I shadowed Dr. S.R. again today. There wasn't as much going on today, but it was, as always, awesome to see all the progression of the cases and the completion of some of the dental work. Oh, the beauty that braces can produce. Hideous placement of teeth can turn into works of art.
What did I learn today? Well, to start, I learned that the permanent tooth kind of eats away at a baby tooth which is why they sometimes worry that the permanent tooth is not doing its job if it doesn't come out after a certain period of time when the tooth is expected. In addition, the reason they remove baby teeth once the period for the permanent tooth to arrive has passed is that the tooth must not be placed behind the baby tooth, causing concern. Thus, they pull the baby tooth in hopes that the permanent tooth will find the empty path and try to fill it.
Interesting fact of the day? Braces will not proceed to move your teeth any faster if you start with the strongest wire. They will actually do the reverse. The undifferentiated cells around the root of the tooth will just die and not help the process of completing that braces would complete if done in the regular fashion.
But gotta study for the DAT, not enough time put in today. Sayanara!
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