Occlusion (26)

Hello I am 38 years old and over the past year I have slowly got a gap inbetween my front teeth which I have not had before. My dentist said the cause of this is I clench my teeth when I am sleep and so is forcing the top teeth to separate. I have always had good straight teeth (no gaps). This is really worrying me. Could there be another cause for this to happen? I would really appreciate someones advice please...Dawn  &...

The first time I had treatment for my crowded teeth I had no extractions and the treatment was to widen the arch using braces. The teeth looked great, the fit perfect with a wide smile.  Later they relapsed, no longer fitting and not looking nice either.  So, I decided to have the treatment again and went to another dentist who fitted  braces. My jaws came together perfectly just like the fir...

Hi, I've been suffering from tmj for almost 2 years now, ever since my orthodontic treatment.  I've had fixed braces on my teeth twice.  The first time in 2003, the teeth looked and felt perfect but, later relapsed due to unfaithful retainer wear.  I had braces on the second time, to bring my teeth in to normality again.  After the treatment, I noticed that my front top teeth were rather shorter than before...

I have always had a problem with night grinding and my TMJ to the point where my top front four teeth are quite worn and half their normal size, chipped and broken. I use accupressure to ease the jaw which has knock on effects calming my shoulder pain. I had Xrays taken by a dentist who suggested, a splint for the grinding, orthodontic work to open the top teeth, then braces and so on. I sent my xrays back to my dentist in Aus...

Patient Feedback Requesting Recommendations to Malocclusion dentist in London/Surrey - These will be forwarded direct to patient Thank you for you speedy reply to my question below. Just for your information I live in the London/Surrey so if you could recommend anyone specifically for my more complicated case of malocclusion that would be very helpful. About a year and a half ago I had 4 large ceramic inlays and a new cro...

What please is the correct position of the teeth when the mouth is closed? Do the lower ones have to touch the upper teeth slightly or should they be separate.  I really wonder about this - thank you.

Hi, I am a 27 year old woman who has had extensive work as a child including a bridge fitted on my front tooth. As I grew older I have become very aware that my mouth does not close naturally and my teeth/bite stick out. Does this sound correctable? I'm a bit scared of dentists!Can you help advise me as to the next step?Many thanks.

Both my two top front teeth were crowned approx. 12 years ago.  During the last 8 months, one of them apears to be 'rotating' and sticking out a little and it is uncomfortable to bite - apart from that it isn't very sightly.  My dentists has told me this is because I grind my teeth but I am not aware that I do.  Have you any suggestions and/or recommendations.  Many thanks

Hi, just recently in the past month my teeth have, well in words, they have like broken e.g bits of my teeth are breaking away, hence leaving me with chipped teeth,  I'm in no pain but can't understand why they breaking like this its starting to worry me.

Hi, I am a 27 year old woman who has had extensive work as a child including a bridge fitted on my front tooth. As I grew older I have become very aware that my mouth does not close naturally and my teeth/bite stick out. Does this sound correctable? I'm a bit scared of dentists!Can you help advise me as to the next step?Many thanks.