For as long as I can remember I've noticed that my jaw deviates to one side, and an oral surgeon confirmed this for me. I believe this is why my top row of teeth seem to slant at a lopsided angle (especially evident in pictures). My question is: Is there any way I can make my smile more symmetrical, besides having jaw surgery? Would braces alone be able to fix this? Veneers? A combination of treatments? Thank you in advance to any doctors who can help me!
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Answer: How to Fix a Crooked Smile Without Surgery
Take a close look...is there room in the dental arch for this tooth? If not then there is no chance that the tooth will get any better! One of the major problems in orthodontics is to find room to align the teeth...enough room and it is easy to straighten the teeth...not enough room...
If you are an adult of course you can...no doctor can hold a patient hostage. If you are a child your parents can insist that the braces be removed.Having said this, it would be better to get things done right. Treatment time is an estimate...sometimes it takes longer to get things...
It appears that you still have a lot of bimaxillary protrusion..meaning the dental arches are too forward in your mouth (thus your trouble keeping your lips together). Extraction of middle teeth (not wisdom teeth) can help this but sometimes if the protrusion is very bad (or you had a big...
