Q.
Hi, I am 25 years old and I have overcrowded bottom teeth, and I’m unsure of the best way to treat these. As a child my mum took me from orthodontist to orthodontist but they wouldn’t treat me because it didn’t affect my ‘bite’. However, recently the problem has got worse. Not necessarily in the sense that they look unsightly (obviously lower teeth aren’t seen as much), but more that they have become uncomfortable and I feel a constant pressure on them which sometimes becomes quite painful. They are also difficult to clean at the back. I did have both my lower wisdom teeth removed 7 weeks ago and I was told that this may help, but so far it hasn’t. What treatment would you recommend? I’d rather not have veneers as there is nothing physically wrong with the teeth other than they are not straight, and I would rather have a brace to be honest, but would teeth need to be removed so there is room to move the other teeth to? Thanks. I’m not even fussed if they are not tooth coloured braces. It’s more the uncomfortableness I want gone.