I am 21 year old and my teeth are protruding.. which are becoming more and more protruding with age. One of my front teeth is a permanent Cap with out root canal treatment. How can I get my teeth straightened?
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It's so sad that many practitioners still extract teeth nowadays. It's a method that simply looks at aligning teeth only, and not the facial appearance, or the health and function of the jaw. This is the result of what happens - the jaw and the face become retruded, not to mention possible TMJ...
It looks and sounds like your orthodontics were part of the problem not part of the solution. You have an underdeveloped maxilla (upper jaw) as well as mandible (lower jaw)Ideally you should have had expansion orthopedics / orthodontics instead of contraction orthodontics. You have a...
The chances of a front tooth with short roots just randomly falling out one day are EXTREMELY unlikely! Front teeth with short roots are, however, more susceptible to being knocked out with trauma.I would ask your dentist what your options are. Sometimes doing nothing and trying to avoid...