Hi all,
at this very moment, my ortho is trying to close my open bite. This is how
my braces look like now :
Since things are not going that well, I mailed to my ortho and asked some
questions. This week I got her letter. I could read what I was expecting but
hoped to not have to read. First, she said my bite will be very hard to close.
And even when she would be able to close it, it won't be stable and open up
later on. She thinks I have about 75 pct chance that she will be able to close
it. If I would consider surgery, then she gives me 79 pct. She says I'd better
accept the open bite and overjet and non existent bite and just go for some
correction of both arches, so that these look nice. When I read between the
lines, she says it must be my fault all this is happening. My bite is open due
to muscular imbalances and due to my tongue. So, the 2 orthos I had and
extruded my back teeth using a vast amount of elastics are not the culprit.
Even more, I had an open bite before I started this, she said, even though
my teeth all came together when I did bite down. And ... and ...
Now, I just do not know anymore what to do. It was getting obvious that to
correct my bite, orthodontics alone just wouldn't be enough. So, I gradually
began to accept that only jaw surgery would be the solution. Now, I see that
it will give me only 4 pct more chance of success. I can't accept to undergo
the risks of a surgery to only gain 4 pct. Unless I am missing something, I
just think they tell me to just give up and after some minor corrections then
leave.
This was just the news I wanted to hear at this moment.
