Ian Furst, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Coronation Dental Specialty Group The solution we used; The consensus from the comments is that most would have waited for the tooth to erupt.  In this case, the orthodontist had asked that tooth 1.4 be extracted and the 1.3 be further exposed and bonded.  Because we are a multi-disciplinary practice, I had the luxury of having the periodontist I work with take a look as well.  Both of us were concerned that tooth 1.3 would develop recession on traction.  Because there would be a good band of keratinized tissue between 1.3 and the extraction site of 1.4, I ...

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