Re: Getting teeth taken out during surgery - QUESTION

April 27, 2005

Hi Sara-

I haven't had surgery yet - but I did have to have 2 bicuspids removed at the

start of my ortho. I'm having both upper & lower done for an overbite, and my

front teeth were crowded and slanted forward at a 30 degree angle. At the

begining of treatment I could put an entire finger between my front and bottom

teeth with my mouth closed. (I too felt bad about pulling those poor innocent

teeth - perfectly healthy and they still needed to go).

My ortho's been pretty aggressive. Instead of o rings on my top teeth I've got

what's called a " 8 chain " - think connected o-rings - like a chain - across most

of my upper teeth (with a increasingly heavy wire). Major pull. That has both

closed the gap from the pulled teeth, and pulled in the angle almost to zero. I

still have a little gap from the pulled teeth - but it's getting better, and my

OD maintains he'll get it to zero by the time I'm done. Those teeth got pulled

in Aug '04.

anyway - that's my experience

-Cyndy

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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