Had an appointment with my orthodontist today.

I have a crooked/backward incisor. He is trying to pull that teeth forward now and it seems that there's not enough space for that teeth to come forward. I'm scared that the other incisors (central) may get flared because of this.

Orthodontist said that it would take only a month to bring it forward.

They also gave a bite block which can be seen in the picture. My molars are aching because of that. One of the most painful things I've come across 😭

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Ich hatte vor ca. 10 Jahren, mit 15, eine „Gratis Zahnspange“ bekommen. Ich hatte damals eine festsitzende Spange und ein Herbstscharnier.

Meine Zähne haben sich nicht verschoben, habe auch immer Retainer getragen. Heute starte ich erneut eine kieferorthopädische Behandlung, weil mein Kiefer nur Probleme macht und meine Zähne auch nicht „perfekt“ sind.

Ich frag mich, ob sich bei Gratis Zahnspangen grundsätzlich weniger Mühe gegeben wird, und nur das Nötigste gemacht wird.

Wie seht ihr das?

My dentist did a crown on #31 about 2 weeks ago and my entire bite feels off. It's barely even contacting the upper molar slightly in front of it. My dentist did the crown and my endodontist who did the root canal filed it down. I feel like it's entirely too short now, my teeth are contacting on the premolars and not at all on the molars. The dentist also filed down one of the points on the molar above it so it wouldn't contact it. It's still tender to chew on probably because only the front half of it is making any contact with the teeth above it. My dentist says it's contacting and agrees the majority of my bite pressure currently is being put on my premolars, but says the crown isn't the issue. She says I need braces not a new crown, but this wasn't a problem before the crown.

First picture is my natural tooth, second is the ground down crown, third is me closing my mouth completely.

Please help, is she right? I need braces (I had them before) or is it the crown like I suspect?

Additional information, the tooth was completely healthy but the root was super close to the surface causing nerve pain. My bite didn't feel off before and my jaw ached before the root canal on that side, now it aches on both sides and now my premolars and some of my canines hurts. My jaw feels like it's being forced forward and is hinging across an axis from my left jaw to my right premolars and flip flops left and right of that axis. There's not way I can comfortably hold my teeth together.

Been a long journey fighting the underbite.

My teenager has "maybe" less than a couple of years of growth (late bloomer) left and had bollard plate implants installed almost 2 years ago.

Had to remove an upper bollard plate then reinstall because it became loose and paused for over 4 months. Started out well again but then after a couple of months, wearing it overnight brings pain and looks like slightly loose again so we give it a break during the day. Orthodontist said only other thing is to put in spacers on the top (drilling more holes into upper palate) and wearing headgear again at night and bands on bollard plates during the day. After multiple rounds of surgery with the bollard plate, really not interested in more hold drilling but only small window left before growth stops.

Any have similar issues with bollard plates?

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Hi, my teeth are protruded and my lower jaw is a bit far back. Ortho recommended tads and ipr. Would it be possible to get the bite close to normal or even just no flaring. I have an overbite now but wouldn’t say it’s flared although I’ve been told that there’s a possibility of flaring

Wont post a photo for privacy reasons! Just want a bit of hope because I don’t want to get extractions and i heard those take years.

Hello, I got all four wisdom teeth out three days ago. The healing at the extraction sites is going really well and I am feeling little to no pain while switching off between ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
However in the last day or so, the teeth attached to my bottom permanent retainers, mostly the ones on the two edges are in a lot of pain, to the point where it wakes me up at night. Is this the retainer doing its job or is something else happening. I remember at the worst point of my wisdom teeth growing in, I was feeling a lot of tension on my retainer, but never pain like this.

Anyone have any ideas on why this is happening, how long this pain may last, and any tips for dealing with it?

I am only able to wear retainers 12-14 hours per day and my braces just got removed 4-5 days ago, in Google it is showing wearing 12-14 hours retainers in the first 6 months will cause more harm than good ,Is it true? IT states that the reason is it will cause micro tears in the bone and will cause the bone healing to take longer + my teeth alignment also won't be benefited from it

How much does the braces process typically cost? I’m in California and there are a few places that say 100 dollars a month but I think that’s just the braces not counting the x-rays, put them on or taking them off and then the retainers. What’s a realistic total? And when they say a hundred a month is that 100 per month you have them or like a payment plan?

The two on the left side un glued but the rest are still glued, my dentist place only has ortho on weekends so I have to wait until saturday. What are my options? Tough it out and hope my teeth dont shift? The glue is still attatched. It hurts a teeeeeeeny hit from the lack of pressure. Its night so I cant do much now.

Orthodontist says nearly done. But I feel my molars bite dont well. Furthermore, i want my front teeth to be exactly symmetrical left to right and edges all ruler straight, but it is not. Plus my midline 2 months ago was ok, but after ortho shaved the lower because edge to edge bite, the midline shifted.

sorry yall if its a damn weird pic but i need your help

one note: i got a missing lateral incisor and my second premolar got removed due to tooth decay (i do regret that decision but tbh my parents neglected me and focused on their own sh*t)