length of new front crowns

In a couple of days I am due to have my four top front teeth prepared
for crowns. My dentist (in London) pointed out on my last visit that,
unusually, in my case the two teeth right at the front are the same
lenth as the other two at each side rather than, as is normal
appearently, being slightly longer. He said they might always have been
like this, or or that they could have worn down more quickly than
those to each side. He asked me whether with the new crowns I would
like the two frontmost teeth to be made slightly longer than those at
their sides, or whether I would like the current pattern of all being
the same length to be repeated. He left it up to me to decide, and I
found myself unable to do so. Does anyone have any thoughts/experience
on this? This is the biggest dental procedure I will have ever had, not
to mention the costliest, and I am keen to 'get it right', and not to
have a result I regret. The crowns are long overdue - two of the teeth
had root canal treatment some 20 years ago and have blackened over
time, another is badly chipped - so the work does need to be done. If
they are made all the same length, will it look weird, and will it be
something I regret? Or does it not make much difference?

Any thoughts/advice would be much appreciated!

Susie

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