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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / April 2005prophylactic pediatric orthodontistry question
Somebody I know said he had several (four?) lower front teeth pulled at a young age, supposedly to prevent crowding. I gather this was to prevent the sockets from being crooked and to prevent the permanent teeth from being crooked. He said he believed the permanent teeth came in fairly soon after. His teeth are quite straight and he did not have braces, although some of his siblings did. Was and is this common practice, and is it usually successful? Tremendous variation from person to person. There is absolutely NO way to draw any comparison from someone else to you or your family from such a scenario.  Signature~+--~+--~+--~+--~+-- Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S. Troy, Michigan, USA .................................................... This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only. Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect your health. ...................... > Somebody I know said he had several (four?) lower front teeth pulled at a > young age, supposedly to prevent crowding. I gather this was to prevent [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Was and is this common practice, and is it usually successful? > Tremendous variation from person to person. There is absolutely NO way to > draw any comparison from someone else to you or your family from such a > scenario. Thanks. Presumably the dentist would decide mainly by looking, but how about taking note of whether serial extraction (thanks, W_B) worked well for a patient's adult relation? Would a dentist be inclined to apply it to the adult's son or niece? Might it still work if the lower front teeth of a seven-year-old already look pretty crowded and crooked? >> Tremendous variation from person to person. There is absolutely NO way to >> draw any comparison from someone else to you or your family from such a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >patient's adult relation? Would a dentist be inclined to apply it to >the adult's son or niece? Yes, I did it for one of my daughters. She still required ortho but it wasn't as severe as it could have been. >Might it still work if the lower front teeth of a seven-year-old already >look pretty crowded and crooked? Doubtful, but maybe. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com There is sometimes correlation that what was done for one parent will be needed on the child. Most times, this is not true. Other factors such as habits, diet, genetic contribution from the other parent, trauma, etc. all come into play. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY to make a blanket statement such as you are asking us to make without being deceitful. People are not machines which come out of a press. Every one is not the same. Signature~+--~+--~+--~+--~+-- Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S. Troy, Michigan, USA .................................................... This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only. Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect your health. ...................... >> Tremendous variation from person to person. There is absolutely NO way >> to draw any comparison from someone else to you or your family from such [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Might it still work if the lower front teeth of a seven-year-old already > look pretty crowded and crooked? >Was and is this common practice, and is it usually successful? It's called serial extraction. Success depends on case selection. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com >>Was and is this common practice, and is it usually successful? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Take out the G'RBAGE > wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com Thanks, W_B. Your post led me to: http://anzspd.org.au/SynopsesPDF/Synopses_2001_04.pdf which is a five-page 2001 review article "Serial Extraction Revisited" by Dr. Lochana of U. of Melbourne. > Somebody I know said he had several (four?) lower front teeth pulled at > a young age, supposedly to prevent crowding. I had four fangs pulled (two top and two bottom) to prevent crowding but after the second ones came through. I think this was about 1972 when I was around 13 years old I think. The gaps closed up quite quickly. >> Somebody I know said he had several (four?) lower front teeth pulled at >> a young age, supposedly to prevent crowding. > >I had four fangs pulled (two top and two bottom) to prevent crowding but >after the second ones came through. I think this was about 1972 when I was >around 13 years old I think. The gaps closed up quite quickly. You had four fangs pulled ?! How did Vlad feel about that ? -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com |
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