{"id":548,"date":"2015-01-14T21:45:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T03:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.delaunedental.com\/blog\/?p=548"},"modified":"2015-01-21T22:26:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T04:26:21","slug":"help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/","title":{"rendered":"Help&#8230;my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently saved up to get porcelain veneers and was so excited when I was finally able to get the appointment scheduled and get the process going. One of the main things I was concerned about was how uneven the bottoms of my teeth were. My dentist assured me that the veneers would look great and I even tried them on before they were cemented and was very pleased with how they looked. Now that they are permanently placed and I&#8217;ve had more time to really look at them, I\u2019m noticing that my gums look uneven. I didn\u2019t see it before the veneers, so I\u2019m not sure if they did something wrong? It\u2019s frustrating because I\u2019m still not happy with how my smile looks. Can my dentist fix this or is it something I will just have to learn to live with? &#8212; Annika<\/p>\n<p>Annika,<br \/>\nDid your dentist mention that he would have to make any adjustments to your gums as part of your <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/new-orleans-porcelain-veneers.html\" target=\"_blank\">porcelain veneer<\/a> prep? The technical term he would likely use would be \u201cgingivectomy\u201d or \u201cgingival surgery\u201d but some dentists will refer to it as \u201crecontouring \u201c or even a \u201cginge.\u201d A procedure such as this should have been discuss with you up front so that you could give your consent, but if it was done in a more casual, conversational manner maybe there was a miscommunication. However, if you don\u2019t remember addressing the topic at all, it likely wasn\u2019t done. The fact that you are noticing the uneven gums now is probably because your teeth are straighter. You should ask your dentist for sure, however.<\/p>\n<p>Any gumline issues should be talked about during the consultation process, and if any reshaping is needed it\u2019s done during the preparation. There is no way to correct the problem now because removing gum tissue will likely expose the margin. Not only will that look even worse asthetically, it also puts your teeth at risk of decay. Schedule a follow-up appointment so you can talk to your dentist about your concerns. Unfortunately, the only way to fix this issue would be to request a do-over.<\/p>\n<p>This post is sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/\">New Orleans cosmetic dentist<\/a> Dr. Duane Delaune. Read more about why many consider Dr. Delaune to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/best-dentist-in-new-orleans.html\">best dentist in New Orleans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently saved up to get porcelain veneers and was so excited when I was finally able to get the appointment scheduled and get the process going. One of the main things I was concerned about was how uneven the bottoms of my teeth were. My dentist assured me that the veneers would look great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[256,424,50,61,49,67,15,423],"class_list":{"0":"post-548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-porcelain-veneers","7":"tag-best-new-orleans-cosmetic-dentist","8":"tag-can-uneven-gums-be-fixed","9":"tag-metairie-cosmetic-dentist","10":"tag-metairie-porcelain-veneers","11":"tag-new-orleans-cosmetic-dentist","12":"tag-new-orleans-porcelain-veneers","13":"tag-porcelain-veneers-2","14":"tag-uneven-gumline-after-veneers","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Help...my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers - Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Help...my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers - Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I recently saved up to get porcelain veneers and was so excited when I was finally able to get the appointment scheduled and get the process going. One of the main things I was concerned about was how uneven the bottoms of my teeth were. My dentist assured me that the veneers would look great [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-15T03:45:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-01-22T04:26:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"smiles4u\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"smiles4u\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"smiles4u\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/82cbb9bba8d117ba27c746341adbd752\"},\"headline\":\"Help&#8230;my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-15T03:45:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-22T04:26:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":398,\"keywords\":[\"best New Orleans cosmetic dentist\",\"can uneven gums be fixed\",\"Metairie cosmetic dentist\",\"Metairie porcelain veneers\",\"New Orleans cosmetic dentist\",\"New Orleans porcelain veneers\",\"porcelain veneers\",\"uneven gumline after veneers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Porcelain Veneers\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Help...my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers - Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-15T03:45:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-22T04:26:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/82cbb9bba8d117ba27c746341adbd752\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Help&#8230;my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog\",\"description\":\"Answers to your questions about dentistry\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/delaunedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/82cbb9bba8d117ba27c746341adbd752\",\"name\":\"smiles4u\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08920d3ad54342934919304cd66c5e8008d57a1af132844421916204b935b1f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08920d3ad54342934919304cd66c5e8008d57a1af132844421916204b935b1f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08920d3ad54342934919304cd66c5e8008d57a1af132844421916204b935b1f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"smiles4u\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Help...my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers - Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Help...my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers - Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog","og_description":"I recently saved up to get porcelain veneers and was so excited when I was finally able to get the appointment scheduled and get the process going. One of the main things I was concerned about was how uneven the bottoms of my teeth were. My dentist assured me that the veneers would look great [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/","og_site_name":"Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog","article_published_time":"2015-01-15T03:45:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-01-22T04:26:21+00:00","author":"smiles4u","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"smiles4u","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/"},"author":{"name":"smiles4u","@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/82cbb9bba8d117ba27c746341adbd752"},"headline":"Help&#8230;my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers","datePublished":"2015-01-15T03:45:43+00:00","dateModified":"2015-01-22T04:26:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/"},"wordCount":398,"keywords":["best New Orleans cosmetic dentist","can uneven gums be fixed","Metairie cosmetic dentist","Metairie porcelain veneers","New Orleans cosmetic dentist","New Orleans porcelain veneers","porcelain veneers","uneven gumline after veneers"],"articleSection":["Porcelain Veneers"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/","url":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/","name":"Help...my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers - Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-01-15T03:45:43+00:00","dateModified":"2015-01-22T04:26:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/82cbb9bba8d117ba27c746341adbd752"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/help-my-gums-look-uneven-after-porcelain-veneers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Help&#8230;my gums look uneven after porcelain veneers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/","name":"Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog","description":"Answers to your questions about dentistry","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/82cbb9bba8d117ba27c746341adbd752","name":"smiles4u","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08920d3ad54342934919304cd66c5e8008d57a1af132844421916204b935b1f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08920d3ad54342934919304cd66c5e8008d57a1af132844421916204b935b1f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08920d3ad54342934919304cd66c5e8008d57a1af132844421916204b935b1f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"smiles4u"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}