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Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:37 am**

Hi,

When I went for my consultation last week, my ortho said that I might need a screw in my jaw to help pull my teeth into alignment as an anchor. He said it was because my back teeth may not be strong enough to pull my front teeth round on and they may end up moving instead.
Does anyone else have this? What's it like?
Thanks,

Rachel x

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:46 am**

I've asked about this too. They're called TADs. If you do a search of the forum you should be able to find several posts with some good info. I am set to get them on Nov 11th.

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:34 am**

hey , im having the same procedure too

my link is on my signature

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:10 am**

I'll have TADS too in a few months. They will use them as an anchor on both sides to pull my lower back molors forward to fill a gap.

I'm not looking forward to it but I'm trying not to dwell on it.

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:10 pm**

Wow, there's quite a few of us now!

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:50 pm**

Posted: **Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:51 am**

Meryaten wrote:We'll have to dub you the AW TADA! That's the Archwired Temporary Anchorage Device Association

I like it!

Do we get buttons?

Posted: **Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:35 pm**

feel free to link or make your own, I made this at cooltext.com

Posted: **Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:00 am**

Excellent!

Thanks!

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