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Dr. Malone, I have a gap in my two front teeth in the top of my mouth. I want to close it but I don’t want braces. Are there any other methods I can use? – Ashley from Alabama Ashley, There are several ways to close a gap between your two upper front teeth, and…

My 15-year-old daughter is missing her upper eyetooth. She had braces and after the braces came off, she had a retainer to wear during the day that had a fake tooth on it, along with a retainer to wear at night that did not have a fake tooth. She developed a reaction to the retainer,…

I have several old large silver fillings that are not bothering me but my dentist feels they all need crowned is this reasonable? – Karen in Tennessee Karen, Yes, this sounds reasonable. Once a large silver amalgam filling has been in your mouth for a number of years, it begins to break down. It’s reasonable to…

After a 2 month long ordeal with getting my lumineers and then having them redone due to pain and the color from one Lumineer to the next being greatly different, I was flossing as directed last Friday and the top of one lumineer cracked off. Then today, having my Mother’s Day lunch, Another Lumineer cracked…