Tuesday, March 16, 2010

I didnt wear a retainer..now it's 4 years later!..It's worth asking:?

When I was in sixth grade I got braces and had them taken off my sophomore year of high school (so 4 years)..I broke the retained about a week later and never went back to get it fixed. I know, a horrible thing to do after spending so much $$$ on my teeth..





Anyways, my teeth are fine, all in allignment but not as straight (obviously) as when I got the braces taken off. It's been about 4 years...It's noticeable enough that it bothers me..Not really anyone around me, no one has even mentioned it, but pictures look way different, and Im not as confident as I was years ago- about :) 'ing.





If I used something like invisaline, do you think it would help me achieve that perfect smile? Or even a new fitting for a retainer that could shift my teeth slightly?(haha..is that possible)

I didnt wear a retainer..now it's 4 years later!..It's worth asking:?
Invisalign would be perfect for "tweaking" your smile back to perfect. You will still have to wear a retainer at night after your treatment is complete.
Reply:I had my braces taken off 4-20-2004 and they gave me Invisaline retainers afterwards. I use them occasionally, but my teeth are pretty much going back in their crooked alignment (sans the four teeth that were pulled prior to the braces.) I've been wondering about this too, because I was the PERFECT patient, but when I got my retainers... it all kinda went to nothing.





The Invisaligns stain with ANYTHING... especially if you smoke or drink cola/dark drinks. Mine are cloudy, ugly, and I'd rather not wear them. So, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone no matter their lifestyle.





I'd love to see how your teeth turn out, because I need to get mine re-aligned.
Reply:get invisalign
Reply:no i disagree with you on this one pal...you have a great smile and you know that...i feel every person is self conscious about something whether their appearance whether their mental ability. anyways be happy yours is on the outside..its much more honest and you get what you see sort of deal.. and dont let no one ever tell you else wise especially yourself..i know its a war with the mirror in the morning haha...and i wish i knew something about braces and what works and what not. anyhows best wishes as always pal...



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Tooth Extraction?

I recently had a tooth extracted and I was wondering if it is healing right. Are there and good web sites out that will show pictures for examples. I want to know if it looks normal.

Tooth Extraction?
WELL YOU CAN GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN IMAGES OF HEALING SOCKET AFTER TOOTH EXTRACTION, YOU WILL GET SOME LINKS, BUT THERE ARE NOT REALLY ANY GOOD PICS. USUALLY YOU WILL SEE THAT TEH HOLE STARTS TO CLSOE FROM OUT IN, AND THE GUM COLOR NORMALIZES AFTER A FEW DAYS FROM DARK PINK TO LIGHT PINK, NO PUS SHOULD COME OUT FROM THE SOCKET AFTER 4 DAYS OR SO.
Reply:if the put in stitches they should be coming out soon however it took mine like 2 weeks for me to start healing when i had a wisdom tooth pulled. it should look a little white not alot but a little and you should stay away from foods that clump up like rice.



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How do you convince a 7 y/o to stop thumb sucking?

My daughter was already a thumb sucker in the womb.... I have the ultrasound pictures to prove it! She is now 7 and still does it. We've discussed with our doctor ways to help her to quit, we've tried all the old fashioned "remedies", tried reward/punishment system..... yes, we've tried pepper, hot oil, gloves, the stuff to make you quit biting your nails, the stuff to make you throw up..... everything. She has almost completely ruined the nail bed on that one thumb. (She will ONLY suck the right one) She has also caused her teeth to raise and create a "hole" when her mouth is closed. She's now lost one of those top front baby teeth and I'm afraid that she will ruin her "good" teeth when they begin coming in.





We've asked her about her thumb sucking and she pretty much has convinced us that it is a security thing... Like a blanket or favorite doll or something.





How can we help her feel safe and secure with out thumb sucking? HELP!!!!

How do you convince a 7 y/o to stop thumb sucking?
i too have a 7 year old girl who sucks her two fingers on the right hand and she says she just cant help it. she does it when she sleeps and is bored. your right about the teeth thing. her permanent front two teeth are bucked out cause of it and now she will need braces when older. we tried all the remedies too even putting a glove on her hand and offering a toy or out somewhere of her choice and she just cant stop. i was told patience is a virtue but it drives me insane and she knows it. nail polish works for a short time if you want to try that. good luck and let me know if you find a solution. cause i would love to hear it!
Reply:Ask her if she wants to be a "big girl" and explain that "big girls" don't suck their thumb. You don't have to do this in a demeaning way, just try to show her the ups to being "grown up" (because we all know how much they want to be grown up). Try teaching her about courage to help break the security thing. Best of luck!
Reply:Tell the child that if you don't stop sucking your thumb, you will have to get it cut off because your spit has acids in it, and it will eventually begin to eat away the skin on the thumb. Thus, amputation. I hope this helps!
Reply:dip her thumb in hot sauce everyday i don't think she will be sucking her thumb anymore.........unless she wipes it off or washes it.
Reply:Try big ole bulky gloves, sounds silly but she want be able to suck on her thumb. Just make sure that she cant get them off. Good luck
Reply:My brother had tusi problem also so we went to a dentist and he out in a thing on the roof of your mouth that did not allow your thumb to go in so that made him stop and hes never done it since and now hes 9 so for two years Good luck i would suggest going to the dentist
Reply:Sounds like you have tried my suggestions already. We use to put nasty stuff on my little sisters thumbs like you did. We also use to tell them nobody is going to want to hold their hands, big girls don't suck their finger, and anytime we saw them we'd yank it out. They eventually stopped.
Reply:There shouldn't be a punishment or a reward for her thumb sucking. She's doing it because she's insecure. It's not her fault, therefore she shouldn't be punished or rewarded for it.





Don't bring up the thumbsucking. Just sit down with her and ask her "is there anything bothering you or something you'd like to talk about?" Figure out what she's insecure about, and go from there. Once she feels secure, she'll stop sucking her thumb.
Reply:Well, I am going to go in a different direction. Take her to a dentist - she is old enough to understand and kids tend to really listen to a doctor, tend to ignore Mom %26amp; Dad. Pediatric Dentists have so many different things now. Good luck!
Reply:If the traditional methods haven't worked you may just have to wait until her peers make such fun of her for still being a baby that she'll stop on her own.





If it is a security thing, see if you can find something to replace the thumb sucking - a worry stone, bangle bracelet, whatever.
Reply:the dentist can install a sort of extra tooth retainer in the child's mouth to discourage it it worked for my friends little girl it was like shed bite her thumb if she sucked on it with it in go see the dentist not the Dr
Reply:I sucked my thumb till I was in 4th grade. But it was to go to sleep at that point-not all the time. I really needed braces because of it so my mom put a "cage" in my mouth. Some kind of pronged orthodonic thing. They probly dont use them anymore. But it worked. I only got half of my thumb in my mouth! and then I gave up. I also had a blanket and grew out of the thumb and went to the blanket.
Reply:she didn't use a pacifer while being a baby right?





Ask your dentist there's a teeth device that prevents kids from getting their thumbs on their mouth.
Reply:It is NATURAL for a child to loose their baby teeth baby teeth aren't permanent, she will be loosing ALL of them eventually. As for the formation of her mouth, that is caused by GENTICS not her thumb sucking. Leave her alone and let her have her security.
Reply:I think going online and looking up images of teeth that have grown in crookedly and show her that if she cant stop then her teeth will look as bad as the pictures. good luck!
Reply:When i was little I sucked my thumb until I was 10, and I would have kept going but my parents put this "thumb paint" on it. You can buy it but I don't know the specific name. Its called thumb paint though
Reply:My sister in law has a teenager that still sucks her thumb at night. She was taken to the dentist and he gave her a special mouth guard to wear that make it impossible to do. Over time hopefully it will break the habit.



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Drugs? i want to know what you think?

arent people scared of what people are going to look like when they get older? like come on people have you ever sean what a meth person looks like first they look ok in a mounth but in two mounths they have scars and there face is mest up and they end up looking crazy dont you think that is sad? i do and iam onely 15 years old and i watch on tv about this stuff and the pictures i have sean are hard to look at this is know joke!!! this is searoice that horrabale things happen to people like when you look in the mimoure you dont see your self you see a monster and you end up saying what happend and this is true to ypur teeth dont you know that your teeth will rout and fall out and the dentis has to pull the decay tooth out that is dusting dont you think?

Drugs? i want to know what you think?
It is serious and it is sa, but at the same time, those people are doing that to themselves. If they really want to stop they can get the help they need to do it. Just let that be a lesson learned on your part to never do drugs.
Reply:Look at Kieth Richards from the Rolling Stones. He would be the perfect poster boy for just say no
Reply:Good Lord, hon! You are 15 and your spelling and grammar are that BAD!! Stay away from drugs at all costs! And, in your case, ask for remedial help with your English skills.
Reply:THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER DO DRUGS . THAT'S GOOD YOU THINK LIKE THAT YOUR PARENTS SHOULD BE PROUD
Reply:I appreciate your concern and look very much grown up for your age. The improvement in spelling will mature you further when you know the difference in fowl and foul. Keep up the zest dear kid. Happy learning!



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Do i need to get braces?

Hey guys,


i am thinking of getting braces soon, but i am not sure if i need one. I am posting my pic. Can someone please tell me if i really need a braces?


Also, i have been told to remove 2 teeth from top and 2 from the bottom in order to push my teeth in. Is this normal removing teeth? Is there a big difference with the quality of orthodontists' work? I am asking this question since the first place i went quoted me $8375 but the 2nd place quoted me $6000. I live in montreal by the way.





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thank you.

Do i need to get braces?
The call is yours to make, all according to how much straight teeth mean to you. I did get braces, but my teeth were way bad lot worse than yours. And I did have to have two teeth on top and two on bottom removed to have them straightened. It hurt very much every month going to get them tightened again. And it also hurts because of the wires next to your gums. But if I had it to do over again I would. I love the way my teeth look now.
Reply:yes
Reply:yes you could use braces.


but if you like your teeth then there's no need :]
Reply:It depends on the kind of work you are doing, for some types of work, appearances are not very important



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How honest are you?

Lets have a brief description of how you look visually - be honest - warts and all if you have them! Its nice to be able to picture someone your speaking to and sometimes you get it right. Lets see how this works out? I'm five foot three tall, size fourteen, blonde bob which really is grey but for the salon colour, green eyes and good teeth - no warts (had two removed last year) and at 56 most of the avatars pictures are too young for me and my daughter is trying to find a pic of an old bat! Grrrrrr!

How honest are you?
I'm going to be very honest


I'm 5'11, size 14, blonde hair (natural) in a short bob, my bum is way too big since having my daughter but i can't be bothered to exercise, used to be a slim size 12 but ate too much when i was pregnant and still haven't lost my baby weight, feel very unattractive and have no self confidence but my little girl and my partner love me regardless so it doesn't really matter!
Reply:Very honest
Reply:well yes i am very honest
Reply:I am 97% honest.
Reply:I'm honest (but how do you know I'm not lying?)
Reply:ok. i really do have red hair (but it's out of a bottle), i wear glasses (which i left off my avatar on purpose), i have blue eyes, and i'm dismally short!
Reply:I am same age dark brown hair not enough grey to warrant a colour (yet) vastly overweight (I am doing something about it) good teeth (thanks to my mum giving me free milk and vitamins in th 50s) lotts of laughter lines (due to having a fine outlook on life and being lucky enough to have had a lot of joy with my lot)my avatar is more like me 5-10 years ago but hey so is my passport photo its still me and I have always thought its what on the inside that matters
Reply:I'm 5 foot 5", my hair is actually blonde just now although it does change a lot! I wear glasses and am of average build (size 12) bit a button nose and big eyes. 24 years old.
Reply:I am 63 - have my own teeth - hair is dark bobbed (bottle) grey eyes - bit overweight really - good complexion - apparently look younger than I am and have young voice, no warts - short - yes avatars are too young for me as well - walk with a limp at the present time due to an accident - hospital apt at end of month to see if operation is needed.
Reply:how honest are you
Reply:This above all:





"to thine own-self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then, be false to any man.”
Reply:To be honest, I am very honest
Reply:lol...yeah they should update the avatars...they are all to lookey-likey which is why i use my own photo!


Anyhoo im really honest! Im 24 (25 in may-grrr), 5ft 8, size 12-14 (uk) as well so curvy! and thats my face so thats what i look like!
Reply:Yes I am honest, I'm 5ft 2 a size 8 to10 and was 50 on the 3rd of this month, I have bottle blond hair medium length that I put back over my ears, hair was jet black only started to go grey at 15 had streaks only that was torture so all blond now. My eyes are bright green and I have good teeth, my skin is fine I go on a sunbed twice a weeks for 6 mins my GP says fine as long as it is no more, not for a tan as I do cover my face a lot only it helps with severe arthritis in the right side of my face and my knees. I have a few health problems and am thankful each morning that I wake and am OK. I have wrinkles, some say I don't look my age, I feel it. I have pics on my 360. In the summer and this IS the truth I get lots of beeps from cars from the back but very few from the front. I would do anyone a good deed and am very caring, I'm a bad liar so I don't tell them.
Reply:Er, 5ft 4, size 12 (with a very large bump at the moment - his name is Caleb lol). Blonde, midlength hair, champagne blonde - natural so very lucky!! Green/grey eyes, teeth are OK I suppose, nothing to moan about. Erm....also no warts :-S lol.





I did have my pic up, but the wee man deserved his turn to be famous!!
Reply:Totally honest.
Reply:I'm very honest!


I'm 21, 5ft7 size 8/10, I have longish dark hair and blue eyes


lol no warts on me either!





I do use my picure as my avatar sometimes
Reply:I think youre being too honest Helen S .................(shudders)
Reply:I'm 63 short fat and a helluva tap dancer..
Reply:lmao Helen you do not get much more honest than that, Definately worthy of a star.





I try to be as honest as I can, say what I think and if people do not like it oh well such is life





Re the avator thing I agree, thats why for me its Calvin and Hobbes all the way
Reply:I'm honest i go to high school love a guy in ma class i have NEVER permanently colored my hair (Only spray in wash out that day hairspray). I love Zac in ma class.. I have moved 3 times. I have moved school 4 times and ma favorite subject at school is SOSE. I love sci-fiction mainly firefly,stargate SG1 and Atlantis and farscape. and ma favorite actor is Claudia Black. and lots lots more to much to list
Reply:37, over weight (though working on it), I have a haircut that makes me look like a Nazi football hooligan. I am 6ft tall.





I smoke which means that I also smell of cigarette smoke. I have hazel eyes, and not bad skin.
Reply:i'm 5' 7", size 12, blonde flicky out hair (like my avatar) - but i am around 30yrs older than my avatar. my boobs are great though...i had cosmetic surgery on them..so thats the best part of my 50yr old body!. lol!
Reply:I am very honest. Honesty is the best policy.
Reply:Hi Helen S. I'm 48, 5'9 1/2" tall. I am a size 16. (US system) I have blonde hair, green eyes. Yes I have some gray also, which I keep highlighted. No warts, but a few freckles on my arms and legs, nothing too bad. My teeth are pearly white, and yes they are my natural ones...lol. I'm sure I look a little older than my avatar also, but thank goodness I don't look like an old woman...yet. LOL


The eye shapes and the hair resemble me closely.
Reply:I have just turned 51,curly hair, going grey around the temples, decided to let it grow after years of it being very short. Truth be told, I met my brother who used to call me names because of my hair, and he is as bald as a coot!!. Who said there is no God!.


I have a goatee beard, still blond, very good skin and look younger than my years. Never smoked or sunbathed. Front tooth missing because I hit a steering wheel in a car accident and cannot find a NHS dentist in my area for love nor money.
Reply:very and has been my down fall
Reply:Red curly hair and green eyes. I'm 5'3".
Reply:very honest.. i admit to this, i lie everyday
Reply:im 44,blonde blue eyes,5ft4 an swear by oil of ulay lol
Reply:Silver hair, I'm 53, and am 5'4" tall, size 8, green eyes.





I vote for more avatar options how about you, Helen. And if Helen is your real name, that is one of the prettiest names there ever was. (..and I am being honest! lol)From the 50's on back it was popular, but seems since the 60's on it became less popular.



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Is the composite resin used in dental bonding the same with the white fillings?

also, does bonded teeth look fake? i mean, can you tell the real teeth and the bonded part? it looks too good to be true in before and after pictures.

Is the composite resin used in dental bonding the same with the white fillings?
yes, it is the same, and no you shouldn't be able to tell. the only ways that you would know is if the dentist selected the wrong shade or they do a really shotty job. also if you are a heavy coffee drinker or a smoker, your "normal" part of your tooth will yellow and the bonding will stay the lighter color. also, if you whiten your teeth the bonding will not change color.
Reply:yes
Reply:There are several kinds of white fillings.





Composite fillings are also known as resin and/or plastic


This is the most common meaning of "white filling"





White fillings always look great going in and when done correctly in a dry field using the right materials are a fine solution for restoring a tooth. They do fail, everything we place has the potential for failure. When they fail it is usually noticable right away in the front of the mouth. When done in the back problems tend to get worse before they are caught so the failures tend to be more devastating to the patients pocket book and tooth.





There are also glass Ionomers and porcelain inlays.





good luck
Reply:yes



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