I'm a 17 year old guy with a pretty small gap in the middle of my two front teeth. I want to get cosmetic bonding but my wisdom teeth haven't came in yet. A couple people (not dentists) have told me that wisdom teeth can sometimes PUSH the gap together. My question is, would it be safe to get cosmetic bonding for my gap right now, or will the wisdom teeth affect my gap? Also, what do wisdom teeth do and what should I do about them?
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Most mouthrinses are fine. Stay away from Peridex for staining and Scope for turning certain materials green. Listerine is the standard against which all the others are compared. I have never read or witnessed any positive effect from whitening mouthrinses.
You are right, gap between your front two teeth is too large for the bonding to look natural. Bonding will make your teeth appear more `wider' then `longer' -quite opposite to what you want to see.
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