Front tooth with discoloured patch

[Carla]

Hi

My left top front tooth has a discoloured patch which I have looked at having removed with teeth whitening. The teeth whitening helped a little but the patch is still there but the tooth just looks a little bit more white. I would like to have this white patch removed using a lumineer or a porcelain veneer but dont know how many porcelain veneers I will need. Do you think I should have just one veneer or four/six porcelain veneers?

[Dr Mohsen J. Esfahani]

Its very difficult to match a single porcelain veneer/lumineer to natural teeth and you may find that there is a small difference in colour between the single front tooth porcelain veneer and your other teeth. If you can accept that, then a single veneer is the right solution for you. If you wish to have more uniformity in colour between your discoloured front tooth and your other teeth or wish to improve the colour/shape of your other teeth as well, then you will need to consider having more porcelain veneers.