Thread: Can anyone offer some help?
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07-24-2008, 08:29 PM #1
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Can anyone offer some help?
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
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07-25-2008, 08:44 AM #2
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
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