Premolar Extractions Tomorrow!
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:19 am
My ortho has advised me before I got my braces on that I may have to pull some teeth out. But for the first 8 months, we've been just looking to see if it was needed and if I had enough space for all my teeth. However, I guess it now seems like that's a no-go. I have a tooth on the bottom that just doesn't have space to move and during the time I've had my braces, my teeth have become more noticeably straight, but I also ended up with an open bite.
So my ortho said that by removing all 4 2nd premolars there'd be more space for my teeth to move and for my open bite to close. I do have large teeth according to my ortho as well so I guess that's part of her reasoning. (already removed all 4 wisdom teeth as well)
My only worry is, is it really going to help? Will it really close the open bite? And it won't affect my jaw in any way right? Cause I don't want to end up with like... a sunken structural look if you look at the side profile (sorry if I'm not describing this well...) where my face looks like it "caves in" a bit. I heard that that happens to people who have pulled their premolars because you don't have that "full" smile you're supposed to have so your mouth shrinks inward and so your lips sink in and your chin protrudes. My ortho put in my file that I have a asymmetric face (right side fuller) with a convex profile and a small lower jaw, don't know if that means anything.
I hope it's just my paranoia talking and nothing's going to be wrong. I know it's common to remove teeth, but I'm just worried about what will happen in the future, post-braces. I want a nice smile and a nice bite but to hear that it can affect the way my side profile scares me into thinking I shouldn't do it. Any advice? 1st hand experiences to calm my nerves? I'm getting them taken out tomorrow ><
(Note: all four consultations I've been to before choosing this ortho said that I was borderline extraction and that I'd most likely extract)
here's some photos!
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6804/prebraces.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4919/frontblb.jpg
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9900/openbite.jpg
http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/2795/problemx.jpg
http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/4584/premolar.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8677/profile1e.jpg
So my ortho said that by removing all 4 2nd premolars there'd be more space for my teeth to move and for my open bite to close. I do have large teeth according to my ortho as well so I guess that's part of her reasoning. (already removed all 4 wisdom teeth as well)
My only worry is, is it really going to help? Will it really close the open bite? And it won't affect my jaw in any way right? Cause I don't want to end up with like... a sunken structural look if you look at the side profile (sorry if I'm not describing this well...) where my face looks like it "caves in" a bit. I heard that that happens to people who have pulled their premolars because you don't have that "full" smile you're supposed to have so your mouth shrinks inward and so your lips sink in and your chin protrudes. My ortho put in my file that I have a asymmetric face (right side fuller) with a convex profile and a small lower jaw, don't know if that means anything.
I hope it's just my paranoia talking and nothing's going to be wrong. I know it's common to remove teeth, but I'm just worried about what will happen in the future, post-braces. I want a nice smile and a nice bite but to hear that it can affect the way my side profile scares me into thinking I shouldn't do it. Any advice? 1st hand experiences to calm my nerves? I'm getting them taken out tomorrow ><
(Note: all four consultations I've been to before choosing this ortho said that I was borderline extraction and that I'd most likely extract)
here's some photos!
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6804/prebraces.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4919/frontblb.jpg
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9900/openbite.jpg
http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/2795/problemx.jpg
http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/4584/premolar.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8677/profile1e.jpg