I used to wear braces than my doctor told me to put a retainer for 1 year .. I lost it so I only used it for a month then I found it after 4 months and started using it again .. One of my teeth moved backward can I make it move forward again btw using th retainer or should I wear braces again?
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I see patients every single week in my practice who are devastated by the adverse effects of bicuspid extraction therapy. There are NUMEROUS studies on identical twins with one twin treated using bicuspid extractions and the other using non-extraction treatment. At the end of treatment they no...
Yes, most certainly!Your orthodontist will just use brackets to hold the orthodontic wire that is glued onto the crown, rather than single brackets that can be glued onto the enamel. However, sometimes a crown will loosen up, especially if there isn't enough good tooth structure under...
In all probability, your first treatment failed not because of lack of retainer wear but because you really don't have enough room for all your teeth! Excessive expansion to get all the teeth aligned will result in a very unstable result that will collapse at the first opportunity.If you...
