Midline adjustment

[TWild]

My gaps are finally closed and now I'm guessing my orthodontist will level out my teeth and adjust my midline. My top teeth are shifted just a bit to the left and my bottom teeth are shifted to the right. Does anyone know if this part of treatment goes by faster than closing gaps? It seemed like it took forever.

[catgyrl]

Congrats on your gap closure!!

I'm interested to find out this answer, myself. I got my one extraction done in May of last year, and I still have a couple of teeny gaps that need to close, so that's just over a year ago. My ortho started on the leveling portion of my treatment back in January 2011 with elastics, and lemme tell you... it is SLOOOOOOOOWWWW!! One month they look great... next month they're back where they were. One bit of advice: Be VERY diligent with your elastics wear. Follow your ortho's instructions to a "T", or else you'll find yourself in braces even longer than you thought you'd be.

[TWild]

Congrats on your gap closure!!

I'm interested to find out this answer, myself. I got my one extraction done in May of last year, and I still have a couple of teeny gaps that need to close, so that's just over a year ago. My ortho started on the leveling portion of my treatment back in January 2011 with elastics, and lemme tell you... it is SLOOOOOOOOWWWW!! One month they look great... next month they're back where they were. One bit of advice: Be VERY diligent with your elastics wear. Follow your ortho's instructions to a "T", or else you'll find yourself in braces even longer than you thought you'd be.

Wow, leveling since January? I thought I was only 2 - 3 months out lol.

I thought I would be in braces for 2 years and now I'll be coming up on 3 in October

[catgyrl]

Twild-

I think my leveling case is a more complicated one. I was a thumbsucker, and as a result, the upper teeth on the left side of my mouth are higher than those on my right side, so that's what he's trying to fix.

I'm sorry to hear your "sentence" got extended. I have a strong feeling that mine will, too. But we both know that after all this time, we want them to be as perfect as they can be, especially after forking out all this money.

Good luck to you!
Cathy

[TWild]

Twild-

I think my leveling case is a more complicated one. I was a thumbsucker, and as a result, the upper teeth on the left side of my mouth are higher than those on my right side, so that's what he's trying to fix.

I'm sorry to hear your "sentence" got extended. I have a strong feeling that mine will, too. But we both know that after all this time, we want them to be as perfect as they can be, especially after forking out all this money.

Good luck to you!
Cathy

Thanks, and good luck to you as well!

[Chicagogal]

I'm hoping to find this out myself. I'm in a heavy elastics stage. I started with crowding, not gaps, but a gap has started to open between my two front teeth from elastics working so hard to pull my lowers back and close my bite. My midline is definitely off and I'm not sure what elastic formation will fix it and how long it will take. I'm asking next week at my appt.