Broken front tooth & gum disease
Male, 64. He was unhappy with his smile and the shape of his teeth — with a broken front tooth and another affected by significant gum disease. I treated the gum disease first, then rebuilt the tooth with an implant and bridge and refined the smile with composite bonding and injection moulding.
- Treatment
- Implant, bridge & bonding
- Area
- Upper front (UR1)
- Method
- Full Foundation First
The work behind a smile that lasts
Before I rebuilt a single tooth, I rebuilt what holds one in place — treating the gum disease, then grafting bone and gum back to where years of disease had worn it away. Only once that foundation was solid did the implant go in, and even then we didn’t rush it: I checked the healing at two weeks, four weeks and three months, and only moved on when it was genuinely ready. Along the way he wore a trial smile, so he could see and approve the new shape before anything became permanent. The finishing touches — the bridge, composite bonding and injection moulding — blended the new tooth so closely with his own that you can’t see the join.