Can braces fix rotated teeth?

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#1 Post by **dugsmom** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:59 am

When I was younger, I had 2 bottom molars pulled (one of each side). through the years my teeth has drifted. My premolars on each side are "twisted." Can braces fixed these rotated teeth?
thanks
Dugsmom

#2 Post by **true_jaat** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:06 am

I am sure they can, I have seen cases on this website of very twisted teeth that have finally ended up looking perfect. I myself had a tooth that was a twisted and that got fixed up, now I cant even tell if it was twisted to begin with until i see the before pics.

#3 Post by **jenfire** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:55 am

Yes, it most likely can! It is amazing what orthodontics can do! I'm not sure what the nature of your tooth rotation is, but I'm sure if you look through some of the postings here you'll find someone with similar issues and can see how orthodontics fixed it.

Good luck!

#4 Post by **Gemz** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:18 pm

In my experience, yes. The way they do it can sometimes seem a bit odd but it can be done.

My front bottom teeth were so crossed over that you could take the left one out and there'd be virtually no gap! It was almost at a 90 degree angle.
But they've spaced it out and the tooth is now being pulled back into place and will be straight

HTH

#5 Post by **Lisa65** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:33 pm

I had bottom premolars out as a teen and over time my canines and the other premolars had rotated and tipped to almost fill the extraction gaps. Braces have unrotated those teeth, one premolar must have rotated almost 90 degrees in 6 months - it's incredible what can be acheived.

#6 Post by **lionfish** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:52 pm

Yep, I've had a premolar that was rotated 90 degrees, pulled into line with braces and powerchain.

#7 Post by **skibunnie29** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:39 pm

IF it gives you any comfort that is exactly the reason I'm getting braces. Missing 2 back molars caused drifting 2 teeth rotated and now braces.

#8 Post by **rsprouse** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:32 pm

Sounds like the twisting is from a malocclusion and lack of posterior support. How many molars are you missing? If you do not have sufficient molar support you may be right back where you started many years down the road. I assume your ortho and dentist are in proper communication about their respective treatments?

Best,
Rory

#9 Post by **LadyTr0uble** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:53 pm

In my experience, it can be corrected. I've got an incisor that was turned almost sideways, and it's getting "straightened out" as we speak. I also had two incisors that were leaning on each other and my ortho put some contraption he called a â€œrotating screwâ€

#10 Post by **rsprouse** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:58 am

Wow. SO let me see if I have this atright (no pun intentded): without molars to provide posterior support, premolars and/or teeth further forward can rotate? I imagined that they would only rotate if overcrowded.

Not in all cases. Think about the size and shape of all teeth including the root size and the number of roots. Anterior teeth are for tearing and ripping, back teeth for crushing and lots of force. Premolars are hybrid. So if you lose molars the brunt of your occlusion moves forward to smaller crowns and roots. The adaptive nature of the body will shift teeth to minimize trauma to an isolated spot and make it more diffuse. Occlusal trauma will do crazy things and move teeth in different ways. Don't take what I said about missing a molar as truth in all situation. But in the OP's case, I am comfortable in guessing that is the case.

Hope that helps.

Best,
Rory

#11 Post by **dugsmom** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:18 am

Thank you all very very very much for answering my post. It was comforting to know that my rotated teeth can be fixed. I saw an ortho but he didn't mention those teeth...I should've asked him but he took off before I was able to ask questions. He left me with his assistant who had already told me a few things that I knew were not right so I didn't want to waste my time asking her.
Thanks again
Dugsmom

#12 Post by **smecklepickle** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:29 pm

lionfish wrote:
> Yep, I've had a premolar that was rotated 90 degrees, pulled into line with
> braces and powerchain.

how long did it take? I just stumbled onto this thread because I have the same thing (my very front tooth is rotated 90° since I was in 2nd grade lol) I want to get my teeth fixed so bad but my parents never did anything about it.

#13 Post by **bbsadmin** » Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:24 pm

Nobody could say how long it might take for you. An orthodontist would have to look at your teeth and tell you. Each case is different.

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