Fig.4.What we need to do is to raise the tooth #15 (arrow) to gain the space for the crown over the implant.  These days, we can place two mini-implants (much smaller than regular implants as shown earlier) on the either side of #15.  One of the mini-implants is shown as a brown circle, the other one is not shown, because it is on the other side of the tooth #15.  A rubber band is placed between these two mini-implants (blue).  Under the tension of the rubber band, the tooth #15 will gradually be pushed upward.  Return to main article

Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/26/2012, last revision 09/27/2012