Bite Turbos and Distalizers

This is the place to post general questions and comments about all areas of orthodontic treatment. Before you post a question, use the forum's SEARCH tool to see if your question has already been answered!

New Members: YOU MUST MAKE A POST WITHIN 24 HOURS OF REGISTERING OR YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED. In other words, don't sign up unless you plan to actively participate in the message board immediately. This is necessary to keep out spammers and lurkers with bad intentions. Of course, you can read most forums on the board without registering.

DO NOT POST FULL-FACE PHOTOS or personal contact information on this website. We have had problems with people re-posting members' photos on fetish websites. Please only post photos of your teeth, not your whole face. Keep your email and your personal information private. Thank you.

Moderator: bbsadmin

Post Reply
Message
Author
Lisa65
Posts: 3469
Joined: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:12 pm

#16 Post by Lisa65 »

ArchAngle, what's with the insults?

Karen had a lot of very valid questions and looking into the various options available, rather than accepting what any old ortho says and going blindly uninformed into treatment, is definitely not a waste of time. If it means she ends up better informed than the majority of people going into treatment, what's the problem? There's no such things as being over-informed. If you're bored with doing Google searches on her behalf, then stop.

Karen, I would have replied to your thread with reference to my own distalizing experience but Meryaten beat me to it.
Top
bbsadmin
Posts: 3469
Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:03 pm
Location: Northern California
Contact:
Contact bbsadmin

#17 Post by bbsadmin »

ArchAngle wrote:Small word of advise [ban me or not). You reached the stage of f*cking around. And are wasting people's time. Sh*t or get off the pot and get your braces. You've been provided with ample information, but you've turned it into a chat about you, the 'singer' with the attention whatever ortho gives you, is better,

VERY SIMPLE "like in the other post - f*cking ingrate -" flip a coin and choose the ortho, or if what you are really after is a chat session, join AOL.


:)
That comment is totally out of line. Please refrain from making disrespectful unhelpful outbursts like this on the message board in the future.

-Lynn the site owner and admin
I'm the owner/admin of this site. Had ceramic uppers, metal lowers ~3 years in my early 40's. Now in Hawley retainers at night!
Top
purpleteeth
Posts: 448
Joined: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:45 pm
Location: Texas
Contact:
Contact purpleteeth

#18 Post by purpleteeth »

karencoutts wrote:
purpleteeth wrote:The only experience I can comment on is with the bite turbos and elastics.

Thanks for letting me know that elastics aren't all that bad. I may just forget the distalizers...

Your bite turbos don't sound exactly the same as the metallic medieval torture devices as pictured in ArchAngle's post that I will be getting.

Your comments were much appreciated.
Mine are clear, not metal. They look like plastic white fangs sticking out of the teeth in back or like two little sticks of clear glue. My hygenist commented on how they were not metal and how "lucky" I was. She calls the metal ones "cleats".
<img>
Top
ortho
Posts: 3
Joined: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:08 pm

#19 Post by ortho »

Go with the doctor that you trust the most. If you don't trust either doctor, keep looking because you will always be doubting them and questioning their judgement. Both treatment plans will mostly likely get you a great result. Go with the doc you feel comfortable with. Definately don't let the treatment time estimates be the deciding factor...
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Metal Mouth Forum”