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There is an obvious slant on the left side of the picture, the two sides are not quite even. I suppose this will be treated with triangle elastics?
What other things do you think should be treated? I am not looking for unrealistic perfection, I just want to see if there are important details that I am missing of. How should I expect the treatment to proceed from this point onwards?
As always, thank you for all your support, this forum has been the greatest encouragement for me in this journey!
I am a year into my braces and I have these kinds of questions for my ortho all the time.. she always says.. things will work out at the end.. I think I can see your slant.. you mean w/the wire? And how they don't look parallel going from left to right in your mouth?
I have this issue too, however the bottom wire is like an wide, upside down u shape. If that makes any sense. So the top wire is really straight and the bottom is curved so it doesn't look parallel either. It bugs the crap out of me. I think it's ugly and my teeth weren't like that before. HOwever, I know that I have about a year left and know that things like this will be worked out at the end. I'm sure your situation is the same too
Thank you VA% for your response! Do you mean that the braces don't look parallel? I think they were intentionally placed that way because the side on the left of the picture was a bit more protruding than the right and the braces are pushing it behind so that both sides come on the same level (geez, I hope you got the picture, I suck at ortho descriptions .
I am sure that everything will work out for all of us. Being of course incredibly obsessive with my teeth, I just want to make sure there is not anything else that escapes my attention
Maria83 wrote:Thank you VA% for your response! Do you mean that the braces don't look parallel? I think they were intentionally placed that way because the side on the left of the picture was a bit more protruding than the right and the braces are pushing it behind so that both sides come on the same level (geez, I hope you got the picture, I suck at ortho descriptions .
I am sure that everything will work out for all of us. Being of course incredibly obsessive with my teeth, I just want to make sure there is not anything else that escapes my attention
Yes, they are not parallel They don't look like two lines horizontal lines. And I am a year into braces. It bugs me, however I am fairly certain this is just something that is being worked out right now. I still have about a year left, and that is a lot of time. My main goal in braces is to retract my teeth and she hasn't even gotten to that stage b/c she's still working on other issues in my mouth. It's frustrating for me b/c I was hopefully the retraction would happen by now.. but I can see why she is waiting.. just be patient, I'm certain that your ortho is working it out too
I know what you mean about braces not looking parallel. Mine were like that for what seemed like forever. Towards the end of my treatment, when i was having the strongest square wires, it corrected. If you are in the last 4-6 months of treatment and they are still uneven i would ask your ortho. I know this advice sucks right now, and i hate it when i got it at your stage in treatment, but the in time these things should work out on their own.
