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Originally posted by Peryn
Not so much a question about advice, and what right for me or whatever, but just a question in general.
At what age do you start to reccommend tooth extractions? At what age is it just to young? I am pretty much finished up with the braces, with my second orthodontist, but i had some really bad experiences with my first. Anyway, by the time i was in 4th or 5th grade, i had already had 8 teeth pulled (two sets of 4, prolly a year or more apart). My teeth weren't especially horrible, i had overbite and that overjet thingy some, but again, nothing horrible. As i look back on it now, i really regret having that much, and that intense, or work done at such an early age. If i had to do it all over again, i would have done what i could to wait on the extractions. Im just curious in your experience, how you handle extraction in young children. Was this guy too agressive, or was i too ignorant of the situation? Or a little of both.
Incedentally, it was pretty tactless imo, when at one of my appointments, he looked into my mouth and said something alone the lines of "Oh boy. Looks like we'll be taking a few trips to Hawaii on your mouth." Glad i got away from that guy...
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Well the guy seems like an asshole with his comments, that or he just had a really bad sense of humor and was trying to be funny and instead looked like an ass. I'm also confused as to WHY he would say that as most orthodontists, almost all I'd say, don't take out the teeth themselves. We could, but our offices are not set up for it, and we will either refer to an oral surgeon or back to their dentist depending on what needs to be done. Was he a real orthodontist or a dentist playing around with orthodontics? No law says a general dentist or pedodontist can't do orthodontics, but very few take the time to really understand it. Its not something you can learn at a weekend course, despite some amusing claims.
Also I am hoping you are referring to baby teeth and not permanent ones. There is no SET age at when its good to take out baby teeth. I do have them taken out but the age of the patient, maturity level, and immediate need all play a part. Its pretty rare we would need to take that many out at once, but it can happen. So what I would guess is that you didn't need that many out at once but I can't be sure.