ve noticed, and the clinic will follow up about a visit.
An uneven line may come from position or missing tooth structure rather than a few raised bumps. These pages cover those situations.
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About that wavy line
Burrows Central residents can send an assessment request here, and the clinic will be in touch about coming to McPhillips Street.
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