Gap not closing :-(
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:58 pm
Hello all, I've been lurking around here for some time and finally decided to post this and get others opinions.
I had two upper bicuspids pulled (first molars) to make room for my crowded teeth. On the left side the gap created by the extraction is closing rather nicely, although a smaller gap has been created by my canine and the tooth next to it. However, that is not worrisome. What worries me is that the right side gap is NOT closing. The Ortho thinks that perhaps during the extraction, there was bone loss/removal and is talking about possibly needing a bone graft. My initial response to that is NO. I've have been in braces for a year, and the bone graft was never even something discussed when we discussed the extractions. I don't yet exactly what is going to happen but I'm even considering getting a fake molar to fill in the gap when the rest of the teeth have shifted. But, wouldn't that throw off my midline? to have 4 molars on one side, and three on the other? Has anyone had a similar experience.
I had two upper bicuspids pulled (first molars) to make room for my crowded teeth. On the left side the gap created by the extraction is closing rather nicely, although a smaller gap has been created by my canine and the tooth next to it. However, that is not worrisome. What worries me is that the right side gap is NOT closing. The Ortho thinks that perhaps during the extraction, there was bone loss/removal and is talking about possibly needing a bone graft. My initial response to that is NO. I've have been in braces for a year, and the bone graft was never even something discussed when we discussed the extractions. I don't yet exactly what is going to happen but I'm even considering getting a fake molar to fill in the gap when the rest of the teeth have shifted. But, wouldn't that throw off my midline? to have 4 molars on one side, and three on the other? Has anyone had a similar experience.