Archwires ...
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:29 am
Hi,
since there seems to be only silence in the section 'ask the doc', I'll try my
luck here. Massive braces experience of you all maybe can replace the
absence of a pro opinion.
I read it so many times before. One starts with a very light archwire and
'upgrades' from time to time to more heavier wires, and from round ones
to square or rectangular ones. When reached the heavier one, they start
correcting the bite, very often using elastics. So they use the combination
of heavy archwires and elastics.
My first ortho did it too in this way. But my second ortho does it in an other
way. He removes the heavy archwires and places very light ones when he
places (heavy) elastics.
The same with powerchains. At my next appointment, he said he will
remove the upper heavy archwire, change it to a light one and install a
powerchain on all my uppers, to retract them. I wonder if anyone has this
done the same way. Because I see major disadvantages when I look at my
teeth. As I see my arch forms getting worse, I see tipping here and there
and I see my teeth alignment melt as snow in the sun. Because the applied
forces of these elastics are greater than the holding capabilities of the
archwires, I guess.
I just wonder if my ortho is following some technique here or is he slowly
getting desperate because my bite does not get any better at all ?
since there seems to be only silence in the section 'ask the doc', I'll try my
luck here. Massive braces experience of you all maybe can replace the
absence of a pro opinion.
I read it so many times before. One starts with a very light archwire and
'upgrades' from time to time to more heavier wires, and from round ones
to square or rectangular ones. When reached the heavier one, they start
correcting the bite, very often using elastics. So they use the combination
of heavy archwires and elastics.
My first ortho did it too in this way. But my second ortho does it in an other
way. He removes the heavy archwires and places very light ones when he
places (heavy) elastics.
The same with powerchains. At my next appointment, he said he will
remove the upper heavy archwire, change it to a light one and install a
powerchain on all my uppers, to retract them. I wonder if anyone has this
done the same way. Because I see major disadvantages when I look at my
teeth. As I see my arch forms getting worse, I see tipping here and there
and I see my teeth alignment melt as snow in the sun. Because the applied
forces of these elastics are greater than the holding capabilities of the
archwires, I guess.
I just wonder if my ortho is following some technique here or is he slowly
getting desperate because my bite does not get any better at all ?