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can i straighten and reshape my teeth without braces

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
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Hi, all through high school, i had braces for almost 4 years because my teeth were really badly crooked. the looked great when they came off and were perfectly straight. after just a couple of years, they went back to how they used to be. now theyre crooked again. i feel like I am too old for braces now and dont see the point in going through all that again if theyre only going to go back to crooked again. is there any other alternatives in straightening them? and also, any way of re-shaping them as my top front ones seem to be larger than the rest. which over all, my teeth are not great at all. could you reccomend what i could do? your advise and reply would be so helpful. please respond. thank you

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If you will definately not con… (Click here to read the rest of the answer)

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i have a bottom tooth with a slant on it

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
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I have a bottom tooth at the front of my mouth on the left that is on quite a severe slant to the left which has pushed 2 of my front bottom teeth backwards. Due to the tooth being on a slant it is also makes eating difficultas food constantly gets trapped and therefore bad for my gums it also puts me off eating unless its liquids. I aksed my NHS dentist who is not interested and as I have just moved jobs that offers me upto £1500 per yr on pivate dentil treatment I am looking having them corrected privately. I am not sure what treatment would be best, ie 3 veeners to replace the slanted tooth and the 2 teeth pushed backwards or a brige for all 5 bottom teeth to get them straight etc. When I have enquired in the past about the slanting tooth the NHS dentist has informed me that if they remove it the gap is too small to put a veener in for example, and the reason for slanting is due to over-crowding. Please could you advise what the best course of action would be and a rough costs involved. Thank you

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I have had three inplants done and bridge work

Sunday, October 19th, 2008
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Ihave had three inplants done and bridge work I am not that happy with th finished look .The inplants were cemented in is it possible tohave the bridge wor redone they were done a year agoHow long does it take to have bone grafting done and then inplants

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At Umbrella we refer all of ou… (Click here to read the rest of the answer)

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i have 1 bent tooth at the front

Sunday, October 19th, 2008
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Hi Dr, i am 27, female from uk i have recentley been considering this, i have 1 bent tooth at the front of my teehs and i didnt bother to wear braces when i was younger, as this tooth is overlapping my first front tooth that and i am scared as i cant clean it with a toothbrush in long term it can get decay on it. adn i migth lost both my teeth? is this true because my dentist told me to use floss on it as my teeth are very tight togather i am just wondering if i can have it half cut off a crown put onto this? will this be a good idea? Please can you answer my question i would be more greatful

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Crowded teeth are definately m… (Click here to read the rest of the answer)

Dr Justin Glaister Umbrella 11 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF Web: www.umbrellasmiles.com Tel: 020 7612 9810 View My Profile Dr Glaister

I have been going to a private dentist for 3 years

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
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I have been going to a private dentist for 3 years now and i am always there having something done as she always tells me something needs doing and i trust her, she did let slip she is having a hard time financially and now i have begun to look at certain things, for example, she has done 4 fillings for me, 3 of which have needed to go to a route canals with in a year, now only 2 years on she is telling me i need to extract the two teeth that she done the route canal and crown on and have a false tooth implant, which costs a lot of money! My husband goes to her too, today he was told by her that the route canal and crown she done for him 10 months ago now needs to be extracted and false tooth put in place! I had a filing done 15 years ago that is fine and a route canal and so is the same for my husband! Something seems wrong here, all the work she has ever done on me and my husband has failed somehow, should I change dentists? or am i just unlucky?! Please help.

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It sounds like you have lost c… (Click here to read the rest of the answer)

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hello i have two missing teeth in the front i am wearing

Monday, October 6th, 2008
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Hello i have two missing teeth in the front i am wearing a temporary bridg from back home but i would like a real bridge how much does it cost me?

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Dr Justin Glaister Umbrella 11 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF Web: www.umbrellasmiles.com Tel: 020 7612 9810 View My Profile Dr Glaister

I have just had 4 crowns on my four front top teeth

Monday, October 6th, 2008
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I have just had 4 crowns on my four front top teeth. This was because I had previosuly had root treatment on two of them and the teeth were getting worn away in between where you would normally floss. I had teeth whitening and opted for crowns. I only had these done last week but now have three small triangles inbetween the tops of the teeth where it looks as though the gum inbetween each teeth has been chopped off. As I left the dentist he said the gum would drop down and was like that just because the four temporary crowns (all in one block) had pushed the gums up. After a week they havn’t dropped – will they? If they won’t what can I do? They look far worse than my old teeth!

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I would go back to your dentis… (Click here to read the rest of the answer)

Dr Justin Glaister Umbrella 11 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF Web: www.umbrellasmiles.com Tel: 020 7612 9810 View My Profile Dr Glaister

I have gum disease and i only have 5 teeth left

Monday, October 6th, 2008
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I feel so embarrassed about my teeth, i’m only in my 40’s, and have about 5 teeth left. As i am a disabled person i found it impossible to get to a dentist, so now i have gum disease and very worried, because i am afraid there is nothing they can do. Please help

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The first step would be to try… (Click here to read the rest of the answer)

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I had a sport accident that knocked my front teeth out

Monday, October 6th, 2008
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When i was younger i had a sport accident that knocked one of my front teeth, Although it remained in place it became discoloured and now is a grey colour. It is really noticeable socially and wondered what type of treatment would best suit and what kind of cost would be involved.

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You may want to consider havin… (Click here to read the rest of the answer)

Dr Justin Glaister Umbrella 11 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF Web: www.umbrellasmiles.com Tel: 020 7612 9810 View My Profile Dr Glaister

I have had white fillings on both of my 2 front teeth

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
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Hi, I have had white fillings on both of my 2 front teeth on the inside edge where they both meet. I have never really been happy with the result as they are a lot closer together than before hand, and they have a really dark shadow effect when I smile. What are my options here?

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Your option is to get these fi… (Click here to read the rest of the answer)

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