I've had braces for almost 4 years with only a few months left. But about 2 months ago I got very sick, ended up in the hospital for about a month on all kinds of medication and when I got out I noticed a lot of white spots on my teeth near the gunline. When brushing chunks of tooth have come out leaving quite a few holes in my teeth.What is going to happen/or needs to be done? There are more weak spots that I'm afraid are going to break out if I brush too hard
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This is not a simple question to answer. Photos and x-rays certainly would be helpful. Your open bite well could have been caused by trauma to the lower jaw which prevented it from fully forming. When this occurs an open bite develops. The trauma well could have damaged the pulps of some of the...
Hali, You are not the only person who has not been taught proper care of teeth. I have twenty public service videos on my website that explain tooth problem prevention. None are more than a minute long. At this point you need to first do something that will stabilize the damage until you can get...