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Is it ok for your molars to only touch on one side while biting while having braces?

katie_elizabethJun 7, 2019
whenever i bite my top and bottom molars only touch on the left side. a small space is between my top right and bottom molars.

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Dr. Michael Ayzin, DDS
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Answered on Jul 25, 2019
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