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  • DENTAL QUESTIONWANT ANSWER FROM DENTIST

    01. 11. 2012 09:55


ben911997
i am a boy,age 14.my teeth are too big for my jaw,i have a severe case of maloclusion
a crossbite,overjet, and a openbite about 6 mm apart,the orthodontist told me you have to get a dentist to remove all first bicuspids to make room for my gums before putting on braces,the dentist that removed the one tooth(currently i just got one tooth removed,3 more to go),i wasnt worried about pain much(anesthetic) when she was removing the tooth,i was worrying if she is extracting the right tooth,i even asked her that and she said she is,but it turns out to be the second bicuspid she removed.she did say she was removing the right tooth,but the orthodontist clearly says to remove the first one,do you think the dentist made a mistake or just thinks that the second one were the ones that were supposed to be removed

she already removed one second bicuspid,and there is no going back,do you think it is still possible to still continue braces treatment with the best results havong to remove secondary bicuspid instead of first?

I JUST WANT A FREE ANSWER BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE DENTISTS HAVE GONE MAD!!I HAVE TO USE A CREDIT CARD AND PAY LIKE 30 BUCKS TO ASK A QUESTION TO AN EXPERT,I SURFED THE WEB AND ALL COST CREDIT CARDS,THIS THE REASONG WHY I POST IT HERE,HOPING A DENTIST WOULD COME ANSWER IT

 

 

  • Re : DENTAL QUESTIONWANT ANSWER FROM DENTIST

    01. 11. 2012 10:30


shipmurderer
This is the most random post I have ever seen on here lol. Good luck with your teeth I dont know the answer but if they removed the wrong tooth im guessing you can sue I would be pissed.

  • Re : DENTAL QUESTIONWANT ANSWER FROM DENTIST

    01. 11. 2012 18:03


bloodsky
Try Yahoo Answers.

  • Re : DENTAL QUESTIONWANT ANSWER FROM DENTIST

    01. 11. 2012 19:47


mongoose88
What do your parent(s) or guardian think about this whole thing? I would hope that you have a responsible adult in your life advising you on such things.

  • Re : DENTAL QUESTIONWANT ANSWER FROM DENTIST

    01. 13. 2012 05:13


BillClinton
As a dental student, here is my opinion (and NOT a diagnosis or even sound medical advice of any kind):

The first and second premolars are similar enough in respect to each other in form and function that the extraction of either one would likely not have a noticable outcome in the result of ortho treatment. Just so long as the external crown looks esthetically acceptable, there is no difference.

As to why your dentist removed your second premolar, I really have no clue and I can't say why as I wasn't there. Maybe the second premolar had an existing carious lesion? Maybe it had a problem with the root that would have interfered with ortho treatment? Maybe your first premolar looks better than your second so she decided to keep that one instead? The only person who can give you a straight answer is the one who performed the procedure.

The only thing I can think of that MIGHT be affected by removing the 2nd's instead of the 1st's is total treatment time, which may possibly be (slightly) longer, depending on what direction the teeth are to be moved in. However, as I don't know you and your orthodontist's treatment plan, that just wild speculation, as ortho results vary from person-to-person and are on a case-by-case basis.

As a 14 year old boy, you're very much still growing, and your head and jaws still expand up to around age 19-20. In a case of severe crowding, a more conservative approach would be to simply wait it out a bit longer and see what happens, then possibly use an arch expander or strip away enamel to make more room for the permanent teeth, then use braces to adjust your bite. However, from what you explained in your original post, your condition sounds serious enough that it requires corrective orthodontic treatment.

Overall, it would be unethical for me to make any kind of firm diagnosis or criticize the actions of your dentist over the internet. I don't know what you and your case look like, I don't know your family history (75% of malocclusion problems are hereditary), and I don't have access to your radiographs, so there isn't much I can say. Your best bet would be to seek clarification from the dentist who pulled your tooth and to consult the orthodontist working on your treatment plan about possible outcomes. I think paying a dental expert for advice over the internet is an impractical waste of time and money if they can't see you in person, as they'd bascially just repeat everything I just wrote.

Hope this answered your question.

  • Re : DENTAL QUESTIONWANT ANSWER FROM DENTIST

    01. 13. 2012 18:32


devildog8
Originally Posted by BillClinton

As a dental student, here is my opinion (and NOT a diagnosis or even sound medical advice of any kind):

The first and second premolars are similar enough in respect to each other in form and function that the extraction of either one would likely not have a noticable outcome in the result of ortho treatment. Just so long as the external crown looks esthetically acceptable, there is no difference.

As to why your dentist removed your second premolar, I really have no clue and I can't say why as I wasn't there. Maybe the second premolar had an existing carious lesion? Maybe it had a problem with the root that would have interfered with ortho treatment? Maybe your first premolar looks better than your second so she decided to keep that one instead? The only person who can give you a straight answer is the one who performed the procedure.

The only thing I can think of that MIGHT be affected by removing the 2nd's instead of the 1st's is total treatment time, which may possibly be (slightly) longer, depending on what direction the teeth are to be moved in. However, as I don't know you and your orthodontist's treatment plan, that just wild speculation, as ortho results vary from person-to-person and are on a case-by-case basis.

As a 14 year old boy, you're very much still growing, and your head and jaws still expand up to around age 19-20. In a case of severe crowding, a more conservative approach would be to simply wait it out a bit longer and see what happens, then possibly use an arch expander or strip away enamel to make more room for the permanent teeth, then use braces to adjust your bite. However, from what you explained in your original post, your condition sounds serious enough that it requires corrective orthodontic treatment.

Overall, it would be unethical for me to make any kind of firm diagnosis or criticize the actions of your dentist over the internet. I don't know what you and your case look like, I don't know your family history (75% of malocclusion problems are hereditary), and I don't have access to your radiographs, so there isn't much I can say. Your best bet would be to seek clarification from the dentist who pulled your tooth and to consult the orthodontist working on your treatment plan about possible outcomes. I think paying a dental expert for advice over the internet is an impractical waste of time and money if they can't see you in person, as they'd bascially just repeat everything I just wrote.

Hope this answered your question.


uuggh!! medical talk makes my head spin :P

  • Re : DENTAL QUESTIONWANT ANSWER FROM DENTIST

    01. 14. 2012 19:04


ben911997
Originally Posted by BillClinton

As a dental student, here is my opinion (and NOT a diagnosis or even sound medical advice of any kind):

The first and second premolars are similar enough in respect to each other in form and function that the extraction of either one would likely not have a noticable outcome in the result of ortho treatment. Just so long as the external crown looks esthetically acceptable, there is no difference.

As to why your dentist removed your second premolar, I really have no clue and I can't say why as I wasn't there. Maybe the second premolar had an existing carious lesion? Maybe it had a problem with the root that would have interfered with ortho treatment? Maybe your first premolar looks better than your second so she decided to keep that one instead? The only person who can give you a straight answer is the one who performed the procedure.

The only thing I can think of that MIGHT be affected by removing the 2nd's instead of the 1st's is total treatment time, which may possibly be (slightly) longer, depending on what direction the teeth are to be moved in. However, as I don't know you and your orthodontist's treatment plan, that just wild speculation, as ortho results vary from person-to-person and are on a case-by-case basis.

As a 14 year old boy, you're very much still growing, and your head and jaws still expand up to around age 19-20. In a case of severe crowding, a more conservative approach would be to simply wait it out a bit longer and see what happens, then possibly use an arch expander or strip away enamel to make more room for the permanent teeth, then use braces to adjust your bite. However, from what you explained in your original post, your condition sounds serious enough that it requires corrective orthodontic treatment.

Overall, it would be unethical for me to make any kind of firm diagnosis or criticize the actions of your dentist over the internet. I don't know what you and your case look like, I don't know your family history (75% of malocclusion problems are hereditary), and I don't have access to your radiographs, so there isn't much I can say. Your best bet would be to seek clarification from the dentist who pulled your tooth and to consult the orthodontist working on your treatment plan about possible outcomes. I think paying a dental expert for advice over the internet is an impractical waste of time and money if they can't see you in person, as they'd bascially just repeat everything I just wrote.

Hope this answered your question.

THIS IS WHY I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR!!!ONE OF THE HIGHEST PAYING JOBS IN THE WORLD
SURGEON WILL BE MY PATHWAY,AT FIRST 99.9% PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO BE SURGEONS CARES LITTLE ABOUT HUMAN LIVES BUT ARE DOING IT FOR MONEY(on scale,up to 100,000 to 400,000 USD on certain low surgeon jobs(ex. oral surgeons),and up to 500,000 to 1,000,000 USD annual salary for high doctor jobs(ex.neurosurgeons,heart surgeons)so you probably dont want to trust your life on bad doctors(just like that dentist that pulled out the wrong tooth)but anyway,many people who at first cares about making lots of money starts to think about lives more after their experience with operations that saved lives of patients and starts to say"oh i dont care about money,(they used to,thats why they became doctors to make lots)i just care about saving lives so those people can use money,money is worthless unless you use them"

btw,what field as a dental student are you choosing?are you going DDS(Doctor of Dental Surgery),DMD(Doctor of Dental Medicine),or plain ol' DD(Doctor of Dentistry)
if you choose DDS or DMD,are you going to continue your training after that for oral and maxillofacial surgeon?good paying job but you need to graduate and get a DDS,DMD or equivalent degree to continue that advanced course for training to become a oral surgeon

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