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One Front Tooth is Longer Than the Other?

natasha1234Feb 24, 2013
If a front tooth is 1/8" longer than the other, and they are both already longer than the eye teeth, what is the best procedure to shorten? I have an overbite and braces as a child, teech are straight, but one has grown longer than the other.

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Dr. Kevin Coughlin, DMD
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Answered on Feb 26, 2013
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Dr. Aria Irvani, DDS
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