One tooth is a pain in my ass

billwill

My teeth are all pretty straight.

I just have one tooth (one of my lateral incisors) that is kind of slanted. It's near impossible to tell unless you look really hard, but it's sort of at an angle and pushing against my central incisor.

Sometimes it feels like it's pushing hard against that tooth, but other times it doesn't and I'm convinced it's just my mind playing tricks on me. If I look at it and feel it, none of them are moving, but I guess I'm paranoid.

I don't know. I'm 21 years old. Has it pushed as much as it's going to push? I'm fine with how it is now, but I really don't want to fuck up my teeth in the long term because I didn't get it fixed early on.

I'm going to make an appointment with a Tooth Man, but before that happens, I'd like just a general idea of what to expect. Would I really need braces for one tooth? Are there possibly any other options?

Esh

Nope, your teeth move for your entire life.

Talk to your dentist and/or stop being obsessed with one tiny little tooth.

Eat it You Nasty Pig.

if you still have your wisdom teeth, it's possible they are pushing your teeth together, which can cause stuff like this. But there's no real way to know without input from the tooth man

billwill

Esh wrote: »

Nope, your teeth move for your entire life.

Talk to your dentist and/or stop being obsessed with one tiny little tooth.

It's not an issue with being obsessed with one tiny little tooth. As I said, I'm worried about it pushing my other teeth around and making a mess as the years go on.

Eat it You Nasty Pig. wrote: »

if you still have your wisdom teeth, it's possible they are pushing your teeth together, which can cause stuff like this. But there's no real way to know without input from the tooth man

I had wisdom teeth removed, but to be honest, I don't remember which ones. I think it was just the bottom two.

zepherin

They can do a smaller set of braces on the back side, surgery, maybe just a mouth guard. It's hard to say, however have the "tooth man" do a cleaning, and xrays as well because that is what they should be doing anyways.

Esh

Yeah, if you're that concerned about your teeth, you should have a dentist you see regularly (every 6 months) anyway. He can keep you apprised of things.

billwill

zepherin wrote: »

They can do a smaller set of braces on the back side, surgery, maybe just a mouth guard. It's hard to say, however have the "tooth man" do a cleaning, and xrays as well because that is what they should be doing anyways.

I normally go in once a year but I missed the last appointment and totally spaced on rescheduling.Yeah, I'll definitely get the normal cleaning done and whatnot.

ceres

This is a question for your dentist. Literally no one here can tell you anything without seeing the inside of your mouth in person with X rays and like years of dental school. Go to the dentist.