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Bertha

I have TMJ and was sent by my dentist to a dental hospital. They have given me a repositioning splint to wear for three months. Last week my three months were up and I went back to the hospital. When they took the splint out my jaw was still clicking and a new problem had been created. Now only my 4 front teeth meet and there is quite a wide gap between the rest of my teeth. The dentists said this was rare and didn’t seem to know what to do. They also said that my teeth not meeting were a permanent thing; is this true? I don’t know if I should keep the splint in. I don’t know why this has happened and I want to know if this could have been caused by the dentist making a mistake?

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