False teeth or braces? Under 16?

Saturday, January 29, 2011

My teeth aren't in line and I have an over bite. Is it possible for a dentist to remove all of my teeth and replace them with fake ones to make them straight? I could get braces im 15 years old but if i dont like them would it be my decision to have them taken off or my parents decision? Im in the UK. i know that dental care is free under 16 so braces would be free for me but would the whole false teeth thing be free too? x
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Go to your dentist and ask about the braces as soon as you can. It is normal to have a slight over bite, no anterior teeth should be edge to edge but our teeth are all different. A brace will move your teeth to a acceptable position, a orthodontist will decide what the best course of action is required to give you the cosmetic modern smile every one seems to crave! You may get part of your wish and need one or two teeth removed to make more room to move you teeth but this will be down to the orthodontist to decide. As far as having all your teeth teeth removed, any Dentist that is worth his registration with the GDC wouldn't do it! Do you have any idea what you would let yourself in for if you had all your teeth removed? The pain and the total loss of support for your face muscles would be unbelievable! I make Dentures (Prosthesis) in a Lab and you do not want to have to wear them. Once you have the natural teeth pulled out the bones starts to resorbe and being so young you would have no ridges by the time you were 40! The dentures would not have any cohesion (stick) this is gradually lost as the ridges under the gum shrink into nothingness. The gums become flabby soft tissue and your dentures move when you talk and eat. I suggest you opt for the braces and look after your teeth,
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