Snaggly teeth?

Glad I'm not the only one! Epilepsy meds have affected teeth and gums and I have a 'fang' growing..... solutions all uncomfortable and impractical.......

Wish my dentist would let me make an appointment . Emergencys only with ours.

I had my teeth straightened a couple of years ago (age 64) with invisalign braces. You wear them for 22 hours a day and I had about 30 sets to move them gradually. Cost about £3000.

I have three teeth that need to be removed in the near future. Have been told by the dentist I will need to have dentures ( hate the idea) or a bridge and implants at the cost of £5000 approx. I dread telling my husband as he’ll probably tell me to go for the cheaper option. I also have an overbite making me not the most attractive person around. Not a happy bunny!

Definitely need to see a dentist and take their advice after xrays. Sounds like a gum issue. My bottom teeth are getting longer....! My front top teeth are now dentures as I knocked them loose at primary school (not enough bone or money for implants!) OP right about osteoporosis /cancer treatments - I have the former and private dentist wouldn't touch me because of risk of osteonecrosis so NHS did it all. Good luck.

Ask your dentist about resin tooth bonding. Resin is painted on to the tooth and can even the teeth and whiten them. It isn't like veneers where you are basically destroying a perfectly good tooth, and is much cheaper. If you google it, you will find info.

Best see a dentist first to see what he/she can recommend and in need - an orthodontist. At least the dentist can look at gum health, etc., and even recommend an orthodontist for you.

Funnily enough, years ago when I lived in South Africa, our family dentist did everything. There was no such thing as an oral hygienist! And he also did orthodontic work (for my younger sister) and arranged a workable price plan for it. He was brilliant. I miss those good old days.

I had a tooth filed down years ago. I told my dentist I kept catching my tongue on it and she poo poo’d it. She then caught her glove on it and it ripped and she then agreed to file it. It’s just as bad now and a filling in it keeps coming out. I’m always aware of it as well.

One of my bottom teeth has definitely ‘moved’ and there is now a gap which wasn’t there before I m just keeping my fingers firmly crossed

Yeah another age related problem of getting "long in the tooth" as they say. My dentist advised gum transplant and brace at vast expense!

I have the same problem, beginning to look like Nanny Macphee. Spoke to my dentist and he has refused point blank to touch them. Seems some of my cancer meds taken several years ago mean any major dental work could result in oesteonecrocis of the jaw, horrible disease. Wish they had warned me at the time . Otherwise I would have looked into it, good luck.

Gums shrink as you get older so be prepared.
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I’m pretty sure you can have straightening braces fitted in older age something like my GD has to wear at night as she sucked her thumb and her front teeth stuck out. It’s worked really well. Talk to an orthodontist and see what can be done as it might get worse and affect not only eating but the shape of your face. Good luck.

I think you should talk to a dentist. Perhaps it's a gum issue.