Diastema and frenectomy

[Misscarmel]

Hello!

I’ve had my braces on for three months, just had the uppers added last month with thin wire and the bottoms have been on since December with now a thicker wire.

I have a 5/6mm diastema which is due to low fee I’m but also retention of a baby tooth. Which is still hanging in there!

Looking for advice on how quickly a large midline diastema may close, these last 5 weeks with the uppers is slow and I’ve not noticed any movement at all but there is an aching so something must be happening.

Any help appreciated!

[djspeece]

Greetings and welcome to the board! I am not a dentist, but from what I have learned here you can expect no more than a 1 mm per month movement toward closure. The search function on this board works very well, and you may want to plug in "diastema" and see some results -- see https://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/searc ... %5B0%5D=13
You'll see the data field near the top of this forum; you'll need to click on the magnifying glass icon to launch the search -- I don't think hitting "enter" will work.
Best of luck to you!