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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Braces |
Missing Tooth10/05/2009 |
is it possible to strongly support a missing front tooth while having braces
Certainly. The orthodontist needs to select a pontic ( artificial tooth), bond a bracket to the pontic, and then tie it on the archwire, the same as any other tooth. It is done all the time.
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Walter C. Buchsieb, DDS, MS Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus Section of Orthodontics College of Dentistry The Ohio State University |
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