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It wasn’t that bad, yesterday afternoon went and took 4 of my teeth out, so the orth can pull my front teeth back.Going to the orth tomorrow for elastics to start to close the gap=) The extractions itself wasn’t that bad, the doc gave me like few shots of drug and then after 30mins.. all 4 teeth...

the elastics i'm referring to is the one that is use to close the gap from my extractions. I dont mean powerchain or the loop chain. o I also found out that the wires that is current in my month is call laceback wire (the one that twist around).. here is more info http://www.archwired.com/Photos-Mac...

If you have an archwire across your brackets then they will be doing something, as the archwire works on it's own ... and doesn't need elastics or anything else. In the beginning a very flexible archwire is used to loosen teeth, so they can begin their journey. If you have brackets without an archw...

I scheduled myself.. I kind of ask my orth about this b4 but he said I can immediately schedule to put the elastic, but not sure if “1 dayâ€

I schedule to have my extractions done this coming sept 27 and elastic to put on to close the gap on Sep,28.. 1 day after (24hours)dose any have or had have a similar schedule???

u know this sucks..on top of him being so busy... the other thing is.. I told him I want Self-ligating brackets , he just put on the tradional brace!!.. and he said there no big different in time!!?? is the righ!!???

I just feel kind of suck now

Im not sure if I should be frustrated with my Orth. It almost next to impossible to get to talk to him.. The receptions always say he is busy and if I do talk to him.. He always sounds like he's in a hurry. Right now I schedule to extractions a day right before he put on the elastic to close the gap...

battleangel232232, it sounds like you already have your braces on, so maybe that is right. ya I have my brace on now , but is doing nothing except to sit in my teeth. My orth told me things will start to move when he put the elastic on which is done 1 day RIGHT after my extractions.. so my concern ...

hmm interested.. I been schedule to have my extractions done this coming sept 27 and elastic to put on to close the gap on Sep,28.. 1 day after!!!! dose this sound right??

Ok here is the situation. I’m schedule to be braced tomorrow (very excited!!! :D ) and then after 2 weeks I’m going get my 4 teeth extracted to make rooms. Now my questions is.. will my teeth move right after my extraction even before my first adjustment(which has be schedule 1 month away from m...

The last couple of months are also for letting your teeth "settle". It's important to let your teeth relax in their final position for a month or so in order to help them stabilize.

but isn't thats what retainers are for?

ok.. so how can one speed one their treatment?? beside the obvious ie(not missing appointments, dont break the wires, ) and course, I know that it also depend on the patients. But I'm here to just ask a general question , is their any tools we can use to speed up the process??? ie Chain, spring, hea...

Ya , I understand that everyone will have different result, but just in general (most cases) the last few months are pretty much for fine tuning and not much teeth or facial movement???:

How much impact will result from taking your brace off 4 months earlier then the original end date? I know quite well that it’s highly recommended to stay with the whole treatment. But I will relocate during the last few months of my 2 years treatment, it quite difficult for me to stick to the who...

i posted this on the general forum, but I moved here since I think is more suitable. here it is: have anyone heard of Anterior segmental osteotomy ?? apparent this is a treatment for bimaxillary protrusion. Here is some info: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&a...