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15/f. okay this may seem like a weird question but i'm all stressed out about this. i'm getting my braces off on december 28th. currently i have a fake tooth attached to my braces so that the space doesn't close. after i get my braces off i'm going to get a permanent tooth put in their by my dentist. but the problem is that my orthodontist told me that when they take my braces off they will attach a fake tooth to my retainer so the space doesn't close up. at first i thought this was a good idea, but now i'm changing my mind. i realized that once i take my retainer out for lunch at school people will notice that suddenly i don't have a tooth where i did before. and then i'll but it back in and viola! a tooth. won't that we really weird? one second i'll have a tooth and then another i won't.
what can i do? is there anyway for their not to be a tooth attached to my retainer? oh and the tooth is the one right next to my front teeth on the top so it is really noticable.
thanks so much! this is stressing me out so much.
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Depending on what grade you are in, people should not notice your "re-attachable tooth". you should tell your closest friends or the people you sit around about it. this way, they won't stare at you and you won't feel so mortified. You could always take it out and put it back in in a place where no one would be looking. Im sure no one would notice anyways!!!
~Bijougirl4
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Wait, your dentist told you you're getting a permanent tooth but your orthodontist told you they'd give you one attached to a retainer? That doesn't make any sense! Ask for clarification... there's no reason I can see why you'd want a fake tooth attached to a retainer. I broke one of my teeth and got a temporary cap on it, and it broke off again, it was nuts, if you can get something permanent that's the way to go.
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Don't worry... my friend has the same thing, only permanently. He had a couple teeth knocked out playing hockey. It's really not too noticeable... and if someone does draw attention to it, just make a joke about how it makes drinking with a straw even easier :)
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my step brother has the same thing going on with one of his front teeth, but i'v never seen him take it out to eat. you may want to talk with your parents and dentist to see if thats the only option.
if all else fails, you could always do what i did in school (all be it for different reasons), dont eat lunch at school, just wait till you get home. at most schools lunch is just three hours befor school lets out, so just have a filling breakefast befor school and a sandwich or somthing after.
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I have a friend who has a situation like you she has braces and two of her teeth had to be pulled so there are spaces in her mouth. But, anyways back to you. If you friends really are your friends you they won't care if you have spaces in your mouth. You should be able to explain things to them. Ask you othodontist if there is a way you can get a permanet false tooth. I know some people who got them and no body notices. Try not to stress so much everything should work out for you
-acgirl27
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