A Vandiveer Strait, DDS (Retired)- Acct. Suspended says:
There is no harm in trying to use your retainer, however if it causes significant discomfort or it does not fit at all, you will have to have some orthodontic treatment to realign the teeth. Invisalign has an Express System 5 which is much less expensive for realigning a few teeth when...
I see patients every single week in my practice who are devastated by the adverse effects of bicuspid extraction therapy. There are NUMEROUS studies on identical twins with one twin treated using bicuspid extractions and the other using non-extraction treatment. At the end of treatment they no...
Yes, most certainly!Your orthodontist will just use brackets to hold the orthodontic wire that is glued onto the crown, rather than single brackets that can be glued onto the enamel. However, sometimes a crown will loosen up, especially if there isn't enough good tooth structure under...