Dental Braces Questions
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Top braces only for a while now but not the bottom?
My daughter had her top braces only put on a year and 5 months ago. The orthodontist keeps telling me she will get the bottom ones as soon as a tooth finally gets straighten out and in the right position. This tooth she had to had a chain attach to...
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Hook on braces?
I have hook things on top of 2 of my brackets. They are both 3 from the left one on top and one on the bottom.what are they and what can I do to make them stop cutting my mouth? I am a 14 year old female. I have had braces and an expander for 7...
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Braces With Silver Elastics That Turned Green?
So i have silver elastic rubber thing on my bottom braces and it turned green, what does that mean, did food just stain it, i dont want the ortho to think i dont brush because i do.
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WILL i get them off?
I am suppose to get my braces off April 26th. This last week, my bracket on one tooth popped off at the beginning of my school break. I couldn't go to the orthodontist because i was on vacation. But, came home and got it fixed immediately. They...
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Front tooth turning inward
I have had braces since November of 2011. I had a space between my front teeth. I have had braces in the past and a permanent retainer was attached to the back of my two front teeth, this lasted 14 years until it broke. I wrongly assumed that after...
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Orthodontic Braces Paid By Medicaid for 10 year old granddaughter
I wanted to know if Medicaid will pay for my granddaughter\'s braces. I wanted a second opinion. Familia Dental took xrays and said that since my granddaughter did not have to have any teeth pulled that Medicaid would not cover her braces. But she...
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Bracket Crooked?
i got my braces today & i noticed my bracket is crooked in the front and i look dumb.. what do i do? can i move it some how?
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Second bicuspids
I was wondering if you could tell me wrshy african american people have very wide second bicuspids ? I have been in the dental field for many years and I have really noticed it a lot lately. Ld
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Wobbly tooth
hi, i\'ve had train track braces since the 5th of January and the last time i had them tightened (2nd april) i noticed one of my front four teeth was wobbly & sore (more than usual). i waited just to see if it would get better itself but it...
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Underbite Fixable With Braces?
I have an underbite and was wondering if it is fixable with braces? Its not really big, probably around 2 mm or less and i can put my two front middle teeth on my upper jaw on my two middle teeth on my lower jaw. Without having to move my jaws. Also...
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My teeth are not right!
I got my braces off about 2 years ago and I noticed one of my front teeth stuck out a little more than the other. Now it is really starting to affect me, and I feel that if I had the braces for longer this problem could have been fixed. What should...
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Crowded Mouth
Hi I have a very crowded mouth where my canines stick out which push my lateral incisor back a little and one of my central incisor stick out a little, also on my lower jaw a lateral incisor sticks out a bit and both of my second premolar are pushed...
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I am worried about my teeth.
Hi, I am 13 years old girl and I am worried about my teeth. What treatments will be needed and how much will it be? Here are some examples of what my teeth look like: http://photobucket.com/TeethhExampless
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Molar bands
Hello, so i just got my spacers and in a couple of days i am going to get my braces. the thing i am most worried about is the molar bands, on a scale of 1-10 how bad will it hurt??
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Need help! Very upset about braces!
Ok I am 17 my mother took me to the orthodontsist when I was 10 cause my top teeth stick out. We were told it was because of thumb sucking and he wanted me to have my jawl broke and moved. We both freaked!Time passed and now we are trying again. Is...
