So I've been with braces for three months now my dentist said I need for premolars removed (4 ,13,21, and 28) I'm really scared about it now for the pain so much but for all the stories I read on the internet about sunken face I fell my face is way to long now
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March 11, 2017
Answer: Premolar extraction is proper treatment plan
Your spacing and flaring can be caused by a tongue thrust or lip biting habit. It can also happen if your initial treatment was not done properly.
Get some other opinions and figure out the cause of the movement, then you can decide to undergo further treatment to address the new...
Sorry to hear about how you feel about your treatment. Teeth will definitely shift again after treatment if retainers are not used. The issue is that they do not necessarily regress back to exactly how the teeth started off. The teeth were moved to their current position in a controlled ma...
Looking at the pictures, I think orthodontic consultation would be in order for you as I don't think that you would need any kind of double jaw surgery.
