Getting extractions after getting braces on?

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#1 Post by **seabee** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:19 pm

My ortho told me I would need to get some teeth pulled and said that I could get it done after I get my braces put on. Is this normal? Has anyone experienced this?

#2 Post by **shaolin** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:04 pm

I had a tooth pulled after being braced. My ortho said it was to make sure I was happy to go the whole way with the braces as if I had the tooth pulled and then changed my mind, I'd have an unclosed gap forever. Seems some adults get them fitted and then change their minds about them.

#3 Post by **Faerydust** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:15 pm

I have braces and I'm having extractions in 4 days. It seems that my ortho does it this way for most of his patients.

#4 Post by **Beckster** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:08 pm

When I was 11 and had been braced the first time, they pulled my last 2 baby teeth about a month after getting braces on.

I honestly do not know if that was to have the braces already on to close gaps, or whether there was other reason behind it, though...

Sorry if that made no sense

#5 Post by **maydel** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:33 pm

Extractions? I wouldnt do it.. Trust me on this one. Not unless you want to be traumatized.

#6 Post by **lionfish** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:46 pm

Bollocks.

You may have been traumatised by extractions, but I certainly wasn't. My bite was going nowhere without having my wisdom tooth pulled.

#7 Post by **msaeger** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:02 pm

I have missing teeth so they didn't even talk about removing any

#8 Post by **beth1966** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:05 pm

I think extractions for adult ortho patients is quite common. I've read about SO many people having it done both before and during treatment.

I had one tooth removed 2 weeks ago because it was fractured and a root canal did not remedy the pain. I lived with the discomfort for 2 years and then once I was ready for braces - I had it removed. Thankfully I waited, because if I had removed it and had an implant put in - it would have fouled up my plans for orthodontia!

In addition I think it is GREAT that your dentist is conservative and not rushing to remove teeth immediately because sometimes teeth don't need to be removed.

In my situation I have all 4 of my wisdom teeth and they are fully erupted and cause no pain. We will try to correct my bite without removing them first - and if that does not work, then they will need to come out.

Best of luck - sounds like your ortho has a good treatment plan in mind.

#9 Post by **Bekah** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:38 pm

My orthodontist said that he liked to wait till after the brakets were on so he could take them off only the teeth he wanted extracted. He said it would idiot proof the extractions. That way there were fewer mistakes!

He hasn't told me when it would happen but I know he wants me to have 4 teeth extracted to fix my profile he said.

Mon May 12, 2008 2:59 pm

I have to get my wisdom teeth extracted. All 4 of them. I already have braces on. I have had them on for 8 weeks now. I questioned my dental surgeon when he said i'd be getting the wisdom teeth extracted with braces on. He said that it is perfectly fine and safe to get teeth extracted. My ortho doc just doesn't put bracets or wires on the wisdom teeth since they are going. so ya its fine! My sis had the same problem as me and got her wisdom teeth extracted and she turned out fine. The only diff between my sis and I is that she had her wisdom teeth extracted during her jaw surgery where as i'm getting mine extracted this coming june (my jaw surgery isn't until next year). The reason they are extracting them now is because the top 2 teeth are already impacted so they wanna get them out of there!
the bottom 2 are on the way to being impacted so he wants them out of there +plus it give the bones in the jaw a chance to heal up really good before he goes in there again and performs the major surgery!

#11 Post by **catfish** » Mon May 12, 2008 3:26 pm

I still need to have one of my lower incisors removed, and I've been in braces since August 2007. My ortho wanted to wait until I'd had the braces for a while before deciding which incisor needed to go. He said he wanted to see how they moved before making that decision. I don't know what he's looking for, but I trust him so I'm just waiting it out.

#12 Post by **nimo** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:25 pm

I had all my extractions after braces. No problems. I lucked out and had a week off afterwards. It was one of the most relaxing weeks of my life.

#13 Post by **UW07** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:56 am

Seabee, I had the same concerns as you when I was told I'd be getting extractions after my braces had been put on. I had my braces on for a little over 5 months, then had 2 extractions done last week. Initially I was supposed to have only one tooth extracted, but with the way my teeth and bite had changed since getting braces, my ortho decided it would be best to remove two premolars instead of one. I'm glad she made me wait until after my braces were on - I feel it gave her a greater accuracy in correcting my overbite, as she was able to see how my overbite looked after my teeth had become much more straight.