Impacted canine

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nice teeth
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Impacted canine

#1 Post by nice teeth »

Hi

Anybody else going through this? They've done the exposure and put something on the back of the tooth kinda looks like a button or something, and they attatched a metal wire from my top arch wire to the button and they are trying to bring it down.

So far it has moved quite a bit but so have all my other teeth. I look worse now than I ever did.

At my last adjustment they stopped using the metal wire and they are now using some kind of thread. They also put in a stronger arch wire I guess to fix my slanted teeth.

This is really fustrating and I sometimes wonder if I should have just got an implant.

Anybody go through this with sucsess or did you end up with an implant? Any regrets?
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nice teeth
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Joined: Thu May 10, 2007 2:02 pm
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#2 Post by nice teeth »

Thaks for the reassurance, I'm so happy I found this site. It's been a big help.
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Way Too Old For This
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#3 Post by Way Too Old For This »

nice teeth...I had mine exposed and brought successfully into place in a short 6 months. It is definitely worth it!
Wired on Sep 16, 2005, left canine exposed on Oct 5, 2005, at 52 years old.
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nice teeth
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Way Too Old For This wrote:nice teeth...I had mine exposed and brought successfully into place in a short 6 months. It is definitely worth it!
:shock: Wow 6 months! That's great I've already had my braces on for 6 months and my tooth is down but it's not in place yet. My Ortho said that I have a 50/50 chance of it working. I don't really like thoose odds, but what can I do.
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