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Previous Issues Volume 9, Issue 2 - 2025
Chasing Perfection: The Trap of Overtreatment in Aesthetic Dentistry
Sarra Nasri*, Yosra Gassara, Rim Kallala, Mohamed Chebil, Amani Adli, Moncef Omezzine, Zohra Nouira, Belhassen Harzallah, Jilani Saafi
University of Monastir, Faculty of Dental Medecine of Monastir, Research Laboratory of Occlusodontics and Ceramic Prostheses, Monastir, Tunisia
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Sarra Nasri, Assistant Professor, University of Monastir, Faculty of Dental Medecine of Monastir, Research Laboratory of Occlusodontics and Ceramic Prostheses, LR16ES15, 5000, Skanes, Monastir, 5000 Tunisia, Phone No: +216 95191569, ORCID: 0000-0001-6740-6644, Email: [email protected]
Received Date: August 17, 2025
Published Date: November 10, 2025
Citation: Nasri S, et al. (2025). Chasing Perfection: The Trap of Overtreatment in Aesthetic Dentistry. Mathews J Dentistry. 9(2):60.
Copyrights: Nasri S, et al. © (2025).
ABSTRACT
Overtreatment in aesthetic dentistry is a growing contemporary concern. As a result, healthy teeth are sometimes sacrificed in pursuit of an immediate aesthetic result, which may lack durability and compromise biological integrity. Clinical decision-making is therefore influenced not solely by medical criteria, but also by external factors such as patient's visual expectations or media-fueled promises. In this context, ethical and deontological principles must be reinstated at the forefront of therapeutic reasoning. Faith, ethics, and science collectively emphasise that in dentistry, as in all medical fields, what is technically possible is not always ethically justifiable. Practitioners must act not only as technicians, but also as guardians of their patients’ health, trust, and well-being.
