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Today after lunch I noticed I had a very noticeable gap between my two front teeth. I have never had this before and my ortho is closed....Is this normal, it doesnt seem right???
thanks
Teeth move are shifting constantly througout treatment. When I started mytreatment I had no gaps in my front teeth but after like 2+ months I had a really big gap in myfront teeth It really bothered me but it did close up again within a month or so.
This happened to me too. About a month after I got braced, I noticed a gap that opened up. When I went back for my first adjustment, the ortho put on a powerchain and it closed up in a couple of weeks.
My ortho mentioned that this may happen a few times in the course of treatment, but told me not to freak out, everything would be in the right place in the end. So far, he hasn't been wrong.
I had a pretty big gap between my front big tooth and the one next to it, it was about 1mm wide. Within 6hrs of a powerchain being on the gap was closed. I was so shocked! My front teeth are so tight now! It's getting hard to floss.
I've had a couple of gaps open up and close all on their own inbetween adjustments. The ortho's never mentioned power chains or anything because I haven't had the gaps at any of my adjustments. I guess I would probably make a phone call if I had teeth that were rapidly drifting waay far away from each other...
It really bothered me but it did close up again within a month or so.