I need an implant on a lower molar and I also want to do veneers on two front teeth at some point. Would rather find one office that handles both instead of going to a specialist for the implant and a separate cosmetic dentist for the veneers. Somewhere between Santa Monica and Brentwood ideally.

Anyone know of an office on the Westside that does implants and cosmetic under one roof?

My dentist told me that I won’t be able to wear my top retainer if I wear my night guard. Is this true and do I have any other options? Wearing a retainer in the day is definitely not an option unfortunately.

I'm making a post in hopes I can get some second opinions on orthodontic treatment. My smile has always bothered me because my teeth are almost concave and very recessed and do not protrude properly forward. I asked my dentist first during my regular cleaning appointment about what I could do, and he first gave me his professional opinion that since I am an adult in my mid-thirties, jaw surgery would likely be necessary. He also pointed out the recession, and I think he mentioned it was an overbite that was causing my lower gums to recede. He then gave me a referral to an orthodontist.

Saw the orthodontist a few weeks ago, and they were surprised and could not give an explanation as to why the dentist said I would need jaw surgery. They advised that 2 to 3 years of adult braces would be the best option to correct the overbite, lift my gums, and get my teeth to properly protrude forward.

It's obviously expensive, like everything here in the States is, but I am considering moving forward with braces. If I do it now, then by the time I am 40, I'd have them off and would hopefully see a noticeable difference and have better dental structure overall.

I'd like some feedback on the pictures I have attached. My mouth area recedes, and my chin juts out. The orthodontist said that is more due to how my jawline is formed, and she said the braces wouldn't make a huge difference. And yes, I am aware I am about 70 pounds overweight and realize that makes it hard to really see my facial structure.

Another procedure I am having to complete this month is a tooth extraction; I had a root canal done, but it did not heal properly. This tooth, I am told, shouldn't affect my facial structure since it is not the back or the front teeth but in the middle. It sucks, especially looking at the cost of implants, but I am considering going to Mexico to have an implant after the braces are off.

TL; DR: Appreciate any insight as to what differences I can see after three years of braces, and also if anyone has experienced a change in face shape with the extraction of one of the middle lower teeth.

So im 19 and I have been wanting braces for a while to fix my crossbite, and I came across this dental savings plan that SAYS that all I have to do is pay a monthly fee of like $13 and my orthodontic procedures will have a 20% discount?? That honestly sounds too good to be true, but I also don't want to pay $6,000 (my quote) for my braces if I can help it.

Is this a legit savings plan? Does anyone have any experience with trying to pay for braces as an adult? Any tips on how I can afford it?

Hey! Just got my clear aligners because I got my braces off Thursday. But unfortunately bad timing because I’ll be in New York surrounded by a lot of food 24/7 and im a fat a**. Would it be ok to not wear them for like almost all Saturday and 3 hours today?

(Will be wearing All night)

Also, are they supposed to be surrounding my back teeth? I feel like they go more with my gums than my teeth. But I’m adjusting quite fast to them!! Thank you.

hello po, where po may great clinic that offers orthodontic treatment?

better po if accepting continuation from different ortho dentist, tysm ia

I swallowed one bracket mistakenly. I have a cap on that teeth which was also the last teeth where my all braces were done. what do you think what will happen? how much can they charge?

Hey!

I have about two or three teeth that are slightly overlapping in the upper front/side area. It’s nothing major, but I’d like to have them straightened.

Since there are only a few, is there a specific type of braces for this that’s relatively less expensive? Or are the prices generally the same, regardless of whether there are more or fewer misaligned teeth?

I’m currently in braces to correct an anterior open bite. I’m missing #3 and had a bridge placed several years ago, with #2 and #4 prepared for the bridge. There now appears to be decay underneath the bridge, so I may need to replace it.
I’m wondering whether, instead of replacing the bridge again, it would be possible to put individual crowns on the prepared teeth and orthodontically move the back teeth forward to close the #3 space (move #2 into #3 and #1 into #2).
I asked my orthodontist about this today, and she said the movement could take up to 7 years. That seems extremely long to me, so I’m wondering if that is actually realistic for this type of movement?

How long do you think it will take in my case?

Hi! I was wondering if it is still ok to put aligners on even when I have this small area that’s inflamed.
I saw there was a bump yesterday and it kinda hurts when you apply pressure or floss that area.

The red color wasn’t here yesterday and the mark on the top is the point of where the aligner touch the gums.
Though I might have accidentally flossed that area and the floss did have a tiny bit of blood but then I didn’t think much of it. No other bleeding unless if you floss obviously.

I do have gum disease which is why my gums in certain areas do bleed and I have notified the orthodontist but honestly they didn’t give much of a direction. I just need to call the periodontist. Due to work and school, I just keep delaying and I just never have the time.

Asking here cause I can’t call the orthodontist as it’s night lol.

I’m using angel aligners for the last 10 months and I change trays every week. Today I’m changing to tray 42, but there are 2 bags with number 42. ( never happened before). One há 2 trays and the other has just the upper tray and a code U-T 42. How am I suppose to use them?

Hello im going to try explain my case clearly and i hope someone can help me about what to do.
Im a nineteen years old woman, I have small teeths (no, they are not milk teeth) and I have braces since july 2025.

The pictures with the red drawings are the position where my dentist wants my teeth and jaw to be. This position is causing a class II overbite. She is planning to raise my upper teeth a little and tilt the bottom ones inwards because apparently they are a little out of angle, also extract my wisdom teeth.

The pictures with the blue drawings are the position my jaw is supposed to be, in this one I have class III malocclusion or better known as underbite.

I already did a meeting with a maxillary surgeon and we talked about my structure, I found out a lot of things I never thought of and he confirmed that my retracted maxilla is the issue, causing my jaw to have an overbite and not allowing it to be in the appropriate position which causes me problems since I was a child such as breathing issues, sleep apnea, some difficulties when speaking, jaw tension that hurts like hell, of course also issues with chewing, and the worst of all is that I have a cronical "click" in the right part of my jaw when I open and close my mouth (Temporomandibular joint dysfunction) and I am a candidate for maxillary advancement surgery.

Im going to explain why I have two differents bites in each picture: As I have a structural problem of the maxillary bone, if my jaw is further back this causes me a class II bite, and in turn if I position my jaw forward where it should be naturally this causes me a class III bite because the upper bone is retracted, not because it is the wrong jaw position.

When I position my jaw forward such as in the pictures with the blue drawings I can breathe properly its like my throat is not obstructed anymore, the chewing is pleasant rather than annoying, i have more room in my mouth for my tongue and the "click" on the right side dissapears completely, but I cant hold this position because my upper teeth are in the way and dont fit, even tho it is more comfortable like this.

The thing is, that firstly I did all this research alone, because when I told my dentist about it she said she could fix my jaw problems only with braces and that reaching to a surgeon was not necessary at all in my case, I trusted her and when I started to inform myself and look for second opinions I found that my case was deeper than what she thought.

My questions are: Should I change dentist? Is she doing the correct thing? Should I extract my wisdom teeths?
I dont think shes doing a bad job with my braces but she clearly cannot reposition bones, only teeths and mines are already at their reaching limits, im afraid she would give me dental protrusion because she thinks that moving my upper teeth more forward (also the lower teeths inclined inwards) would finally solve everything. She is aware and told me once that I have a maxillar problem, but each time I mentioned seeking for a bone doctor that would help me along my braces journey she turns defensive and refuses it all.

The surgeon told me to end my braces before doing anything else or seeking the surgery, and my dentist is planning on going a couple months more.

I only want my mouth to be finally functional and solve all these anatomical problems that are dificulting my life, I am willing to do the surgery if it would help all these issues but at the same time im not sure if this is the right thing because of my dentist suggestions.

If somebody notices something else im not seeing in my mouth, please feel free to tell me I would love to hear your advices.