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I’ve had three sets of braces in my lifetime and I’m getting sick of it. No matter what I do, my gap in my front teeth keeps returning. My dentist is suggesting that I get porcelain veneers. He said I can get two veneers on my front teeth to close the gap. If I do that, will it really fix it? Like for good?<\/p>\n

Lainey<\/p>\n

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Dear Lainey,<\/p>\n

\"Invisalign<\/p>\n

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While porcelain veneers won’t close the gap, they could make the\u00a0 gap look closed. The benefit of porcelain veneers<\/a> is that they can change anything about your smile, including the same, size, and color of your teeth.<\/p>\n

This is an advanced cosmetic procedure. I would only allow an expert cosmetic dentist to do this. It would be a challenging case and you don’t want end up as another cosmetic dentistry horror story.\u00a0 If you go that direction, I would get an AACD accredited dentist<\/a> to do the work.<\/p>\n

You could also try closing the gap with Invisalign<\/a>. This doesn’t use metal wires and brackets the way traditional braces do. Instead, it uses clear aligners to straighten your teeth. Once the gap is closed again then you need to wear a retainer at night to keep it closed. This helps mitigate adult tooth movement.<\/p>\n

You may not have to wear it forever. After a month or so, check it to see if your teeth are staying in place. You do that be leaving it out for a couple of days. If it goes back in easily. Leave it out some more, but keep checking it.<\/p>\n

If it is a little tight going back in, then you’ve had some movement and you’ll need to keep wearing the retainer. You can either wear the provided aligner every night or your dentist can provide you with a splint retainer that attaches to the back of your teeth and will be on there permanently.<\/p>\n

This blog is brought to you by family friendly dentists in\u00a0 Lafayette<\/a> Drs. Foreman and Thimmesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve had three sets of braces in my lifetime and I’m getting sick of it. No matter what I do, my gap in my front teeth keeps returning. My dentist is suggesting that I get porcelain veneers. He said I can get two veneers on my front teeth to close the gap. 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