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Old 07-02-2008, 02:37 PM
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Thank you! If the problem is the bite, how would that cause the gums to recede? Sorry for my ignorance, but I am trying to work out how that could happen.
We could explain it but the information would fry your mind! The mode in which this happens is multifactorial, not even all dentists understand it. Bite problems can put differential pressures on different aspects of your teeth, and its all about how your body responds in it's adaptive mode.
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