Porcelain veneers for a teenager?

hey so im 16 and recently i got a root canal done on my front tooth (right one)..and i need a crown because it has started to discolor..the catch is that the reason why i had gotten a root canal on this tooth was a strange accident..i had fainted and landed on my front teeth which caused my right front tooth to go back like 0.00001 or something lol..but my tooth didnt fracture nor break, it stayed in place but the nerve was dead and it was darkening..


so its not dakened so much, and my doctor feels that i really dont need to put a crown on right now because theres not much of a shade difference..but honestly, what i see i now..i really dont like it..


shes telling me that if i put a crown on now the thing is your gums keep moving around till your like 18 or something and its possible when i do put the crown for the gum above that tooth to some what bulge out or something like that..


shi*t what do i do now??its my front tooth??


thanks in advance

Porcelain veneers for a teenager?
My friend took an elbow to the mouth during a basketball game in college. His same front tooth took the brunt of it. The tooth barely shifted backwards, but the nerve died just like yours.





He had to wait for summer break in college before he had time to go home and get it fixed. The tooth turned pretty dark, but almost a year later he had a crown put in at age 21. It looked a little funny, but I don't think some people even noticed.





Anyway, I know high school is rough enough as it is, but I'd listen to your dentist and wait. My friend managed just fine with his discolored tooth for a while, and you can get it fixed before you head off to college.
Reply:Have your wisdom teeth grown in yet? And if they have, have you had them taken out? If not, then you should definitely wait. They tend to move things around when they do grow in. Unless you're one of those lucky people who was born without them... lol.





Maybe you can try some of that Crest whitening stuff that you kind of paint onto your teeth, but only put it on the one tooth.