extraction of bottom cuspid

[sillygirl33]

I am very thankful to find this sight. I am very nervous about this procedure. I am 33 have braces and have already done the exposure with the bracket. After a year nothing. The oral surgeon said the tooth did not appear to be anklyosed and that is why he put the chain on the tooth instead of extract it. Anyway, I had to change oral surgeons and now I am planning on extracting this tooth and will do a partial and follow up with an implant when I have the money for it. I had a consult with the oral surgeon but I am still nervous. I am also getting a bone graft.

I am very nervous of nerve damage and losing the neighbor teeth. I have been in braces for so long I would hate to lose teeth. The impacted cuspid k9 is not in a weird position and I can see a bit of the tooth. I am scared of the pain too. What should I expect.

Thanks for your replies.

 

[Zzzdentist]

Extraction of a lower canine tooth usually isn't associated with nerve damage as far as I have seen. There shouldn't be a risk of losing the adjacent teeth from extracting it either unless there is something I'm missing from not seeing the xray. It's too bad they couldn't orthodontically bring the tooth into place.