Getting wisdom teeth ground down

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#1 Post by **slywy** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:26 pm

I have my braces off, with a temporary retainer on top and a permanent one on the bottom. This week I'm supposed to go get my wisdom teeth ground down (they're turning sideways and keeping my bite from closing, which doesn't bother me but irks the good orthodontist no end). I forget what he called the procedure (I know bruxism is teeth grinding, and it was something with a similar root, I think, but the term has slipped my aging mind). Has anyone had anything like this and how did it go? What happens to your enamel? Inquiring minds . . . TIA.

#2 Post by **slywy** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:22 am

I've had to postpone until mid-May. Yay. Still curious, though.

#3 Post by **Clo** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:35 am

Hi,

maybe you know a bit about my case, as I posted here quite some bit
about my open bite. I got this open bite as a nasty side effect of having
braces. My ortho corrected this by grinding off quite some bit of my
second and third molars, both upper and lower ones. It is totally painless.
But that sound, geez, it goes all the way through your head. It was done
with a very high speed drill, and the vibrations were quite annoying. I
still am not happy that it was done though. As a result, my molar bite
planes look much 'flatter' now. I feel like I lost something. To this day,
I never had a cavity or lost a tooth you know ...
To be short, the procedure is a breeze, nothing to worry about. But I keep
thinking that maybe a less 'rough' ortho could have corrected this in a more
gentle way.

Good luck !