Molar Woes
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:32 pm
I'm posting this because I tried to look up this topic in the search, and nothing turned up...
Has anyone ever gotten a cracked/fractured tooth from the pressure of the teeth moving?? Mine hasn't, but I'm curious what the chances of that happening are. I broke a bracket off one of my front bottom teeth, and went in earlier this week to get another one glued on. The wire I'd had in when I went into the office I'd only had on for a few weeks, but my ortho was impressed with the progress made and decided to bump me up to a bigger wire (and there I was, thinking I might actually be able to tackle some semi-solid food - my mouth was still sore from my last adjustment back in February!). Ever since then, there's been a significant amount of pressure on one of my molars, enough to where I'm subconsciously clenching my teeth when I sleep (like THAT'S gonna do any good
). I've never broken or chipped a tooth before, knock on wood, but I'm worried between the pressure of the new wire and me gritting my teeth that something might happen.
Anyone else have, or had, this problem? Any suggestions?
Has anyone ever gotten a cracked/fractured tooth from the pressure of the teeth moving?? Mine hasn't, but I'm curious what the chances of that happening are. I broke a bracket off one of my front bottom teeth, and went in earlier this week to get another one glued on. The wire I'd had in when I went into the office I'd only had on for a few weeks, but my ortho was impressed with the progress made and decided to bump me up to a bigger wire (and there I was, thinking I might actually be able to tackle some semi-solid food - my mouth was still sore from my last adjustment back in February!). Ever since then, there's been a significant amount of pressure on one of my molars, enough to where I'm subconsciously clenching my teeth when I sleep (like THAT'S gonna do any good
). I've never broken or chipped a tooth before, knock on wood, but I'm worried between the pressure of the new wire and me gritting my teeth that something might happen.Anyone else have, or had, this problem? Any suggestions?
It's so bad that it's waking me up 3 times a night, so I went to the ortho this morning and they made an impression to give me a bite plane so that I'm not clenching my teeth at night anymore. We'll see if it works ...