An anxious girl who can't wait until b-day!
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An anxious girl who can't wait until b-day!
Hello all, I am going to be getting my impressions done on 1/8. Anyone know of a timeline on how long after you get impressions that your b-day is set? Or do you get spacers (if needed) that day? My ortho hasen't told me much, but I am sure exited after all these years to get this fixed. Thanks for your support!
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For my case I went in, the ortho looked at my bite said you will benefit from ortho treatment, did molds, pictures and evaluation all in one day, I was fitted with spacers and told to come back in 1 week. I went in 1 week later and I was fitted with full braces for 2 years. So pretty quickly it went!
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~Tim~
Thanks for the great advice! I already had my inital consultation and was told that I needed a Herbst appliane and full braces. They told me (after I decided to go on with the treatment) to come in and get impressions, and then I would be fitted in all appliances at the same time. I want to get these installed ASAP so I can get this 22 months over with!
I go for impressions on the 3rd, and my ortho uses OrthoCAD to do a computer plan for my treatment, and my b-day appointment is set for the 17th. So two weeks for me.
But I don't know if you'll have to be in the Herbst a while before they place the brackets or not. Hopefully someone with one will come by and give some info.
Sounds like we'll be on a similar time frame, though!
But I don't know if you'll have to be in the Herbst a while before they place the brackets or not. Hopefully someone with one will come by and give some info.
Sounds like we'll be on a similar time frame, though!
Braced for the first time on January 17th, 2008!
Planned with OrthoCAD iQ
Damon 3 ("social six") and 3MX brackets
Estimated treatment time: 18-20 months
This is what I'm going for!
Click on WWW to read my braces story.
Planned with OrthoCAD iQ
Damon 3 ("social six") and 3MX brackets
Estimated treatment time: 18-20 months
This is what I'm going for!
Click on WWW to read my braces story.
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Re: An anxious girl who can't wait until b-day!
After I had the initial consultation (molds, x-rays, etc.) I had around a month wait. Then, I went in and the ortho showed me the molds and x-rays, and told me what the plan was. I opted to get the spacers in that day, which meant that I had to get the braces on within the next week. (Worked well, rather than waiting another month for the spacers! ) So my guess is that after you get the imporessions it should probably be around 3-4 weeks until you get your spacers, and then another week until your brace day! But this is just a guess using my experience, so yours could be different. Good luck with the braces!KatieBug wrote:Hello all, I am going to be getting my impressions done on 1/8. Anyone know of a timeline on how long after you get impressions that your b-day is set? Or do you get spacers (if needed) that day? My ortho hasen't told me much, but I am sure exited after all these years to get this fixed. Thanks for your support!
My Ortho does it in 3 steps :
Nov 27 - Free consultation, when I said, yes, I want to do this, they took the impressions, X-Rays and photos before I left
Dec 5th - Ortho went over what I need, showed me the molds and X-rays, etc... and gave me choices. I chose brackets because of the time involved in making the correction and the cost
Jan 9th - I'll get my brackets !!
I totally agree with how you feel about getting it going fast. I put off getting my bite corrected for years but now that I've decided to do it, I want to push forward and get on with it.
Nov 27 - Free consultation, when I said, yes, I want to do this, they took the impressions, X-Rays and photos before I left
Dec 5th - Ortho went over what I need, showed me the molds and X-rays, etc... and gave me choices. I chose brackets because of the time involved in making the correction and the cost
Jan 9th - I'll get my brackets !!
I totally agree with how you feel about getting it going fast. I put off getting my bite corrected for years but now that I've decided to do it, I want to push forward and get on with it.
Hi,
I got my consultation on the 21st Nov, I got Xray taken this day also. After talking about it with my other half and my mum I decided to go ahead with it and got an app for the 28th Nov, at this app I got impressions taken and my brackets were put on there and then!!! WOW so fast I thought, but thats them been on nearly 4 weeks and I forget they are there sometimes!!
Im getting an expander put on on the 7th Jan, most people I think have this put on before braces but Im on a very tight schedule, getting married in Aug and wanted nice teeth!!
Hope you get your B-Day date soon!!!
I got my consultation on the 21st Nov, I got Xray taken this day also. After talking about it with my other half and my mum I decided to go ahead with it and got an app for the 28th Nov, at this app I got impressions taken and my brackets were put on there and then!!! WOW so fast I thought, but thats them been on nearly 4 weeks and I forget they are there sometimes!!
Im getting an expander put on on the 7th Jan, most people I think have this put on before braces but Im on a very tight schedule, getting married in Aug and wanted nice teeth!!
Hope you get your B-Day date soon!!!
Expander fitted 07/01/08
1st Adj 07/01/08