How long do I have to wear braces for one crooked tooth?

Braces alone will not fix your problems. The reason you have a "gummy smile" is because your upper jaw is underdeveloped. The underdeveloped upper jaw is also the reason why your chin is weak. Your lower jaw is trapped behind an underdeveloped and narrow upper dental arch.There is a relatively...

It looks to me like the shape of your right central incisor could be at least part of the problem.  The biting edge appears uneven.  That can be altered very easily and doing this needed adjustment may make a big difference.  Also, the tooth itself may be thinner where it touches...

The most common problem requiring orthodontic treatment is overly crowded teeth. There are multiple ways to correct overcrowding: 1) extract multiple teeth, 2) extract a single tooth, 3) make the existing teeth more narrow or 4) make the dental arches larger. Unfortunately, there is not a...

Extraction of four (or two) bicuspid teeth for orthodontics is becoming a thing of the past as we learn more about the future unintended consequences of this traditional type of orthodontic treatment.  The problem is not too many teeth, but underdeveloped jaw structures.  Leaving the...

The information you have provided is inadequate to determine if some kind of orthodontic treatment would help broaden your smile. I treat patients every day who want broader prettier smiles. Sometimes this can be accomplished with orthodontic/orthopedic treatment while other times it is more...

I too was taught in dental school that the midpalatal suture fuses after a person has stopped growing (around 18-23 years old). As with a number of other things I was taught in dental school, modern research has proven that this simply is NOT true. The midpalatal suture not only does NOT fuse...