Are you tired of looking at a gap between your teeth? Do you find it causes you to whistle or that it’s interfering with your bite? We may be able to help at Ardas Family Dental in Parker, Colorado. Besides working closely with orthodontists and oral surgeons, we can help determine what is causing a gap and which treatments are appropriate. Some require more significant interventions than others.
The skull bones do not fully solidify until a person is in their adolescence, and before that, their teeth may migrate quite a bit. If a child sucks their thumb, this can cause an overbite and a diastema, which is the formal name for a gap between teeth. The same thing could happen if they thrust their tongue forward when they swallow. In these cases, traditional braces or aligners may close the gap, but the patient may need psychological counseling or treatment from an ear-nose-and-throat doctor to stop the behavior that created it.
In rare cases, a gap may form partially because a person has an overly large or tight labial frenum, which is the strip of tissue connecting the inside of the upper lip to the maxilla. One solution is to surgically reduce the frenum after orthodontic treatment. A person’s teeth may also simply be small for the amount of space in their upper jaw, or they may migrate slightly in adulthood after completing orthodontic therapy. When the gap is small, me may be able to close it just by using veneers.
Dr. Roopi Kattaura operates Ardas Family Dental at 10233 S Parker Rd, Suite 205, Parker, Colorado. Call 720-459-8420 or visit Ardas Family Dental and fill out a contact sheet.
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