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I still have some blocks on my back teeth that prevent my mouth from completely closing so my front upper teeth don't get worn out by the lower brackets. (although they do not touch at all anymore) Orthodontist said that I would not need the lower ones for long so it didn't matter. To be honest I co...

Hi I have had my upper braces for nearly 12 months - I have a deviated midline (3mm) and I am unsure whether the orthodontist is doing the right things to correct it. We are trying to move my midline to the left by 3mm --> she is just trying to move the canine to the left (which has moved slightly) ...

Hi there I had an impacted canine and overcrowding which meant that the canine had to come out completely along with 2 other teeth (another from the top and one from the bottom). My surgery went fine but afterwards I had the worst time of my life - the oxygen tube which they used during the surgery ...

I got my bottom braces 8 months after I had the uppers fitted. The reason for this is that my bite was very closed up (i.e. if they would have fitted the bottom braces in the same time I would not have been able to close my mouth - my upper teeth would have hit the bottom brackets).