I Still Have my Right Canine Tooth, I'm 16 and It's Pretty Loose. Should I Get Invisalign?

If your baby canine is loose it is coming out sooner or later. The real question you need to ask yourself is do you want to deal with it now or later. Later may mean prom it falls out, maybe while your away at college, maybe just before a big job interview or before your wedding. If your grownup canine is in there, you need an xray to see if there is even a chance for it to come in. The longer you wait the less likely you will ever get it in then you truly will be toothless. Either... more

Baby canine or deciduous tooth as we call it are important to treat. I am assuming they have done an x-ray and seen the permanent tooth somewhere up above it. Baby teeth can be retained for a long time if they have long intact roots. Sounds like yours is loose so the root is mostly gone. I would highly suggest you move forward with orthodontics and get that permanent tooth down. Conventional braces. Even clear type re best and fastest. You can consider lingual braces called incognito by 3 M.... more