Last time I was at the orthodontist, my upper teeth had moved forward. So he put on a powerchain to close gaps. Well the gaps have pretty much closed, but the upper teeth moved back some in the process. This time, he installed a longer powerchain, and is having me wear a rubberband on the right side. The rubberband is attached to the back upper molar, and to one of the lower teeth towards the front. So hopefully this will help pull the uppers forward.
Last time he also removed the brack from the back molar on the left to give the dentist access to fill a tooth over there. The tooth was filled. But the orthodontist decided not to repalce the bracket at this time. Not sure why not. Seems liek it would have made sense to replace the bracket so I could have a rubberband on both sides pulling the uppers forward.
I asked him about the intermitent toothaches I have been having since getting the tooth filled. I asked for details, and said I should wait another month. If I am still having them, call the dentist. Fortunatly the toothaches have been occuring less and elss often. So hopefully everything is alright.
I can’t believe that I have had these things on for about 2 1/2 years now! Wow!
When I got my teeth cleaned back on February 26th, the dental hygenist hist a spot that made me jump. I hadn’t had any pain or anything. The only sign that something was wrong was when she hit the spot with a metal scraper probe thing. She said she thouhgt there was some decay on the tooth but wasn’t sure since it was next to a bracket.
I made an appointment witht he dentist and they verified there was some decay on the tooth but I would need to get a bracket removed to give them access to the tooth.
So on my next orthodontist appointment, he removed the bracket, and I made an appointment with the dentist. All during this time, I never had any pain from the tooth unless it was being poked with a metal probe. Mayeb occasionally while brushing I might feel some discomfort.
On April 16th I had my dentist appointment, and he drilled and filled the tooth. But ever since getting the filling I have had an Intermittent tooth ache in that area. I am not positive it is the same tooth, but it seems pretty coincidental that I start getting a toothache on that area after getting the filling.
I am just a little peeved. Going from something that wasn’t bothering me, to getting it fixed and now having it bugging me.
The pain is sort of a dull ache that comes and goes. At times it doesn’t bother me at all. But at other times I get a dull ache. Last night I had a hard time getting to sleep because of it.
I called the dentist today and have an appointment for tomorrow morning to get it checked out. I probaby could have gotten in today, but I have been living with this for almost two weeks now, another day wont kill me.
When I had my teeth cleaned a few weeks ago, the hygenist (at my periodontist iffice) hit a spot with a probe that made me jump about a foot off the chair. She looked but didn’t see anything at first. But looking closer she saw some decay next to one of my brackets. So I went to the dentist, he looked, and verified there was decay there.
So on my last visit to the orthodontist, he removed the bracket to give better access to fill the cavity.
My dentist appointment was yesterday at lunch time. I am still getting used to these new guys. I was with my last dentist for over 10 years, until he retired. I liked his hygenist, and people. I just don’t know these new people. Anyway, I was brought into back without much waiting. The dentist came in, numbed me up with some topical anesthetic. Then he gave me a shot of novocaine. I barely even felt the shot at all. It didn’t hurt. Then he got to work with the drill. The high frequency vibrations bothered me some, but no biggie. He didn’t drill much. I figured with the cavity in the back, they would use the silver amalgam stuff. But they seemed to use the white stuff, white composite fillings? My last filling was with this stuff, and it looks way better than the ugly silver fillings! I am more than happy to pay a little extra to have my teeth filled with this stuff.
My tooth hadn’t bothered me at all before getting it filled…well except when being poked with a probe. But it bothered me a little last night. I started worrying I was going to need a root canal or something. But the tooth feels better today.
At my last visit to the orthodontist, I thought he was going to start pulling the front teeth back together. But one of the side teeth had moved in, so he had to work on pulling it back out. So this visit, the side tooth was back where it was supposed to be. So he put a power chain on the front.
Also, one of my teeth is a prosthetic tooth. It was the center tooth of a three tooth bridge. But when installing my braces, he cut the bridge appart. The one tooth has been just mounted to the wire and pivots around a bit. Since it flips around on the wire, the bracket gets extra wear and tear. It has broke several times. Each time, they had mounted a new ceramic bracket ont hat tooth. But when they went to mount it on the wire it would fit funny. So they would grind it down a little to fit. After several times of this, the tooth was too small. A sort of nub. SO last time they said they would make me a new prosthetic tooth. Which they did today. They pulled out some samples. FOund one that matched the color of my teeth. With a little bit of shaping, the tooth blended right in. The top of the tooth is higher than the other teeth. But if I just smile, you cant tell. I actually have to lift my lip to see that it is higher on the gum line. But it looks much better than the nub that I had.
Also, on my last visit to the peridontist, they found a little bit of decay on one of the teeth near one of my brackets. Actually when she hit the spot with a probe, I jumped a foot out of the chair. Anyway, the orthodontist said I don’t need the brack on that tooth right at this moment, so he pulled it off. I called and made an appointment with the dentist to get it filled. That appointment is on April 16th. Then on my next visit to the orthodontist, I think he will remount that bracket.
I had my orthodontist appointment. I have had a wire pushing my upper front teeth forward so they are out over the lowers. The wire has only been attached to the front four teeth and the rear molars. The front teeth are now forward enough. So I thought he would start closing all the gaps between the teeth this time. But some of the side teeth had moved a little in. So he decided to attach the wire to all al the teeth again, but not work on closing the gaps yet. He said that having the teeth all lined up and pushing them along the wire is pretty easy. So the plan is on my next visit in 5 weeks, that they will using rubber bands to bring the teeth together. Not sure if it will be a powerchain or what.
The dental assistant commented on my prosthetic tooth. It is a small nub now. It was part of a 3 tooth bridge which they cut appart. It is just attached to the wire. The bracket has come off several times. And when they have remounted the bracket, it didn’t fit right, so they ground the tooth down so it would fit. So after being ground down two or three times, it is small, and doen’t look right. The dental assistant said she is going to make me another prosthetic tooth on my next visit.
I have had my braces on now for over 2 years. I asked about how long it was still going to take. I am pretty patient. But people keep asking me how long I will have them on. He guessed about 6-9 months.