Dental Braces Questions
Fixed retainer has come loose.
I have been wearing a fixed retainer on my bottom teeth for perhaps nine years now. However, the 'glue' holding the wire has come lose at the end. The wire is not cutting me but should I be doing something about this? Do I need to go to an...
Do I need to get my permanent retainer/bar-behind-my-teeth repaired?
I got my braces off two years ago and had a bar cemented in behind my front two teeth (only) which broke last week. My orthodontist, from which I've moved a sizeable distance away, told me I need to get it replaced or my teeth will move, despite the...
overbite or normal?!
My teeth in the back doesn\'t line up does it suppose be like that & my two front teeth covers aittle bit of my bottom my two front teeth are big ,I can kinda feel it on my lip when I close it & my bottom two teeeth can feel lil bit of top...
Maxillary second molar mesialization
I have had successful juvenile orthodontic treatment for maxillary canine lateralization to remedy congenitally missing laterals. I am also missing my wisdom teeth. #14 was extracted earlier this year due to implant failure, and had roots in the...
Braces after Invisalign, thats the question
On average, assuming it is a non-complex case, what would be an estimate of the cost of upper braces only for less than 6 months? I have had Invisalign for 2 years and there is a gap behind my left upper K-9 tooth that the Invisalign is not...
My two front teeth go inward
Hello, we'll I have a question about my teeth. Well see my two front teeth go inward, and it has always been bugging me for the past years now, and I'm very self-conscious about my smile, and I was wondering if this is fixate with braces? Also my...
Solution to my minor crossbite.
hello I have worn braces on and off for about 4 years. The first time I removed my braces was for a special occasion and my orthodontist approved. The next month he applied braces only on my upper teeth, he told me my lower teeth were completely...
Will a retainer gradually shift my teeth back into place even if it wasn't worn for 1.5 years?
Hi. So I got my braces off around 3 years ago. I wore my clear retainer in the beginning but stopped wearing it for the past year and a half. I went to my ortho 2 or 3 times in that period and each time I check my retainer and it fit tighter and...
So I've had my braces for over a year now, I kind of stopped going like 6 months ago.
Hello, I've had my braces for over a year now and I've stopped going to my appointments like 7 months ago do to being really low income. I know that's really bad, but i was wondering if i can get my braces completely removed because my wire's are...
How much time do I have left on my braces?
I have had my braces for two years and two months. My estimated time was two years. Before I didn\'t really wear my rubber bands but these past few months I have been wearing them and all my teeth are straight and my bite is not perfect but it is...
Appliance used for Overbite
So I need to know. What appliances would they use for an overbite. I am really curios because I am going to the Orthodontist in January and I am getting an Update because it has been almost 2 years since I went for a consultation. And I have been on...
Applying again for braces
I was 12 in the summer of 2014 ,and i had applied to get free braces and i didnt get approved. I dont know why if my top row teeth are really messed up / crooked. And i turn 13 like 2 months ago, i want to know if i can re apply to another orthoninc...
Shifting teeth
When i was younger i had braces. I had went to a college and was one of the ones who students would work on. Right when i had to get my braces off my dentist graduated so i had a new dentist on my last appointment and he failed to tell me that i had...
the filling has come out of the front teeth after putting the plates/retainers
When I was a child I fell and broke little of my upper front tooth. Years later when I put braces the dentist had filled the broken tooth. After two years yesterday I took off my braces. Dentist gave me a retainer to put which I m supposed to take...
Cleaning of teeth whilst having braces
I'm around 1 year and 2 months into my 18 month braces treatment and haven't been cleaning my teeth quite as well as I should. It is not awful, however my orthodontist has advised I improve my cleaning a number of times. Recently, my cleaning has...