I had my wisdom teeth (3rd molars) extracted a year ago and is it possible to use that space where they were to uncrowd my crooked front teeth?
Not usually! That space is too far back to use to uncrowd the teeth that are located in the front of the mouth. I would have to move one tooth towards the back of the mouth at a time starting with the back teeth and work my way forward to the front of the mouth taking years to do this. Most wisdom teeth were extracted because there was no room for them either. So, to take other teeth and move them into “the edge” of the back of the mouth where the wisdom teeth were located is not a wise decision. If the mouth can’t be widened and teeth will not all fit requiring extractions, extractions are usually done towards where the problem is. For instance, if severe crowding exists in the front lower mouth, extractions of a tooth behind each canine (eye tooth) may be needed. I spend a lot of time studying a patient to make sure that teeth extractions don’t have to occur, but if they do, I also spend a lot of time with different teeth being extracted on my computers to see which will not leave sp
