Some smiles need a touch taken from one tooth and a touch added to another. Old Kildonan residents can ask about combining these at our McPhillips Street clinic.
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Reading about cosmetic dentistry can make it seem as if you must choose a single treatment. But teeth don’t always have the same problem. One tooth may extend a touch past the others, while the next has a worn corner. Removing enamel helps only the first, and adding resin helps only the second.
A conservative plan may use one technique or a small combination, always trying to preserve enamel. If you live in Old Kildonan, which is in Winnipeg, you can have your teeth looked at with both directions in mind at Winnipeg North Dental on McPhillips Street, where suitability is decided tooth by tooth.
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Neighbouring teeth can need opposite things, and neither one has to dictate the other’s plan.
Removing less, or only where justified, is a central idea behind a conservative plan.
Contoured enamel and added resin behave differently, and resin requires maintenance over time.
These treatments move in opposite directions. That’s what makes it possible for them to work together on different parts of a smile.
Useful where a tiny amount of sound enamel sits beyond the shape you want, as long as enough remains afterward.
Useful where a tooth needs something it doesn’t have, using tooth-coloured resin that’s added to the surface.
A combination isn’t automatically better. Sometimes one technique is enough, and sometimes neither is the right tool for what you want.
The goal of this visit is to decide what, if anything, each tooth actually needs.
Request your visitStart with what you’d like to change about the group of teeth, not with a treatment name. Let the dentist know about any existing work.
Enamel, cracks, restorations, proportions and bite are all reviewed, so that the dentist knows where removal is possible and where it isn’t.
You’ll hear which teeth could be refined, which might suit resin and which should stay as they are, along with the reasons why.
Contoured areas are reduced gradually and polished, and your contacts are reassessed. Ask how any bonding would be scheduled and completed.
It can help to look at your front teeth as a row, rather than focusing on one. Decide which features bother you most, since a plan may not need to address all of them.
If something is broken or painful, deal with that first. Phone the clinic and explain the situation instead of using this form.
A treatment room and our reception area.
A plan with more than one part can feel like a lot to take in. You’re welcome to have each piece explained separately, and to go ahead with one part or none at all.
Since enamel has no nerve supply, contouring frequently goes ahead without local anaesthetic.
Find out what bonding would feel like for your teeth, as comfort may not be the same as with contouring.
Any sensitivity while enamel is being adjusted tells the dentist to stop and look again.
Living with both
Once you have contoured enamel next to bonded resin, the two won’t need identical attention. Here’s what to keep in mind for each.
Ask the clinic how to look after any added resin, and raise it at your regular visits, as it requires maintenance.
Reshaped enamel won’t grow back, so tell us if it begins to feel sharp, and don’t assume it’s only temporary.
Changing several front teeth may affect how they meet, so report any new feeling when you bite.
If you’re unsure about either treated tooth, call us and ask.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)A mixed plan for someone living in Old Kildonan is worked out and carried out at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg. Check the directions link to find the clinic.
An online form is your way of asking, and the clinic’s reply is what actually confirms a time. Phone about pain or a break.
Questions about coverage?
Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about tooth reshaping in Old Kildonan.
Ask our teamAsk the clinic, because this depends on your plan and on how much is involved. Nothing can be settled until the teeth have been assessed, so bring it up when you request an appointment.
Not always. Many concerns need one technique or neither of them. A combination is only useful when the teeth truly differ in what they need, and the dentist can explain why it’s being suggested.
Adding length to every tooth could change proportions and your bite, and all that resin needs upkeep. The aim of a conservative plan is doing only what each tooth needs.
Contouring removes enamel for good. Resin is a material added to the tooth and needs maintenance, so it’s useful to ask what its long-term upkeep could involve in your case.
Veneers are a broader way to plan front-tooth shape, colour and texture. Whether that’s more suitable than a small combination depends on your goals and your teeth, so ask to have them compared.
Reach out through the form here or at (204) 338-3003, and say you’re curious about both treatments. The clinic gets back to you about a time on McPhillips Street.
Contouring is rarely discussed in isolation. These pages explain the treatments that are most often compared or considered with it.
Learn how dental bonding in Winnipeg uses tooth-coloured resin to repair small chips, close minor spaces and refine tooth shape, often in one visit.
Explore serviceConsidering cosmetic veneers in Winnipeg? Learn which colour, shape, spacing and symmetry concerns they may address and what planning involves.
Explore serviceExplore tooth-coloured restorations in Winnipeg for repairing decay, chips, wear or failing fillings with materials selected to blend with nearby enamel.
Explore serviceHave an urgent concern? Call (204) 338-3003 to discuss availability.
Add, subtract or neither
Old Kildonan residents are welcome to request an assessment here. The clinic will reach out about arranging your appointment on McPhillips Street.
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