Braces Question...Dental Impaction?

Question

So I have worn my braces for a year now and my orthodontist says I have about 3-4 months left.

But, there is one complication. I have had this dental impaction on my first molar. It is a baby tooth. Before I had braces, the tooth barely emerged from the gums. Now that I am a year into having the braces, the tooth is slowly dropping due to more space it has. Also, the tooth is slightly decayed.

So my orthodontist said this: I should go to the oral surgeon and get it checked out. If the oral surgeon says for me to take the baby tooth out, then I will need to continue wearing braces for one more year. If I decide to keep the tooth and maybe do something somewhere down the road, then I get the braces off in the 3-4 months and I would have to get a special retainer that holds the space where the tooth hasn't fully emerged.

Does anyone have any ideas/comments on what I should do? I am definitely going to the oral surgeon soon, but I will make the ultimate decision at the end

Answer 1

I think if it were me, my first question would be what the long term impact would be on the other teeth and spacing, with or without the tooth in question. If you keep the tooth, just so you can have the braces off sooner, and later have to have it removed, it will leave an open spot and the other teeth may shift. That would undo all the work the braces have done, and leave you with crooked teeth and having to consider going through the whole braces thing all over again to correct it. I can understand not wanting to have braces for another year, but really, you are only talking about extending your braces for another few months beyond the initial date. If you keep the tooth, they come off in 3-4 months, and if you don't they come off in 12. That's only 6-7 month delay in having them off. At some point the baby tooth will come out anyway, so it's not like you are saving something for the rest of your life like a permanent molar. I think I'd vote to have the tooth out now, wait the additional months, and have it all done with for good. Then the money you've invested in the braces won't be lost to shifting teeth, and you won't have to deal with it all over again. You will have to see what the oral surgeon thinks, but if it just comes down to your choice, I think it might be better to just have it out and done with. Why put off what's inevitable anyway? A beautiful smile can last forever, a baby tooth is only good for a few years.

Answer 2

Holly what your human beings imagine shouldn't count number in case you want braces and do not get them it ought to reason some terrible soreness to the overlapping tooth as you grow old. Your roots initiate bumping at the same time and boy do I do not ignore that soreness!!!!!! do not ignore your tooth. that is my recommend: do not do the sparkling!! Why? The sparkling is sparkling and really invisible yet they are very cumbersome and may be seen baring on your lips once you mouth is close. I have the accepted metallic braces with silver bands, they mixture with the metallic and they somewhat bulge! good success!

Answer 3

that happend to me but mine was mine eyetooth. and i lost that tooth when i was in the 10 grade. and i did have to wear the special retainer and it finale grew in . so good luck