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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton
Best wishes for Toni and good on you for helping someone in a terrible situation!
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Thanks again, Steve!
I knew next to nothing about what is done to correct a mouth situation such as hers (thankfully do not have that problem myself, and don't know anyone else that does), so get this - when front teeth are lost, it obviously looks terrible (lips curl inward, etc), but when rearward teeth are lost, the lower jaw no longer has spacing support, so it gradually "compresses" and you end up with the pinched face look ("nose on the chin" deal); the work Toni is getting will correct that ("open her bite up considerably", as the dentist explained - that is what the additional casting work done today was for). She has both problems (has almost no teeth left at all) so needless to say, she is very grateful to be able to get such long-term damaged fixed for good.