I had perio disease, got deep cleaning. I get regular cleanings every 3 months. My gums & teeth are relatively healthy now. It's been 2 years since I had any problems. Noticed that over the past 6 mths one of my front teeth is dropping down. The 2 front teeth used to line up. Now when I smile slightly you only see 1 tooth. I have no missing teeth on the bottom. Why is this happening? What options are there to fix this? I was thinking of having my dentist file the tooth. Is this a good/bad idea & why?
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Basically there are two things going on from what I can tell from the picture1) Your front teeth are too dominant / large for the rest of your teeth. Thus the proportions are off. 2) Your side teeth (lateral incisors) are set back in your smile....thus exacerbating the dominance of...
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