Can the dentist do something about this?!
Question: When I was 12 or 13 I had 3 premolars extracted before I got braces. After the braces, you can barely see where the teeth were, but in the upper right quadrant there is a small gap between my first premolar and my first molar - EVERY time I eat I get food stuck in the gap, and I have to floss so many times a day that the gum is constantly painful. Could I ask my dentist to put some kind of a filling to close the gap?
Answers: When I was 12 or 13 I had 3 premolars extracted before I got braces. After the braces, you can barely see where the teeth were, but in the upper right quadrant there is a small gap between my first premolar and my first molar - EVERY time I eat I get food stuck in the gap, and I have to floss so many times a day that the gum is constantly painful. Could I ask my dentist to put some kind of a filling to close the gap?
JEN,
A COMPOSITE RESTORATION CAN BE ADDED TO EITHER TOOTH TO CLOSE THE SPACE,
BUT THE ORTHODONTIST WHO DID YOUR BRACES SHOULD HAVE NOT ALLOWED A SPACE SO LARGE TO REMAIN AFTER THE BRACES WERE REMOVED.
I would ask the next time you're in there, or just call the office someday.
Surely they can do something :)
yes if u want to but i think u should tell him what u told us on here he may know what to do. after all he i s a dentist, good luck, hope i helped
yah ask ur dentist
they sure can ask your den.
A crown would probably solve it ask your dentist!! Doc W