I’ve had braces for two years to correct a severe overbite (my tongue kept pushing my teeth forward), a gap in my front teeth and canines teeth that were too high. I’m now wearing permanent retainers. Unfortunately, my lateral incisors are still sticking out a little (as you can see from the pictures). I’d like to have a more harmonious smile, what are some options? Can this be easily fixed? Thank you!
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Bad idea to extract teeth and retract your upper front teeth. This plan would pull your upper jaw back to meld with a lower jaw that is underdeveloped. By pulling your upper teeth back you will have a less protrusive upper jaw but your nose will look bigger and your face will look like an arrow...
Your age is 18 years, so now growth is not possible with the help of growth modification appliances. so the only option in your case is advancement by surgery.
It is common for the gums around erupting teeth to be irritated for an amount of time while the teeth are coming in. The best remedy for this issue is either warm salt water rinses in the affected area 3-4 times/day or swishing the area with Peroxyl rinse 3-4 times/day. If the area does not...
