A technical question (which may be absurd I don't know).
If a person has braces only on his/her upper teeth, does it usually mean that he/she is at the begining or the end of his/her treatement?
And what about if he/she has braces only on the lower teeth?
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Braces on upper teeth only
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Re: Braces on upper teeth only
I got uppers for the first five weeks as well as my Ortho was saying that I'd bite them off; so five weeks later when I got my bottoms, I still bit them offA technical question (which may be absurd I don't know).
If a person has braces only on his/her upper teeth, does it usually mean that he/she is at the begining or the end of his/her treatement?
And what about if he/she has braces only on the lower teeth?
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So I'm curious as well, why do you ask?
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Last Pre-braces cleaning: Feb. 20, 2007
#21 Extraction: Feb. 20, 2007
Sentenced: 32 months
Top Braced: Feb 28, 2007
Bottom Braced: Apr. 4, 2007
New Ortho on Apr. 25, 2008
May 6; fluorescent blue ligs incl. upper powerchains. 2 elastics; Sept. 2, 2008.
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Bridge Sectioned: Feb. 14, 2007
Last Pre-braces cleaning: Feb. 20, 2007
#21 Extraction: Feb. 20, 2007
Sentenced: 32 months
Top Braced: Feb 28, 2007
Bottom Braced: Apr. 4, 2007
New Ortho on Apr. 25, 2008
May 6; fluorescent blue ligs incl. upper powerchains. 2 elastics; Sept. 2, 2008.
Next Adj.: July 7, 2009 at 8:30a
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Me too. I got only the upper arch braced due to my overbite. By the looks of things it will be a few more months before I get the bottoms.
Having only one arch braced first has been okay for me, as it was nice to get used to the one arch being braced.
Your Ortho will decide what is best for you.
Having only one arch braced first has been okay for me, as it was nice to get used to the one arch being braced.
Your Ortho will decide what is best for you.
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I agree !!!! I think it's been 'easier' getting use to just having 1 arch done.....I'm at 4 months 1 week now and still just have uppers (not sure if the will change at my appt today or not :0 ) my lowers are 'almost perfect' w/o braces, and my uppers have straightened out nicely already...it's my bite that is the issue now.....WiredforSound wrote:Me too. I got only the upper arch braced due to my overbite. By the looks of things it will be a few more months before I get the bottoms.
Having only one arch braced first has been okay for me, as it was nice to get used to the one arch being braced.
Your Ortho will decide what is best for you.
Uppers Braced 1/29/07; 2 Upper bicuspid extractions 9/14/07; Lowers braced 9/25/07
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