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You need to see an orthodontist to evaluate your bite and give you options on how to correct your alignment. It looks like you are a candidate for jaw surgery and alignment with braces. Good luck!
About half of my patients are adults. On a scale of 1 being usual and 10 difficult, I rate your case 4. After taking comprehensive records, my initial treatment for you would begin with a removable expansion appliance on your upper teeth (8-10 months) and lower braces with elastics to correct your Class III relationship. After achieving the expansion I would add braces to your upper teeth, detail and finish your treatment (10-12 months).
The reason your tooth is completely crowded out of your dental arch is because your dental arch is extremely underdeveloped. This underdevelopment of the dental arch not only doesn't allow your tooth to be properly aligned but it can also cause obstruction of your airway. I would not recommend ...
It is difficult to tell with the one single picture provided but it looks like you have a posterior crossbite on the left side; which could also account for your midline being off. Braces alone will NOT properly resolve a posterior crossbite. It is important that you do fix a crossbite ho...
While the possiblity exists to get decay underneath brackets during orthodontic care, it isn't common. It is much more likely AROUND a bracket, but still uncommon. Hygiene is extremely important, so is your monthly visit to the orthodontist. During that visit, they should notice decay, but...