Question about wisdom tooth & midline

[Ambrosia80]

I have had my braces for almost 8 months now (I have a "sentence" of 15-18 months), and something has really been bothering me. I only have one wisdom tooth on the bottom (the right one never existed), and it has caused my teeth to shift to the right. My midline on the bottom is way off. Before treatment, my ortho had me get two upper premolars extracted, but never said anything about bottom left wisdom tooth. Now I wish I'd had it extracted, too. Is it too late? I don't want to wait until my treatment is over. Should I ask my ortho? What if he says he can fix my midline without extracting it? (Is that possible?) Can I get it extracted without his order?
I will try to post a pic when hubby gets home from work to show me how! This really has me worried because we are paying lots of $$$ for this, and I want it done right.

[Ambrosia80]

P.s. You can see from my pic that my bottom midline is off, but it is actually worse than it looks, because my bite is pretty messed up right now and I have to move my jaw to the left to close my mouth.

[Ambrosia80]

(And by "my pic", I mean my avatar. I just took that photo today.)

[Ambrosia80]

Anyone?

[Matilda]

I don't think it's too late. All 4 of my wisdom teeth were removed last Monday and I'm nearly 17 months into treatment. My advice to you is not to do anything without discussing your concerns with your orthodontist first. Good luck!

[chichi]

Your midline isn't too bad, but I understand your concern. It's not too late to have the wisdom tooth extracted and it's definitely worth mentioning it to your ortho. Like Matilda said, I wouldn't have it extracted without talking to your ortho first.

[Ambrosia80]

Thanks. I plan on asking him--just afraid he'll say no..

[kathydell]

No matter what the question or issue, it's always better to ask as soon as possible than to wait. I hope it goes well.

[Ambrosia80]

He said I can! Woohoo!

[Orwellian]

My friend got hers cut out of her jaws at approx. 1-2 YEARS into her treatment, as part of treatment though.

[sirwired]

Just FYI, I don't think that lower midline is bad at all... you notice it because you are in braces and checking on your progress; it's unlikely somebody just talking with you would ever notice. Certainly if you want it fixed, go ahead and do so, but if it were my mouth (and the wisdom tooth isn't causing any other issues) I'd just leave it alone.