Dr. Hall
You have a very interesting site and I really enjoy all the information that I’ve read.
Well, first of all, I have been struggling trying to find a good dentist who I can trust to straighten my teeth. I keep hearing different things about how to solve my problem and don’t know who to believe. Here’s my situation. The tooth next to my front tooth on the right is crooked and it is in the way back. It’s really bad. I was wondering are braces my only option, or will Invisalign work? If I want to pull my crooked tooth, what other treatments are offered?
– Ken from California
Ken,
Generally, if you’re an adult and your teeth are crooked, Invisalign will work just fine. Or porcelain veneers can also straighten your teeth.
I wouldn’t let anybody pull the one crooked tooth, but you may have dentists that want to do that. Your smile will never look right with an uneven number of front teeth. Each front tooth is a different shape, and you can get away with doing a lot of things to make them look straight, but one thing that’s important is to have both halves of your smile be symmetrical, and you can’t have that with five front teeth instead of six.
And if you need a local dentist, I have tried very hard to find excellent cosmetic dentists all over the country, and feel that you can trust the cosmetic dentists we list on this website. A dentist who is on our list and therefore is an excellent cosmetic dentist, if he or she is also certified to do Invisalign, they should be able to give you the best opinion about which way you should go.
– Dr. Hall
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About David A. Hall
Dr. David A. Hall was one of the first 40 accredited cosmetic dentists in the world. He practiced cosmetic dentistry in Iowa, and in 1990 earned his accreditation with the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He is now president of Infinity Dental Web, a company in Mesa, Arizona that does advanced internet marketing for dentists.