It refers to the horizontal gap between the top front teeth and the bottom front teeth. Normally, when your mouth is closed, your upper and lower teeth line up well. The upper teeth should slightly overlap the bottom front teeth. This small overlap is called a normal overjet. Sometimes, the upper front teeth stick out too far, or the lower Dear emac28,Thank you for posting your question on Real Self. I will do my best to answer your question with the information given.It is possible to move your front teeth down. Although, your front two teeth appear long in the photos, and I think bonding them in the position that they are now will probably give you a more aesthetic result.
Whether it is moved up or down, it always tends to move back in the direction it came from unless retained in some way. Building up the worn or broken edge of a short tooth with cosmetic dentistry may give a much faster, more stable result than braces or Invisalign (and I'm an orthodontist who loves moving teeth!).
Invisalign has caused my gums to recess, but this is my third go around due to ortho incompetence in the past. Also, my gum genetics suck. But now I have straight teeth. I’d take gum recession and grafts to fix it over crooked teeth. As mentioned in my post, I don’t have crooked teeth or orthodontic problems.
While prevention helps teeth from moving in the first place, correction can adjust teeth from shifting more than they already have. Orthodontics can help in both cases. Orthodontists specialize in correcting problems using aligners like retainers, wire braces, and Invisalign.
These attachments click into the Invisalign aligners to help the teeth move more effectively. Without the aligners in, the attachment bumps are virtually invisible. But with the aligners in, it
