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Visitor asks:
Dear Dr Rotar!
My problem is the following... Since childhood my upper teeth have been very widely spaced, so I have about a 3 mm gap between the front teeth and also 5-6 mm between the back teeth. This did not bother me until I decided that I might get fixed braces... Now I would like to know whether you could help me with my decision and whether this is possible at all, because I know many people who had fixed braces but all of them had teeth overlapping one another. Mine are the opposite: my teeth are very widely spaced and are not all the same size (I think tooth 4 is very small and I am worried about how things will look when all the teeth are brought together)... I would also like to know whether my teeth have to be "healthy" before treatment by the chosen orthodontist, or whether a filling can be placed if necessary, and whether I also need panoramic X-rays of the teeth? What do you think about pregnancy and wearing fixed braces? I would have all this done abroad (because it is less expensive than here), so I would also like your professional opinion about that.
Thank you in advance for your answer.
Kind regards
Dentist Tomaž Rotar answers:
Dear Sir/Madam!
Orthodontic therapy is certainly the first treatment of choice for the condition described. The specialist will want the dentition to be in good order and treated before therapy begins. Pregnancy does not affect orthodontic therapy.
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