Gaps!

[Mslewis1999]

I noticed today that I have a gap at the bottom of my front teeth. Is this normal and what is actually happening? I had my second adjustment to dislodge a tooth and bring it forward (actually there is two but my ortho didn't put the wire on the other this time around). So far, I don't see anything happening.

[Sunny]

Hi Ms hopefully everything is going well.

By gap at the bottom of your front teeth, do you mean at the gum edge or the bite edge? If it's the gum edge, it could be due to gums shrinking and/or the shape of your teeth and if it's at the bite edge it could be due to wear and tear and/or the shape of your teeth.

Talk to your ortho about it next time you see him.

Here's to you seeing progress soon!

[Mslewis1999]

At one point my teeth were slightly crowded at the bottom but not too much but now they are starting to space out a little( hope this clears up what I said earlier about the gap). I've never eaten with my front teeth because of the crowding. I thought maybe they were starting to shift and that was the beginning process of the treatment.