Extraction gap closure
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Extraction gap closure
I had my upper 1st premolars and lower 2nd premolars extracted. How long will it take for these gaps to be closed?
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Re: Extraction gap closure
I had the opposite of you. I had my upper 2nd premolar and my bottom 1st premolar. Ive been braces for a month, and i think i see some movement in my top ones. not a whole lot but a little is something. i still need to get braces on my bottom.Henna_the_braceface wrote:I had my upper 1st premolars and lower 2nd premolars extracted. How long will it take for these gaps to be closed?
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I had all four 2nd premolars removed. I am now 21 months into treatment and the upper gaps are completely closed whilst my ortho has only recently (past four months) started to try and close the lowers. The lowers are much more stubborn than the uppers - something to do with the jaw bone I think - so after four months of concentrated efforts at closing them, there is still about a 1mm gap there. My ortho used a combination of heavy springs and elastics to close the gaps but it's very slow going.
Speak to your ortho, he/she may be concentrating on correcting other areas of your teeth before your gaps are closed...
Katy
Speak to your ortho, he/she may be concentrating on correcting other areas of your teeth before your gaps are closed...
Katy
Having a spring over each extraction gap, it took 6 months for my bicuspid gaps to close, and now I have gaps in the front on the sides instead. All of that will be fixed as my arches widen though.
http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=6100
Full On Metal! Aug 31, 2005
4 Bicuspids extracted Sept 26-27 2005
Disbanded n loving it - June 12, 2007!
Full On Metal! Aug 31, 2005
4 Bicuspids extracted Sept 26-27 2005
Disbanded n loving it - June 12, 2007!
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