second molar brackets?

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#1 Post by **Big H** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:39 pm

I'm kind of new to this whole game. Have been in braces about four months now. My question is do they ever put brackets on the second molars? I obviously don't currently have any on. I noticed that most of the pictures on this website don't have brackets or wires on the second molars. Is this the case and are we simple stuck with their current positions?
Thanks,

#2 Post by **LithpingLitha** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:47 pm

My 2nd molars aren't banded or bracketed either.

I'm interested to read responses you get.

#3 Post by **lionfish** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:59 pm

All my upper second molars were bracketed on day one. My lower second molars were bracketed when I had my first adjustment of my lowers, some 6 weeks later.

It all depends on what your ortho wants to achieve, and when. It's not a dead cert, however, that yours will be bracketed.

#4 Post by **Danielle** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:05 pm

My bottom second molars were banded one month into treatment and my top second molars were banded four months into treatment. Both got their bands when I graduated to a stronger wire.

#5 Post by **nvcarissa** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:54 pm

My second molars were not bracketed until about three months into treatment.

#6 Post by **Ravishing** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:11 pm

All of my molars are banded as of last week. My ortho needed the extra anchorage to close my gaps.

#7 Post by **NotBob1** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:30 pm

I have all eight molars banded and they all have hooks on them. Big ones....I was attaching elastics to some, but now I am not. I don't have headgear tubes...Thank god!!!

I hear they hurt.

#8 Post by **Granola** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:45 am

I just had them placed on my upper second molars after over a year of treatment. Reading the responses here, it seems like it can happen at any point in the course of treatment.