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Article #41Re: Cross bite
From: David Dodell
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:13
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:13
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hougen@focus.csl.uiuc.edu (Darrell Roy Hougen) writes:
> My upper teeth are inside my lower teeth, ie., I have a cross bite
> problem. It appears to me that the problem would be corrected if the
> upper teeth were moved forward about 1/4 inch. I have talked to a
> couple dentists and they recommended oral surgery to correct the
> problem. However, its not worth it to me to have surgery. What I'm
> wondering is whether it is possible to correct the problem with braces
> possibly including an external appliance to be worn at night. A
> potential problem is that I am already 28 so it may be hard to move
> the teeth. Any comments.
Ask an orthodontist.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!tcsi.com!iat.holonet.net!news.cerf.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ennews!stat!david From: david@stat.com (David Dodell) Newsgroups: sci.med.dentistry Subject: Re: Cross bite Keywords: cross bite Message-ID: <L56ZXB4w165w@stat.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 14:13:08 MST References: <1k3u9fINNem1@roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: david@stat.com (David Dodell) Distribution: world Organization: Stat Gateway Service, WB7TPY Lines: 18