And when I move my jaw so that my top and bottom front teeth meet, there's a gap between all the rest of my teeth which makes me hate smiling. I'm pretty sure this isn't normal so why do I have this problem and how can I fix it?
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It sounds like your dentist did the proper thing by removing all of your filling rather than just fix the spot as you wanted. It is very difficult to get a new filling to strongly bond to an old filling. Decay can actually track under an old filling. Just "fixing the spot" can...
The gap between front teeth can be closed by various ways.. 1st by braces, 2nd by ceramic veneers 3rd immediately by composite veneers by your dentist. A cosmetic dentist is the ideal doctor to solve your problem. The braces treatment will take more than a year to close the gap, whereas the...
Having your fillings redone is a great idea, because it is very likely that these fillings have developed some leaks that are not apparent on xray or exam. Often times, these leaks will allow bacteria to get into the interior of your tooth and eat away at the structure. It is...
