Posts Tagged ‘underbite’

Can Invisalign fix my underbite as I have edge to edge bite?

Monday, December 7th, 2009
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Hi, im a 21 yr old male that had braces to fix a slight underbite when i was 14-16, for 2 years after i had my braces off i started noticing my perfect bite was becoming more uncomfortable. As of now, im 21 and have an edge to edge bite, my mandible grew, but i dont have an underbite yet, just edge to edge which is very uncomfortable. Im assuming i will have to go back to braces and elastics again, but i was wondering if invisalign will work for my situation? Can I use elastics with invisalign, I read online that invisalign can fix underbites?


Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

My bite is changed after having crown fitted should I be concerned?

Thursday, November 26th, 2009
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Hello. I have just had my crown fitted to a lower back tooth. The crown feels a little ‘raised’ and i can’t get the same ‘biting’ feel with my teeth i had prior to it being fitted today. I told my dentist afterwards and he said i should give it time to bear down and settle down. I hope this is true as at the moment it feels odd when i bite down and when i eat. Should i be concerned or just wait a day or two? Many thanks


Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

Invisalign treatment has changed my normal bite

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
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Hi Dr Solanki . i had treatment to straighten my teeth using invisalign and i have just finished my treatment of using Invisalign. i have been told just to wear it while im sleeping. the problem is that my teeth were normal before i started the treatment just not straight but now they are straight but i cant bite properly. only my wisdom teeth are touch when i bite the rest do not touch. this really hurts. i was wondering if this is common and is it suppose to happen? will it sort itself out or will i need to see a specialist? if it will sort itself out how long would this take? How can this problem be rectified? your help would be greatly appreciated


Dr Kailesh Solanki Kissdental – UK Practice of the Year 2007 157 Woodsend Road, Flixton, Manchester, M41 8GN.2 New Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2QS. 13 Stanley Street, Manchester, M8 8SH. Web: www.kissdental.co.uk Tel: 0161 748 5250 View My Profile Dr Solanki

Ive a crossbite will invisalign help me out on this

Saturday, October 17th, 2009
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Hi, I was wondering if you could help. I think I have a crossbite; my teeth dont sit properly against each other, and if i try toi, my bottom front teeth go behind my top teeth, although my jaw is quite forward so doesnt seem like an underbite. This makes my mouth curve down making me look unhappy even though I’m not, and makes my mouth and jaw look small compared to the rest of my face. I was wondering if invisilign might help this, or surgery, or if this is even something that can be fixed. It feels like my jaw is out of line but I guess I’m use to it so havent done anything. thanks a lot foryour time


Dr Julian Caplan – Director on the board of the BACD View My Profile Dr Caplan

Ive an underbite is it possible to correct it in a jaw surgery?

Saturday, October 10th, 2009
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Im 17 and I have a very prodruding jaw and can’t even smile because im so self concious, my face looks flat and my chin sticks out. I’ve tried to convince myself its not noticable but i have had a couple of people comment on it. I think i may have a very slight underbite but i can just make my top teeth go over the bottom one. Is it possible for me to get jaw surgery to correct it? It not purely costmetic because i do get an aching in my jaw as well. Would i be able to get this on the NHS? Or if i would have to pay how much would it cost?


Dr Kalpesh Bohara The Dental Suite 27 Park Road, Loughborough, LE11 2ED Web: www.dental-suite.co.uk  Tel: 01509 231144 3 Rutland Street, Leicester City Centre, LE1 1RBTel: 0116 312 0054 View My Profile Dr Bohara

What might be the reason to bite inner cheeks and lips?

Saturday, October 10th, 2009
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I always feel and do biting my inner cheeks and lips. This habit started for the past one month. The wounds disappears soon and i find my lips and inner cheeks dry. Give me some advice.


Dr Riten Patel The Mulberry 18 Ashley Road, Walton on Thames Surrey, KT12 1HS Web: www.mulberrydental.co.uk Tel: 01932 223 479 View My Profile Dr Patel

Could I have veneers if my bite is not perfect?

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
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Dr Moore could I have veneers if my bite is not perfect? ie I can put my bottom teeth over my top but not my top teeth over my bottom teeth. I have always hated my smile and at 48yrs really would love to have a nice smile


Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

Can you advice on my sore and dry mouth and problems with my bite

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
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I have had problems with my teeth from childhood. I had overcrowded and overlapping large teeth in a small mouth, so when I was aged 10 my dentist removed 2 lower adult teeth stating that the teeth would move to fill in the gaps – they never have, and he fitted me with a brace for my upper teeth. Unfortunately all the brace achieved was to shrink my upper gum and do little to correct the overlapping teeth. I have also always had a problem of my lower teeth touching my upper mouth immediately behind my upper teeth, which over the last 30 or so years has made my mouth very sore and has resulted in uneven wearing down of my lower front teeth. I have never had a good bite – my front teeth just don’t line up to bite cleanly into anything. I have been with my current dentist for 19 years and when I asked her if anything could be done 19 years ago to improve my bite and straighten my teeth she said there was nothing that could be done due to my previous dentist shrinking my upper gum with a badly fitting brace. In 1995 I had my wisdom teeth extracted at the local hospital and suffered 10 years of pain and discomfort before my dentist finally believed me and sent me back to the hospital Dental Consulatant who performed a small procedure on the scar tissue that had become tight, resulting in my very back teeth cutting into my cheek. Then 3 years ago my dentist told me that I had an overbite that was causing me to grind my teeth (the same dentist who a few years earlier had told me I was a mouth breather!) I was referred to the Birmingham dental hospital and fitted with a splint which has helped. The problem is I have a dry mouth and have replacement saliva gel on prescription. The dry mouth is slowly causing my teeth to crumble, small chips keep coming off my front teeth, they are so uneven now. My G.P. says to use chewing gum for my dry mouth yet the dental hospital say I must not and the Consultant at the dental hospital told me to eat only soups, stews and soft food. She told me that teeth are not meant to bite into food such as apples as it causes damage! As far as I was aware front teeth are for biting and back teeth are for chewing. My Mum was a dental nurse so I was brought up to look after my teeth. I feel totally let down by my childhood and current dentist and by the attitude of the Dental Consultant – I did explain to her at the time that I love my food and eat a healthy diet with a lot of fresh raw fruit and veg, she told me that I am not to eat that sort of food as I will have to bite in to it and chew it! (I thought that’s what teeth were for – to bite and chew!) I am not a large person – I have always been very slim and can’t afford to lose weight as it takes me so long to gain weight if I lose any after illness etc. This whole experience has left me miserable and dissillusioned and I have lost weight and I no longer enjoy my food as I have been made to feel so guilty for all the wonderful raw fresh healthy food that I used to eat – I rarely eat it now, as my enjoyment has gone. I feel stuck between the conflicting advice of my Dentist who is most unhelpful, the Dental Consultant at the hospital who says the NHS has a lack of funds and expects me to eat soup for the rest of my days (I’m only 42) and my G.P. All of them believe themselves to be right and each other to be wrong – it’s me stuck in the middle getting a telling off by one of them for the “incorrect advice” as they believe I have received from the other. My Dentist originally threatened that I would have to have my jaw broken and she did everything in her power to put me off going to the Dental Hospital, she was very rude. The Dental Hospital say my overbite is not sufficiently bad enough to justify braking my jaw (thankfully). Is there any advice that you feel you can give me. I have read about overlays which I didn’t know about until tonight, all along I have said surely something to build my teeth up would help to correct my bite. As it is I feel all I have to look forward to is crumbling teeth and dentures! (As a child I didn’t give big smiles so as to hide my large crooked teeth and as an adult I don’t like people seeing my teeth because one of my front teeth is much shorter (due to my uneven bite and bits that keep breaking off)) I feel like making a complaint against my current Dentist as I discovered that 19 years ago my cousin who was older than me had a brace fitted yet my Dentist refused and said there was nothing she could do. I am an NHS patient. I am thoroughly fed up and miserable with the whole thing (hence my long letter)and have put up with a lot of ridicule over the years from some very cruel children at school and cruel adults even now. 2 years ago I felt almost suicidal as no one (G.P. and Dentist) was listening about my sore and dry mouth and problems with my bite. Any advice that you feel you may be able to give about what I can do and what the NHS may be able to do to help will be very gratefully received. (Since the NHS changes to dentistry my dentist does not seem to want to do anything even for other patients I know! She refuses to replace or alter the partial denture that my Mum has that no longer fits! I had asked my Dentist about filing down my front teeth to improve my bite to make it more level so that I can at least enjoy eating an apple without my longer tooth getting in the way! She of course said no) Many thanks in advance and sorry it’s so long, I am just so frustrated and sore and uncomfortable.


Dr Rob Tennet St Johns Dental Practice 18 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, B2 5QJ Web: www.e-dentalpractice.co.uk

What is an alternative for a dental bridge?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
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As a child I had two of my front teeth removed at a dental college as they told me I needed a brace to correct my bite. I had the teeth removed and the brace fitted which didnt have the result the wanted.My current dentist and previous dentist have told me that my teeth did not need any correction as it was a slight overbite. I didnt have any further treatment as I had very bad experiences. I now have two bridges at the front and would like an alternative. What would you suggest? Many Thanks


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

What is the reason for pain in the teeth?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
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I have toothache in my left front tooth. They were sensitive and I am using the sensodyne pro-namel toothpaste which was gradually making the problem better over time. However a few days ago toothache started in my left front tooth and the sensitivty has almost completely gone away in just the last 2 days since the toothache started. The tooth hurts when i put any small pressure onto it and has grown from mild pain from time to time to constant mild pain. What is wrong and what should I do?


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