After braces, my central and lateral incisors still flared out. The Dr. who treated me said that is as far back as my incisors will go. I was also given plastic retainers which broke less than a year, my gap came back the next day. You can see how my teeth are shifting forward, and the space between my canines & lateral incisors is where I had extractions. Should I try braces again to pull my front teeth back? Also, Would veneers fix the appearance of my lateral incisors as well as my gap?
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February 22, 2017
Answer: Post treatment movement can have several causes
Sorry to hear about how you feel about your treatment. Teeth will definitely shift again after treatment if retainers are not used. The issue is that they do not necessarily regress back to exactly how the teeth started off. The teeth were moved to their current position in a controlled ma...
Looking at the pictures, I think orthodontic consultation would be in order for you as I don't think that you would need any kind of double jaw surgery.
There is not enough information in your photos but you do have a long narrow face. I am curious about where the teeth are.
I suspect that you have dark buccal corridors and a narrow v-shaped maxilla. This will not offer eithe bony or tooth support for the soft tissues of your face. I wo...
