STORY: PULLING TEETH
SCRIPT #502 SHOOT: 3/4/03
AIRDATE: Monday, March 31, 2003
Daybreak and Midday
DHC Master #17 Timecode: 34:07 This might surprise you. Dentists are pulling fewer teeth! No longer do they
automatically take out teeth to correct the very common problem of overcrowding.
Dr. Linda Niessen explains why in today’s
SOVT: 1:48 Dental Health Check.
BRETT WALKING IN (VOICE-OVER)
SUPER: Plano :02-07 Just seven years old, Brett Bullington
makes his monthly visit to the orthodontist.
X-RAYS OF CROWDED TEETH The diagnosis? Not enough room in his mouth for all his teeth.
PALATAL EXPANDER So orthodontist Dr. Mark Ozier places a
a device that will expand Brett’s palate
and eliminate crowding. Brett’s friends in
the second grade were surprised when he got
his braces.
SUPER: Brett Bullington :26-31 (“When I first got them, everybody was like
Age 7 you got braces?”)
ON CAMERA (STAND-UP BRIDGE)
SUPER: Dr. Linda Niessen :31-37 We now know that crowding problems can
Baylor College of Dentistry be corrected without pulling teeth in almost
all young children and in some adults.
SUPER: Dr. Mark Ozier (“My philosophy is to not pull teeth
Orthodontist :39-43 because you have a broader, wider smile.
If it’s just a dental or tooth problem, then it’s
crooked, crowded teeth and we go in with
expanders, make room, use the braces to
straighten the teeth and put them in place.”)
MISTY ABSHER WALKS INTO 15 years ago, Misty Absher had four teeth
DENTAL OFFICE pulled to eliminate a crowding problem.
Page 2 Pulling Teeth
SUPER: Misty Absher :57-1:05 (“Now my bite is off. And so I’m constantly
Dental Patient grinding on my back teeth. I kind of have an open bit they tell me. I wouldn’t have them extracted now, but I understand back then, that was the standard of care. Now,
if I had an option I wouldn’t want to lose any of my teeth.”)
DENTAL EXAM WITH MISTY
DR. OZIER (“We don’t want to pull four perfectly healthy teeth and compromise a crowded
situation at age 14 or 15.”)
BRETT’S MOTHER Brett’s mother endorses the new approach
of expanding the palate rather than pulling
teeth.
SUPER: Amy Bullington 1:25-1:30 (“Start early and it’s a lot easier. There’s
Brett’s Mother less pain. And hopefully we’re going to
prevent a lot of problems in the future.”)
ON CAMERA (STAND-UP CLOSE)
The American Association of Orthodontists
recommends a child see an orthodontist by
age 7. That way, mother and mother nature
can work together to make room for all the
natural teeth. For Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A & M System, I’m Dr.
Linda Niessen.
Note for web pages:
Dr. Mark Ozier
1900 Preston, Suite 373
Plano, TX 972-867-3177