For self-esteem issues alone I would highly recommend getting either conventional braces and or Invisalign full treatment. Invisalign is really great at pulling teeth back into position like that. If you have very protruded teeth, then the old braces with the brackets might really tear up your upper lip during... more
Correcting buck teeth?
I'm a 47 year old with a massive overbite. Every dentist I go to for cleaning says my protruding centrals are the biggest they've seen. It was caused by tongue-thrusting. I'm tired of being ugly as sin. What corrective measures do you suggest?
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11 Mar 2009
Since I'm a tongue-thruster, my tongue is always pressing against the back of my buck teeth. Invisalign can't be a solution as it works on the results of the problem, not the cause.