You’ve been reading about veneers, but your concern seems modest. Find out at our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg whether contouring could address it, or whether it falls short.
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Veneer pages tend to show entire smiles transformed. Perhaps all you really dislike is a slightly uneven edge on two front teeth. If you’re in St. James, an area in Winnipeg, and you’re doing your homework, the honest question is how big your goal actually is, because that’s what separates these treatments.
Contouring is a refinement that takes off a tiny amount of enamel and adds nothing. It can’t alter colour, lengthen a tooth or widen one. Veneers involve broader planning across shape, colour and texture. An assessment at Winnipeg North Dental’s McPhillips Street clinic is where your specific goal gets measured against the condition of your teeth.
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Goals about one edge and goals about a whole smile lead to different discussions.
One treatment takes away a little enamel, and the other involves a planned new surface.
Your enamel, bite and goals determine whether either one is appropriate.
These are general patterns and not a recommendation. Plenty of smiles fall somewhere between, and an examination may turn up reasons for going a different way altogether.
The concern is confined to an outline, and the existing tooth has a little to spare.
The wish goes beyond edges and involves more of what the front teeth look like.
A third path also exists. Bonding adds tooth-coloured resin where a tooth needs a repaired corner, length or width, and some conservative plans combine small techniques.
Come ready to talk about what you’d like to see, rather than which treatment you’d like to buy. The tooth findings can then guide the rest.
Request your visitExplain what you’d change if you could, and whether you’d be content with something subtle.
Enamel, previous dental work, proportions and contact between upper and lower teeth all bear on the choices.
Ask how each suitable option would address your goal and what it would involve over the longer term.
If contouring is your direction, planned spots are reduced in small stages, polished and verified against your bite.
Sort what bothers you into shape, colour and position. Seeing which column fills up may tell you how broad your concern really is.
A cosmetic comparison can wait for a request, but a recently broken tooth or new pain is a reason to call the clinic.
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When the adjustment stays in enamel, there’s generally no call for freezing, because that layer has no nerve supply. Any sensitivity you report would prompt a pause, and the same goes if deeper removal looked necessary. Ask separately what comfort measures a veneer plan would involve.
You needn’t settle on a treatment on the spot, and taking time to think is reasonable.
Have the dentist describe differences in terms you’d use yourself.
Whether your concern is permanence or looks, it’s useful for the dentist to know.
If your goals grow
Choosing contouring doesn’t commit you to staying with it forever, though enamel you’ve lost is gone regardless. Any future plans should begin from an honest record of what’s been done.
Record the teeth that were adjusted, so any future discussion of veneers begins accurately.
If your wishes grow over time, ask again rather than requesting another round of removal.
Healthy teeth and gums underpin every cosmetic choice, so ask about your check-up schedule.
Roughness or a sharp feeling on a treated edge later on deserves an examination, since wear or a chip could be the reason.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)For St. James residents, assessments are held at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6.
Please treat the form as a first step: an appointment exists only once the clinic has replied. Anything you’d like to compare by voice can go to (204) 338-3003.
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Helpful details about tooth reshaping in St. James.
Ask our teamOnly for a limited kind of goal. It smooths and refines outlines, whereas colour, added length and bigger changes in shape are beyond what removing a little enamel can do.
It isn’t a reversible trial, since enamel that’s removed won’t return. Discuss any longer-term veneer thoughts first, so that any small step fits with your possible future plans.
That depends on the plan, and you should ask the dentist to explain the enamel involved in each case. Preserving enamel is a shared aim of conservative smile planning.
Contouring wouldn’t address the colour. Ask how whitening, bonding or veneers could fit, as the right plan depends on which teeth are involved and what you hope to see.
Yes, or suggest a different approach such as bonding or orthodontics. A concern about position, for instance, could be better addressed by moving the tooth instead of covering it.
At our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg. Use the request form or call (204) 338-3003, and say you’re trying to choose between contouring and veneers.
Read about the alternatives directly, and bring any questions they raise to your assessment.
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Explore serviceHave an urgent concern? Call (204) 338-3003 to discuss availability.
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Request a comparison visit at our Winnipeg clinic. A staff member will contact you to agree on a time, or you can phone first.
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