I had braces for 5 years and I’m waiting for my smile direct appointment. I have some small chips in my front teeth from grinding and my eye teeth need the bottoms smoothed out as well. I’m choosing to go to a smile direct location but can they “file” them to make them “straight” on the bottom?
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Answer: The whole point of Smile Direct Club is to avoid using a dentist
SDC is okay with mild spacing or very mild crowding... but it should really stop there. From your picture, it seems like your smile might be better handled by an Orthodontist. It seems like you have a posterior crossbite on the right side ( I bet you bite on the inside of your cheek often), some...
Smile Direct Club should be used in very low to mild spacing and crowding cases. In your particular case, there may be an underlying skeletal discrepancy, meaning the upper jaw and lower jaw are not the same size. For this situation, it would be highly advisable to see an orthodontic specialist...
SDC is a simplified forn of Invisalign treatment. What you would be missing out on is the expert opinion of a dentist as to why your gaps are coming back. It is usually due to your bite, clenching or failed retainer. You would have to have the retainer removed, aligners fitted and then a better...
