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Movement of teeth if there are gaps
I came to know that teeth tend to move towards the front i.e towards the mouth and not towards the end of jaw or back wards if there are spaces in between.
Is that true sir?
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Yeah it's true and is known as the mesial drifting of teeth with age. It's physiological and not pathological
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Teeth shift in all directions whenever there is a space available. This drift is not correct pathologically. It happens mostly in persons who fail to keep artificial teeth after extraction or when excessive space is present in between the teeth.
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