I would get the one done .....

Joel

    You deserve to have his contention that they all should be crowned
explained.  I'm assuming he isn't crown-happy, or he would have
recommended you get them all crowned now.
    Old timers liked to crown all the front teeth because (except for
porcelain jackets) most crowns just didn't look that natural, and doing
just one would stick out like a sore thumb.  With modern materials, it
should not be necessary to crown multiple teeth just to make them match.

Steve

I listened to my dentist and got all six front teeth veneered.  Only the
front two were chipping.  I wish I hadn't.  I have to get all six redone
only five years later.  Much chipping and breakage.  And every time they
redo it they have to chisel off more tooth and put stress on them,
perhaps leading to another root canal.  One of the teeth may have to
have an implant, because there may not be enough tooth left to do
another cap.

So if those other teeth are healthy, I'd leave them alone.  Veneers are
pretty but they come at a cost (besides money).

If I was me (and sometimes I _am_), I would say protect your current
investment FIRST: get an NTI and WEAR it at night (mandatroy) and in
stressing times during the day. You can find out about it here:

http://www.nti-tss.com

This will help you protect your dentition and buy you some time. Next,
I'd tell your dentist that when the time comes to crown no. 7, you will
go to the dental lab and get characterization stains done on your crown
before it gets its final glaze. The technician does this like painting
with oils on a canvas: a little blue here, a bit of brown there... It
may not be perfect, but you can get the tooth to harmonize quite well
this way. It would be harder if you had chipped nos. 8 and/or 9. You
arrive with your teeth (I hope) and they put it in and paint on it this
way.

A better way is to get the technician to come to your dentist's
operatory and do his/her staining there, but this is usually more $$$.

If at the staining/characterization stage, they cannot get the tooth to
harmonize with the rest of the anterior dentition, you must make the
decision whether or not to get more extensive crowns done.
Hope this helps
SP

my advice would be to have only the one crown done, why destroy a
healthy tooth with the destructive methods used by dentists to crown a
tooth. If its not necessary dont do it.

My advice would be to have only the one crown done, why destroy a
healthy tooth with the destructive methods used by dentists to crown a
tooth. If its not necessary dont do it.