A 46-year-old member asked:
Can braces straighten the alveolar bone?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

Dr. Anatoly Belilovskyanswered
Pediatrics 36 years experience
What do you...: ...Mean by "straighten?" braces can change its curvature, but it won't straighten out completely.
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Dr. Alvaro Lazo commented
Dentistry 25 years experience
You modify the shape to same extend .
Oct 1, 2012

Dr. Shawn Murrayanswered
Dentistry 16 years experience
Braces: Unlikely. The teeth are moved through the alveolar bone. The teeth will straighten out and the bone remodels but straighten, not likely.
5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Last updated Oct 5, 2013
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