Re: Getting teeth taken out during surgery - QUESTION

April 27, 2005

hi it's me again, i had all 4 bicuspids taken out before surgery, dr. sachs did

it himself inthe office. i was left w/ huge spaces for a few months until the

ortho closed up the bottem spaces and he closed the top during surgery. it is

easier to have them taken out during surgery cuz you really will not have to

deal w/ the space sin he will be closing it during surgery. he was going to

take out my wisdom teeth too but for some reson decided not too. any way i saw

him today and he was very nice, sensitive, and told me how concerned he was for

what i had to go through and did let me know that it was not normal.

i posted some other tips take a look if you get a chance

good luck

amy

Sara wrote:

Hi there,

In addition to having upper jaw surgery I'm also having two wisdom

teeth and two bicuspids removed. Has any one else had this too?

Specifically I'm wondering about the biscuspids. As far as I

understand, where they remove these two teeth is where they will be

making the incisions into the jaw. My ortho explained to me that the

surgeon will try to close the gap as much as possible to fill the

space that is left from the removed bicuspids. But he also told me

that there will still be a gap left that he will then have to close

with braces. But then there's another BUT, chances are that I will

always have a little gap left so I will need bonding. What I want to

know is if A) anyone has had their bicuspids removed during surgery

and if so, how BIG a gap is it after surgery and B)did you eventually

have to get bonding done once you removed your braces?

I know this is no biggie in the grand scale of things but I'm quite

worried about walking around with a big gap on either side of my

mouth this summer. I'm also looking at my bicuspids every day now and

thinking, poor fellas, they never did any one any harm. I am going to

miss having them:-(

Any shared experiences will be greatly appreciated.

Sara

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