[LittleStarlett]

Hey!

Im a teenage girl who is extremely counsious over her smile. I was one of those children who sucked their thumb so am slightly misshapen on the right side towards the front of my mouth and to make the gap thumb-sucking- creates worse, I fell when i was 9 and damaged my lip and the very top of my gum which widened the gap.

the gap is only half a cm at its widest point, if that, but I am now getting anxious over my smile, and I smile an awful lot.

I've asked my dentist about braces before, conventional fixed braces, and he turned me down due to a third point on my right Canine tooth, so he said he would be wary of doing anything were the damage is centered.

I wondered whether Invasalign or clear step would work, and if so I would still need to find the main convincer for my parents. Help on both would be amazing!


Thank you XX

[Dr Pav Khaira]

Its difficult to say whether the either treatment would be suitable for you without a full consultation. However I would say from what you describe that both Invisalign and Clearstep would struggle to the results you want. To close spaces formed by a thumb sucking habit can only be done with fixed traditional type braces.

Again I would like to say that without a full consultation it is very difficult to give a definitive answer

I hope this helps

Kindest regards