Veneers Over Bad or Damaged Teeth in Los Angeles

You Were Told It Was Too Late

Maybe a dentist looked at your teeth and said you needed full crowns. Maybe someone told you the chips, the wear, the old fillings, or the dark front tooth made you a poor candidate. So you stopped asking. You learned to smile with your lips closed. The truth is that most of those teeth are still saveable, and most of them are excellent candidates for porcelain veneers.

What Veneers Can Treat

• Chipped front teeth from impact, hard foods, or old composite that keeps breaking off.
• Worn, short teeth from grinding, acid erosion, or age. Length is rebuilt to its proper proportion.
• Cracks and craze lines that show as vertical streaks under light.
• Tetracycline, fluorosis, and internal staining that whitening cannot reach.
• Dark, non-vital teeth from old root canals or past trauma.
• Old composite fillings on front teeth that have darkened or chipped at the edge.
• Misshapen, peg-lateral, or undersized teeth.
• Small gaps and crowding that you don't want to fix with braces or aligners.

When You Need a Different Restoration

A veneer is the right answer when the tooth structure is mostly intact and the issue is on the visible surface. It is the wrong answer when:

• The tooth has active decay that needs to be removed first.
• The tooth is fractured below the gum line and needs a crown.
• The tooth is missing or unrestorable and needs an implant.
• There is untreated gum disease that must be stabilized before any cosmetic work.

In those cases the right plan often combines a few crowns or one implant with veneers on the surrounding teeth, so the final smile still looks like one continuous result.

The Plan for Compromised Teeth