| Subject: Re: Root resorption and self ligating braces - Drrick |
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lilleth
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Date Posted: 18:09:50 07/13/04 Tue
In reply to:
drrick
's message, "Re: Root resorption and self ligating braces - Drrick" on 11:04:29 07/13/04 Tue
I had the periapical xray. The hygenist and dentist said I have good jaw bone structure so an implant would work and that the tooth might not go right away, it could be a long time. It still sounds terrible to me to lose a tooth in the front after a lot of dental and ortho work over the years. I gather from the statement "the tooth is pretty beat up" that 50% root resorption is a pretty bad sign. Sigh. I guess I don't have any more questions, except the hygenist said I should take calcium to make sure I don't have bone loss and that bone loss/osteoporosis could affect jaws too.
>I use the damon system on select cases. They might be
>a kinder aleternative than traditional braces, but the
>tooth in question is opretty beat up so there might be
>no helping it.
>
>>I am having periapical xray of tooth with 1/2 of root
>>resorbed this morning at my general dentist and then
>>have appt for upper braces this afternoon, depending
>>on whether dentist approves. One ortho I saw used the
>>self ligating braces, which I have read may cause less
>>root resorption, but I chose a different ortho who
>>does not used them. Drrick, do you think the self
>>ligating systems would be less likely to damage that
>>root more?
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