how long will my teeth take to straighten if I had braces when I was younger?

Q.
hello Dr. I was wondering if you could help me. I has a full brace when i was younger. I absolutely hated it and was always conscious of how it looked. I did wear my retainer for a long time and in hindsight I guess it worked or at least was working. I stopped wearing the retainer and my teeth moved back to where they originally were. I want to have treatment to fix this but I was wondering if it would be quicker this time around as the teeth have been moved previously?
A.
Hi,

The main factor in the speed of treatment will be the amount of crookedness that is present. Even if you have had treatment before, this will not help to speed things up, but you tend to find that the teeth are not quite as bad as they were before the first set of braces.

The best thing is to see an orthodontist so that you can be given an estimate of how long it might take.

Kind regards,

Saba Qureshi (Specialist Orthodontist)

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Saba Qureshi

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