By Orthodontics Editor, on October 14th, 2009
I am doing a project in school about the job of your dreams and i’m intrested in becoming a dentist- well actually an orthodontist. I have found out that you need to go to university to become a dentist before you can take a college course on orthodontics but i’m not sure how many years of university do you need to become a dentist. what about an orthodontist?
By Orthodontics Editor, on July 29th, 2009
i should start off by specifying that i dont have money for any orthodontics. my insurance is bare minimum and i simply dont have the money for short term braces or invisalign.
when i wa 15 i got my braces off. i wore my retainer until my doctor told me i didnt need to anymore about a year later.
its been five years now, and i have small spaces in the top of the front of my smile. they really arent bad at all,
my retainer still fits, just with a gap between my teeth and the plastic, but i can get it on. im wondering if i wear it how it would take me to get back to normal.?
i know that its different for everyone and without seeing no one can be sure, but there are relatively small spaces and im simply asking for an educated guess.
im also asking if anyone advises me not to do this seeing as its been about 4 years since i had it in last? theres a decent amount of space between my top and botom teeth. my bottom retainer still fits perfectly with no gaps.
thanks guys!
By Orthodontics Editor, on July 15th, 2009
My teeth are really tight in them because they’ve moved a little bit, not much though. what happened was, I started noticing that I was getting this tiny bit of a gap in between my front teeth so i thought if I started using my retainer again all the time my teeth would move back (it’s an invisalign thing thats molded)… anyways, I hate taking it out now to eat and stuff because it hurts since my teeth are moving back in place, but I was wondering how long will it take to actually move back so that I can just wear it at night?
and by the way, lesson learned: listen to your orthodontist.
By Orthodontics Editor, on July 4th, 2009
i have been weraing my retainer but my mom and i think that he wasn’t all we thought he was. my bottom teeth are more crowded and the two teeth right next to the middle ones are pushing back. if i were to get invisalign what are the chances of my insurance covering most or all of the costs since my first orthodontist didn’t do a good job?
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Orthodontics Defined Orthodontics may be the specialty of dentistry that's concerned using the study and treatment of malocclusion (improper bites), which may be a result of tooth irregularity, disproportionate jaw relationships, or both. Orthodontic therapy can focus on dental displacement only, or can deal using the control and modification of facial growth. In the latter case it is better defined as "dentofacial orthopedics". Orthodontic therapy can be carried out for purely aesthetic reasons with regards to improving the general appearance of patients' teeth. Nevertheless, you will find orthodontists who work on reconstructing the whole face rather than focusing exclusively on teeth. Therapy is also frequently prescribed for practical reasons for example providing the patient having a functionally improved bite (occlusion).
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