I'm 17 and have an underbite and Its come to the point where I can barely chew my food with my front teeth because they don't come down together. I heard about head gear but that's just debillating to my self-esteem. I think my bite is severe, being that it's preventing me from chewing properly. My smile is also not appealing. I want to fix it, but I don't want people seeing me with a contraption attached to my head, looking like Jimmy from Ed Edd and Eddy.
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If you choose to extract premolar teeth you will have to over retract your upper front teeth in order to close the excess space created by the extractions. When you retract front teeth the face will be retracted with the teeth. Imagine your face below your nose being moved back but your nose...
In most cases, it doesn't really matter whether you do extractions before or after braces are placed. Many doctors prefer to have extractions first so the braces don't get knocked off during the extractions. However, doing the braces first makes the spaces a little more noticeable...
Absolutely no to veneers! Your teeth are of a good size and placing the veneers to close the gap will result in loss of enamel and abnormally large front teeth. In addition, if the habit does not stop, the gap will reappear with age. There are many methods to stop the habit. My...
