I am a 51 year old female. Started Invisalign 3/2021. Top teeth completed around 5/2022. Ongoing braces on bottom teeth. The orthodontist is well experienced. However, he never warned me that because of my periodontal condition I could have loose teeth and I have four of them on the lower bottom plus huge black triangles. I wouldve never started this procedure if he had warned me that any of this could even be a remote possibility. I feel like he has ruined my teeth for life. What can I do ?
This tooth also has bone loss. I want to straighten this tooth. Would braces, Invisalign, etc possibly loosen the tooth? My front tooth has moved outward a great deal in the past several years and I would like to have it straightened This tooth also has bone loss. I want to straighten this tooth. Would braces, Invisalign, etc possibly loosen the tooth?
I'm 18 and I have a gap between my front teeth which wasn't much of a problem until I was 16.I fractured my 2 front teeth, one broke in half and the other cracked, so the dentist did tooth bonding for me, but there was something black inside the tooth which was very disturbing. I ignored it for a while but then I noticed that it's getting loose and is rotting at the back. So I'm not sure if I should continue with this tooth and get braces or get an implant because I am tired of this gap.
I took off my braces 2 weeks ago, after wearing them for 1y. My front teeth (inferior jaw) are loose, i can wiggle them with my fingers (if i grab them and move), and they feel very very loose. I got my retainers 5 days after i took the braces off (those teeth had already shifted quite a lot, i had to push hard on one of them to make it fit into the retainer - with a lot of pain-, but after a couple of days the problem sovled). I'm quite worried about the wiggling. I want one more opinion.
My doctor said it is possible to pull teeth down to make them longer with putting the clips higher on tooth. Is this possible? Will it make the teeth loose? Can I make the two front longer with braces? Or is it done only with veneers? I think they are too short.
Grew up hating my gummy smile and gap. Few yrs after braces my gap reopened since I didn't get a retainer (lost insurance) so I started wearing Orabands. I was so happy at first but eventually the constant irritation to my gums caused periodontitis, loose front teeth and bone loss. I stopped wearing them 2 yrs ago. Now my gums feel tight & teeth no longer feel loose but they look bad. Gap returned plus 2 new ones. I feel so self-conscious & depressed. Perio suggests surgery but I cant afford it.