Anybody else not really care about their bite?
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If it really doesn't bother you, then don't worry about it! To most people it won't really matter. Its nice that your ortho left it up to you!
My bite is one of the many reasons I got braces and I really want to get it fixed. I have a sever overbite and a deep bite and it is really uncomfortable! My top teeth cover my bottom brackets fully!
Good luck!
-Hannah
Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Last Adjustment was 2/1/06 where they bonded a bracket to my cuspid, which was impacted!!!! OUCH!
My bite is one of the many reasons I got braces and I really want to get it fixed. I have a sever overbite and a deep bite and it is really uncomfortable! My top teeth cover my bottom brackets fully!
Good luck!
-Hannah
Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Last Adjustment was 2/1/06 where they bonded a bracket to my cuspid, which was impacted!!!! OUCH!
Hi....
I had my brace fitted in 2004 also purely just to straighten my teeth....I must admit my bite has never been the same (it was fine before)...
Now I seem to have dificulty chewing my food up properly.......but I dont really mind I just have to chew more carefully
I only wore an upper brace so maybe it would have been different if I had, had lowers too? I dont know!
Im just happy I have straighter teeth!
I had my brace fitted in 2004 also purely just to straighten my teeth....I must admit my bite has never been the same (it was fine before)...
Now I seem to have dificulty chewing my food up properly.......but I dont really mind I just have to chew more carefully
I only wore an upper brace so maybe it would have been different if I had, had lowers too? I dont know!
Im just happy I have straighter teeth!
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BRACED - 21ST JUNE 2004
BRACE REMOVED- 11TH APRIL 2005
STARTED WEARING A RETAINER - 14TH APRIL 2005
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BRACED - 21ST JUNE 2004
BRACE REMOVED- 11TH APRIL 2005
STARTED WEARING A RETAINER - 14TH APRIL 2005
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let me just tell you this. when i got my braces off the first time my bite was still off, but i guess after 3 years the ortho figured enough was enough.
anyways because my bite was off, over the years my teeth had a tendancy to move more than they otherwise would have and it became very uncomfortable. a bad bite can also lead to abnormal wear.
now you may not be able to get a perfect bite, but i would say after spending this much time and money suck it up and spend the extra time to get that bite as good as it can be
chris
anyways because my bite was off, over the years my teeth had a tendancy to move more than they otherwise would have and it became very uncomfortable. a bad bite can also lead to abnormal wear.
now you may not be able to get a perfect bite, but i would say after spending this much time and money suck it up and spend the extra time to get that bite as good as it can be
chris
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3m clarity on top changed to supertorque metal
3m victory metals bottom
estimated treatment time 16-20 months
My main reason in going ahead with braces was how off my bite is.
My Overbite was causing me lots of problems: grinding & major headaches, chipped teeth, front teeth cutting up the inside of my lip...etc I just thought enough was enough, I needed to get them fixed while I still had teeth.
Not to say I won't be happy with straighter prettier teeth.. of course it was a big part of my decision too.
My Overbite was causing me lots of problems: grinding & major headaches, chipped teeth, front teeth cutting up the inside of my lip...etc I just thought enough was enough, I needed to get them fixed while I still had teeth.
Not to say I won't be happy with straighter prettier teeth.. of course it was a big part of my decision too.
It's not a huge concern to me, my main motivation for braces was to fix the spacing on my top arch and a little crowding on the bottom. But then again, I have a class 1 bite, with some overbite, if it were worse it'd probobly be more of an issue.
Braced November 29, 2005. Damon 3's on top and bottom
My ortho suggested that I have surgery to correct my bite. He said that braces would help straighten my teeth, but if I didn't have the surgery that my mouth would actually look worse because of my overbite. I hate that my teeth don't line up and I wake up in the mornings with aching jaws, so I will definitely be having surgery in a year.