I had braces for 2 years and I just noticed how my bottom teeth are starting to gap. I have a permanent retainer on my bottom teeth to help prevent this. But it’s starting to gap
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About half of my patients are adults. On a scale of 1 being usual and 10 difficult, I rate your case 4. After taking comprehensive records, my initial treatment for you would begin with a removable expansion appliance on your upper teeth (8-10 months)...
The reason your tooth is completely crowded out of your dental arch is because your dental arch is extremely underdeveloped. This underdevelopment of the dental arch not only doesn't allow your tooth to be properly aligned but it can also cause obstruction of your airway. I would not recommend ...
It is difficult to tell with the one single picture provided but it looks like you have a posterior crossbite on the left side; which could also account for your midline being off. Braces alone will NOT properly resolve a posterior crossbite. It is important that you do fix a crossbite ho...