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Subject: Re: A month outta braces and..., Dr. Rick? Help!

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Gena From Georgia

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Date Posted: 10:31:28 08/19/04 Thu
In reply to: Pamela 's message, "A month outta braces and..., Dr. Rick? Help!" on 09:11:07 08/19/04 Thu

Like Jim said . . maybe a bonded retainer would be better in this situation? I don't know. I will be curious to hear an answer from this though because I am undergoing the same procedure to bring down one canine. My ortho says he will put permanent ones on top and bottom. . .

>I recently noticed one of my formerly impacted canines
>had retruded somewhat. I asked my husband if he
>thought it had, he said no. Well, that's good.. at
>least it's not noticeable. I went to my ortho last
>week for my retainer checkup. I asked him. He got
>out the little measurement stick and said, yep, it had
>retruded a mm or so (in only a month!) I asked if he
>could do anything to my Hawley's to bring it back
>down. He said no, and "let's hope it comes down on
>its own." I asked what if it keeps going up, he said
>"let's hope it doesn't". I asked , but what if it
>does, what can we do? He said "braces is all I know
>of!" UH NO! Had them 2 and 1/2 years.. don't want
>them again! Especially for just 1 tooth. I kinda
>doubt it will keep going up, so I guess I will just
>deal with it if it doesn't come back down. Does this
>happen often with previously impacted canines??? Do
>they usually come back down? Any ideas (besides
>braces) I can suggest to my ortho if it doesn't?
>Maybe buttons behind that tooth and the surrounding
>teeth? Or would it likely go back up after that too?
>Help!

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I put up a new pic... you can see the retrusion.	Pamela	10:34:43 08/19/04 Thu

Re: I put up a new pic... you can see the retrusion.	Gena From GA	10:39:19 08/19/04 Thu
Re: I put up a new pic... you can see the retrusion. -- Pamela, 12:40:38 08/19/04 Thu Re: I put up a new pic... you can see the retrusion. -- jo(uk), 13:03:52 08/19/04 Thu