I went to the Ortho last night for my monthly adjustment and had an interesting conversation with him. My upper teeth have moved enough now so we are about to start the process of pulling down the impacted canine, which is good news, of course; but I was under the impression that he was going to attach a wire from the impacted tooth to the arch wire on the upper jaw.
Last night, however, he told me that he was going to attach a rubber band from the impacted tooth to the arch wire on the lower jaw. And then he proceeded to tell me that because that’s a lot of force it can sometimes pull the lower teeth up so he was thinking about putting a small implant directly into the bone behind the lower teeth so he could attach the rubber band to that instead of the arch wire (he made it sound like a little eye-bolt).
This sounds a bit crazy to me. He chuckled when I told him that and said it’s fine, but I’m still a little freaked out. I know there are many different ways of pulling impacted teeth down into place, but I don’t remember anyone talking about using the lower jaw as an anchor – has anyone heard of (or experienced) this? I can just imagine the logistics of putting food into my mouth with a rubber band blocking the left side of my mouth.
I have to say that I have a new appreciation for everyone going through the journey of braces, we all must be super strong people. Or we’re crazy?
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It looked kind of odd too but it did work! 
Every adjustment he would cut another loop off and continue to bring the teeth down. 
