Page 1 of 3
Direct or Indirect
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:52 am
by Rickysa
One of the things I've enjoyed reading on the boards is the number of different treatment modalities employed by docs here in the states and abroad...
It has raised a couple of questions in my mind....First, are most of the surgical expansions being done overseas?
and secondly, I haven't seen anyone mention whether their appliances were placed "directly", or one-by-one, or "indirectly" using a tray and doing a quadrant at a time?
Thanks for any input!
Dr. S
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:17 am
by cbushnaq
My brackets were placed directly.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:36 am
by jennielee81
My brackets were indirect bonded.
Washington DC/Baltimore area
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:07 am
by Rickysa
Thanks for the responses!
Dr. S
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:11 am
by Higgy
Mine were placed one by one......and then two were taken off and put on again, then my canine's bracket came off twice before I left that appointment, haha...I'd be interested to see in addition to this how many of us have the self-litigating braces
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:21 pm
by joney
Placed one by one here - self ligating braces.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:24 pm
by sportsgrl97
direct bonding... traditional metal. im from florida
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:42 pm
by Delag
Direct here as well, and lefort expantion by a Baylor trained OMS. I am in Mexico.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:53 pm
by iBorg
I'm in West Virginia. Mine were placed one by one.
Mike
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:54 pm
by iBorg
I'm in West Virginia. Mine were placed one by one.
Mike
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:57 pm
by SherwoodForest
Mine were done indirectly, which almost blew me away since I didn't know they could do that.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:59 pm
by Zondrae
Mine were done one by one - ceramic uppers & metal lowers. I'm in Australia.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:47 pm
by ellebee
One at a time, I think, but I can't even imagine how quadrant by quadrant could be done.
No extractions, no talk about extractions, which is good because I am fond of ALL my teeth, even the rotated ones.
Elle
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:30 pm
by lisaemtp
Mine were placed directly, and I have self-ligating brackets.
Lisa
Re: Direct or Indirect
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:40 pm
by ngbraces
I haven't seen anyone mention whether their appliances were placed "directly", or one-by-one, or "indirectly" using a tray and doing a quadrant at a time?
Dr. S
I think I have an idea about how "indirect" method is done. But what's the difference between "directly" and one-by-one? My ortho put the brackets on my teeth one at a time and they are self-ligating.
======================
2.5 months into braces