TMJ Forum - Crooked Bite / Gaps In My Teeth When I Bite Caused By Splint

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Q: Crooked Bite / Gaps In My Teeth When I Bite Caused By Splint

asked by: cali_guy on June 8th, 2007

New User

I have been wearing a splint to correct my bite and now that my jaw has been brought forward to the correct position if I take off my splint and bite my teeth together, they touch in the back but as you can see by the pics there are a lot of gaps in my bite. I've had braces in the past and a retainer after that, I was supposed to keep wearing my retainer at night forever but I lost it probably 2 years ago, as you can see my teeth look pretty bad and I think this is causing swallowing problems and contributing to TMJ overall.

http://www.pacificwavetechnology.com/bite1 .jpg

http://www.pacificwavetechnology.com/bite2 .jpg

I am wondering if anyone knows what needs to be done to correct my teeth, should I ask to have a retainer made or should I go to my dentist and have my teeth ground to correct the bite? Any advice is appreciated.

Replies(3)

TMJWorld

replied on June 10th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

Hey

it looks like fronterior apertognathia.(fronterior open bite) and it also looks like you have a slight under bite. personally if I were you Id go see an oral maxillofacial surgeon. This is fixable. I had the same thing only in the back. im now touching all the way around. keep your chin up--if you need help im right here.

cali_guy

replied on June 12th, 2007

New User

Thanks for the response, I've just been seeing an orthodontist so far, I'm wondering if you had surgery for your problem or if the oral maxillofacial surgeon does other things besides surgery. I think I need a retainer to straighten my bite out but I'm not sure what else I will need, I'm hoping to get this taken care of by the start of next school year.

TMJWorld

replied on June 13th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

Hey

yes I had surgery in april. My teeth now touch. A oral maxillofacial surgeon should be able to make a splint or anything that you need. if you need help at all Ill be right here to help you out. You might need more than a retainer to straighten it out but that really depends on your case and what is going on up in the joint. keep your chin up Very Happy

there is hope.

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