My daughters had the wrong tooth pulled and has now been recommended braces she doesn’t want, what are the solutions?
Q.
Dr. Tennet: My 18 year old daughter recently had her four wisdom teeth out. ..we thought. In error, her upper right second molar was extracted and the impacted wisdom tooth remains. The dentist is willing to do what is necessary to make the situation right and is hoping the wisdom tooth will drop and she can wear braces to move the wisdom tooth forward. We are skeptical that this will work and our daughter does not want to wear braces again, especially in college! We have had one expert look at doing a post implant which our daughter would like. The expert’s first reaction was to tell us she did not have enough bone to do this.
We want to pursue another opinion but would like some guidance before moving forward. Could you give us your thoughts and some advice?
Thank you.
Dr. Tennet: My 18 year old daughter recently had her four wisdom teeth out. ..we thought. In error, her upper right second molar was extracted and the impacted wisdom tooth remains. The dentist is willing to do what is necessary to make the situation right and is hoping the wisdom tooth will drop and she can wear braces to move the wisdom tooth forward. We are skeptical that this will work and our daughter does not want to wear braces again, especially in college! We have had one expert look at doing a post implant which our daughter would like. The expert’s first reaction was to tell us she did not have enough bone to do this.
We want to pursue another opinion but would like some guidance before moving forward. Could you give us your thoughts and some advice?
Thank you.
A.
As the case is legal and specific I can discuss principles. when teeth move the bone moves with them and it may be worth using a simple appliance to move the wisdom tooth into the space. If it is not suitable long term it may be possible to place the implant into a the site created when the wisdom tooth is extracted.
As the case is legal and specific I can discuss principles. when teeth move the bone moves with them and it may be worth using a simple appliance to move the wisdom tooth into the space. If it is not suitable long term it may be possible to place the implant into a the site created when the wisdom tooth is extracted.
There must be reason for taking out the wisdom tooth in the first place ( space or decay etc ) and if the missing molar is restored there may still be the origional problem.
Rob
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