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I had extractions and i had something like this happen. I g uess where the teeth are closing in on the extraction site that the hard lump has been caused. It seems to have gone away now. At first I thought it was an abscess and i was very scared, but its gone away now for the most part. My ortho tol...

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so have you heard the same thing before that the force from your teeth causes them to tip inward like that. I was thinking they should be parallel to my face and not tipping in.

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don't get extractsion. Period. I regret it and it you like the way your teeth are prominent you'll hate them. I do. Sorry to be so point blank but i wish someone had told me.

I had 4 teeth extracted and now my teeth look like they are pulled back too far. The top bite is in a diagonal going back and my ortho says its because there is so much pressure pulling the teeth back now but it will alleviate and the teeth will then be parallel to the rest of my face. Has anyone el...

Yesterday I got my TADs in. Its not so bad. Yesterday i was pretty drugged up on Darvocet but i think most of the pain was from the gang tie and powerchains that were hooked to the tads to pull my upper overjet back. My jaws hurt a little but i can deal wtih it. My tongue is not raw (yet, i suppose)...

I've asked about this too. They're called TADs. If you do a search of the forum you should be able to find several posts with some good info. I am set to get them on Nov 11th.

Thanks everyone!

Sam - The first few days are really difficult. When I got my iBraces applied i talked only when necessary after I realized that too much talking was what made my tongue raw. HERE IS MY ADVICE ON PAIN: Talk as much as you would normally, UNTIL you start to notice the sores or pain....then let your to...

abbreviated http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?66666UuZjcFSLXTtmXTV5Xf6EVuQEcuZgVs6EVs6E666666-- Clo - you posted a very good link to a PDF about TADs. I noticed on page 14 of the PDF (actual page number is 12) I noticed the technique to use a clear surgical stent to mark the insertion poi...

Thanks everyone! I am in the process of writing my story so that I can post. I never realized how interesting braces can be.

I had 4 extractions. Two up top and two at bottom in order to correct my overbite. I have read that several people have TADs, however it doesnt seem like they had them along with extractions. WHat is your advice on this? Should I just not request TADS, since i heard they are hard to deal with, and j...

Thank you for your insight. I don't like the thought of the TADs falling out...it seems like they should be pretty reliable espc given what they are for. If they wiggle out, I wonder how much progress is lost as a result of them being ineffective anchors up until the point they are loosening and fal...

Okay, that makes sense to not do bonding or veneers. What is your opinion about... instead of adding to the teeth, taking away similar to what's done for interproximal reduction.

I cannot remember my first week enough to relay in detail, however...i remember the first month oh so well and it was TOUGH to say the least. I really did doubt my reasons for doing all this because I was in pain, my mouth felt small and my tongue felt too big to have linguals. Then after I got extr...