2007-08-16 08:51:38 · 9 answers · asked by cat 1 in Health ➔ Dental
Your teeth can continue to move throughout your life. That is why you can still get your teeth straightened by orthodontics at an older age. Have you noticed a lot of 30-40 year olds are wearing braces these days?
2007-08-16 08:58:55 · answer #1 · answered by bronte heights 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! Sounds like you got the same problem I had. The bad news is I don't know any way to stop your teeth from falling out. If they're as loose as you say they'll probly be leaving you very soon. My teeth got loose like that and I lost a front tooth at school 1 day last year. Went to a dentist and he said it was gonna cost some ridiculous amount of money to try to save the rest of my teeth and it wasn't even garanteed to work. We didn't have the money or even a chance to get that much, so while we were tryin to figure out what to do I lost a few more front teeth. Finally went to a different dentist and had all the rest pulled out. I'm hoping to get some false teeth in about 3 months. It was kinda scarey going back to school with no teeth, but it's not so bad now that everybody is used to how I look. You should have your mom get you in to some dentist as soon as you can incase it's not too late but it probly is.
2016-05-20 16:01:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. For example if an old person loses a tooth due to decay the extraction leaves a hole in their jawbone. The surrounding teeth will move closer to that open area. The opposing teeth will move down in the jaw for lack of chewing pressure from the missing tooth. So the poor old person's teeth will move into worse and worse positions until they are lost too.
2007-08-16 09:00:58 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. My sister is over 18, got her braces and retainer off, a year later they moved.
She had them when she was young too, they moved after.
Studies actually prove that if you sleep with your mouth open at night they move very easily.
I don't know how this works though, I'm guessing something to do with the air pressure.
2007-08-16 09:00:31 · answer #4 · answered by Julia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they ever stop moving. When my sister got her braces off she had a retainer and she still has to wear it at night and she got them off like four years ago.
2007-08-16 09:01:58 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are old they move into a drawer at the DDS office.
2007-08-16 09:02:36 · answer #6 · answered by William R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idt so. i had braces for 6yrs (from 3rd grade to 9th.) and mine still move some and im a sr.
2007-08-16 08:54:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends a lot on cavities and bone masses.
2007-08-16 08:57:59 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they continually move closer to your pocket...
2007-08-16 08:54:06 · answer #9 · answered by stone_fish6 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋