Figure 8 vs. Wire Tie

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#1 Post by **KikiloSugilo** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:45 pm

At my last visit to the ortho, I had a slightly rotated tooth tied with a figure 8 configuration. It's been about 3 weeks now, and I have yet to see any progress at all, which annoys me a bit. I began treatment with a different ortho who used wire ties to rotate a few teeth into the correct position with a great deal of success in about 4 weeks. Now my question is, should I casually, but respectfully suggest to my ortho to try the wire tie method? Or should I keep my mouth shut and let him do his thing?

#2 Post by **SandraJones** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:49 pm

You could phrase it as an inquiry ... "Why aren't you doing a wire tie ?"

I had wire ties on my rotated teeth, btw. They were very effective. Hurt like heck, but they worked !

#3 Post by **urfutureortho** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:33 pm

I had a wire tie around my rotated teeth, but they did something weird, I dont remember but I know they still used the ligatures in the figure eight on it too. IDK

#4 Post by **KikiloSugilo** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:24 am

Thanks for the reply guys! I'll certainly ask him about that at my next adjustment.

P.S. Sandra, I had 3 rotated canines that were wire tied and dear God, that was the most painful part of treatment to date! It was about 3 months before those stopped hurting!