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Our philosophy is to help our patients achieve and maintain exceptional dental health. We work hard to make sure that our level of care is deserving of our patients’ respect and confidence. Our tradition of preventive dentistry is the basis for all service and care in our practice. We welcome all questions and comments regarding dentistry in the hope that we increase your dental "IQ" and help you make better dental health decisions.Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Sideways Teeth
Q: I have two teeth in the front coming in sideways. The dentist told us that if we didnt take care of the teeth they would come out behind my front teeth. He said we should hook small chains to the teeth and attach them to braces so that they will slowly come down. I wanted to know if you knew any other way to fix these teeth. Would there be a way I can just have surgury to take them out and stitch them in place?
A: Your dentist is right, you should do something about those two anterior teeth. It sounds to me that they may be your cuspids (eye teeth). These are considered the corner stones of your mouth. Should you remove these, sometimes the other teeth will collapse in the area where these teeth should have been. You should definitely try and have these teeth orthodontically repositioned. If you just leave them there, they may damage the roots of your other teeth. You can't have them surgically removed and then stitched them into place,you would damage the tooth's nerve which would cause the tooth to die. Should you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to call us at: 888.790.0309.
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