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Date Posted: 14:06:58 08/17/04 Tue
In reply to: Dea 's message, "But..." on 13:40:49 08/17/04 Tue
 If the teeth are wider at the top you are a PERFECT candiate for reprox. That is when it works best (to close black triangles)

THe gum may come back some on its owntoo which is a nice bonus

>>Sometimes the pressure of the braces will increase
>the black triangles until they are too large to
>slenderize the teeth and push them together. I have 4
>on top and 6 on the bottom, which I hate. The ortho
>says the gum should fill in at least some and I pray
>every day that it will. I have been debanded and in
>retainers 4 weeks. Apparently the reason is that my
>teeth are more-than-usually wedge-shaped, wider at the
>top, and when they are lined up (and especially if the
>gum compresses from the pressure) the triagles at the
>gumline open. Distressing.
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After braces, though?Pamela07:32:13 08/19/04 Thu

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